Feature Detectors Are

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Multiple Choice

Feature detectors are:

• A)the light-sensitive receptors that signal the pupil to expand or contract.
• B)highly specialized receptor cells in the retina that respond to particular wavelengths of light.
• C)the highly specialized receptor cells found in some insects and reptiles that respond to invisible ultraviolet or infrared light waves.
• D)highly specialized neurons in the visual cortex that respond to particular types of visual stimuli.

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Definitions:

Recognition

The cognitive process of identifying previously encountered information, such as objects, situations, or people, from among available options.

Parallel Processing

Processing many aspects of a stimulus or problem at once.

Automatic Processing

Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings.

Recall

The cognitive process of retrieving information from memory that has been previously learned or experienced.