Who would care to explain these question? :)

[Slumdawg]

From STAV 2010:

When Daniel views the stimulus at right (vacuum cleaner) he is able to name it and describe is purpose. The process that enables him to do this is referred to as _________; it takes place in the ____________.

a) organisation; occipital lobes of the brain.
b) organisation; parietal lobes of the brain.
c) interpretation; occipital lobes of the brain.
d) interpretation; parietal lobes of the brain.

I cancelled out a and b pretty quickly but I thought it would be C however the answer says D. I don't quite get why.


Also 08 VCAA Q6
Major functions of the frontal lobe generally include:
a) visual perception speech production and motor control.
b) controlled reasoning, memory and personality.
c) Logical thinking, motor control and speech production.
d) Motor control, abstract reasoning and language comprehension.

Why can't it be option B (correct answer is C) I think it has something to do with memory. But if somebody could explain it that would be great

Thanks.

[akira88]

For your second question, I think it is just because option C is "more" correct... because what exactly is controlled reasoning? Haha. They're out to trick you!

[minilunchbox]

Memory is associated with the temporal lobe more than the frontal lobe. (At least in VCE)

[Slumdawg]

Thanks guys Anyone wanna tackle the first one... haha

[Tashi]

It could just be a dodgy question I guess. Because the occipital lobes integrates visual information with other information such as memory so I'd think it would be C.

[Boots]

well the parietal lobe has the dorsal stream of the visual system so their answer is correct. However the occipital lobe is also involved. so yeah, just ignore the question it will hinder rather than help

[Glockmeister]

Memory is associated with the temporal lobe more than the frontal lobe. (At least in VCE)

In regards to question 1, it's more of an organisational process that happens in the occipital lobe. It's not really involved in any interpretation, in terms of meaning and such, which really occurs in the temporal lobe (you probably note that the answer isn't there...). Umm...

In regards to the quote, there's other components too (though I suspect you know them, since you're doing uni psych).

[Visionz]

In regards to question 1, it's more of an organisational process that happens in the occipital lobe. It's not really involved in any interpretation, in terms of meaning and such, which really occurs in the temporal lobe (you probably note that the answer isn't there...). Umm...

I was thinking that recognition of the vacuum would involve the temporal lobe so I can understand that. I think that question though is beyond the scope of VCE psych. I also thought the answer was C.

[Slumdawg]

So if it were to come up on the exam the best one would be temporal lobe (I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)  but if thats not given then choose parietal..?

STAV are pretty crappy for psych I reckon. One of the other questions said what does the visual perception system consist of? and their answer was "Just the photoreceptors". Their credibility just went downhill from there.

[Spreadbury]

(I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)

yes it is.

[Visionz]

So if it were to come up on the exam the best one would be temporal lobe (I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)  but if thats not given then choose parietal..?

STAV are pretty crappy for psych I reckon. One of the other questions said what does the visual perception system consist of? and their answer was "Just the photoreceptors". Their credibility just went downhill from there.

It shouldn't come up on a VCAA one but if it did i'd still go with occipital. Mainly because of how ive learned it in VCE psych - Reception, Transduction and Transmission occur outside the occipital lobe and Selection, Interpretation and Organisation occur IN the occipital lobe.

[Glockmeister]

(I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)

yes it is.

In terms of being able to remember what that object is, or what it does, yes (again, this is very simplified and it doesn't actually work like that in RL).

[Tashi]

So if it were to come up on the exam the best one would be temporal lobe (I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)  but if thats not given then choose parietal..?

STAV are pretty crappy for psych I reckon. One of the other questions said what does the visual perception system consist of? and their answer was "Just the photoreceptors". Their credibility just went downhill from there.

It shouldn't come up on a VCAA one but if it did i'd still go with occipital. Mainly because of how ive learned it in VCE psych - Reception, Transduction and Transmission occur outside the occipital lobe and Selection, Interpretation and Organisation occur IN the occipital lobe.

selection also occurs in the photoreceptors

So if it were to come up on the exam the best one would be temporal lobe (I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)  but if thats not given then choose parietal..?

STAV are pretty crappy for psych I reckon. One of the other questions said what does the visual perception system consist of? and their answer was "Just the photoreceptors". Their credibility just went downhill from there.

oh lol yeah there was one question and it was like how would vision be affected if a person had a hole drilled in the corner of their eye and the fluid was drained from their cornea or something... hahaha

[Glockmeister]

So if it were to come up on the exam the best one would be temporal lobe (I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)  but if thats not given then choose parietal..?

STAV are pretty crappy for psych I reckon. One of the other questions said what does the visual perception system consist of? and their answer was "Just the photoreceptors". Their credibility just went downhill from there.

It shouldn't come up on a VCAA one but if it did i'd still go with occipital. Mainly because of how ive learned it in VCE psych - Reception, Transduction and Transmission occur outside the occipital lobe and Selection, Interpretation and Organisation occur IN the occipital lobe.

selection also occurs in the photoreceptors

So if it were to come up on the exam the best one would be temporal lobe (I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)  but if thats not given then choose parietal..?

STAV are pretty crappy for psych I reckon. One of the other questions said what does the visual perception system consist of? and their answer was "Just the photoreceptors". Their credibility just went downhill from there.

oh lol yeah there was one question and it was like how would vision be affected if a person had a hole drilled in the corner of their eye and the fluid was drained from their cornea or something... hahaha

Sounds pretty ghastly there.

[Visionz]

So if it were to come up on the exam the best one would be temporal lobe (I know it's involved with facial recognition but is it involved with object recognition as well (e.g. vaccuum, chair, pen)  but if thats not given then choose parietal..?

STAV are pretty crappy for psych I reckon. One of the other questions said what does the visual perception system consist of? and their answer was "Just the photoreceptors". Their credibility just went downhill from there.

It shouldn't come up on a VCAA one but if it did i'd still go with occipital. Mainly because of how ive learned it in VCE psych - Reception, Transduction and Transmission occur outside the occipital lobe and Selection, Interpretation and Organisation occur IN the occipital lobe.

selection also occurs in the photoreceptors

I think thats selection in visual sensation rather than in visual perception, not that the question stipulates visual perception.

I did a question that was like 'what process allows us to focus on a football as it travels across our visual field?' or something like that and the answer was selection. I was a bit confused.

The lines between visual sensation and visual perception are so shady in VCE psych. I think the term visual perception is also used to encompass both visual perception (the cortex doing its part) and visual sensation (the eyes and neural pathways).