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Question 1
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special 1
To claim that faces are special, you should be able to demonstrate that
a. people are experts at face recognition
b. face processing is easy
c. face processing is innate
d. the way we process faces is different to how we process objects 

The correct answer is:

the way we process faces is different to how we process objects

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Question 2
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Research on face recognition in newborns has shown that
a. we have a visual bias towards fixating stimuli that are “top-heavy” 
b. we have complex processing mechanisms for faces in place from birth
c. newborns will track face-like stimuli further than scrambled face 
stimuli
d. newborns cannot differentiate between whole and scrambled faces

The correct answers are:

newborns will track face-like stimuli further than scrambled face stimuli,
we have a visual bias towards fixating stimuli that are “top-heavy”

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Prosopagnosics
a. may show an inverted face inversion effect
b. have a general deficit in visual memory for people 

c. have a specific perceptual inability to recognize familiar faces

d. show typical disproportionate face inversion effects
e. do not show face inversion effects 

f. process faces as wholes

g. process faces as parts

The correct answers are:

have a specific perceptual inability to recognize familiar faces,
process faces as parts,
do not show face inversion effects,
may show an inverted face inversion effect

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Holistic processing
a. Is specific to upright faces 

b. Should not be found for inverted faces if faces are special

c. Can be demonstrated with a part-whole task 

d. Can be demonstrated with a composite task

The correct answers are:

Is specific to upright faces,
Can be demonstrated with a composite task,
Can be demonstrated with a part-whole task,
Should not be found for inverted faces if faces are special

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Imaging evidence suggests
a. The FFA is active when viewing faces but not when imagining faces 

b. No overlap of brain regions active in object and face processing

c. Multiple areas dedicated to face processing in the brain
d. A face specific area for face processing in the brain
e. Similar patterns of activity in prosopagnosic and typical brains when
viewing faces

The correct answer is:

Multiple areas dedicated to face processing in the brain

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The expertise hypothesis
a. Argues for multiple different mechanisms developed by expertise for 
different types of stimuli (eg, faces, cars, dogs)
b. Predicts similar processing for faces and objects of expertise
c. Relates to the task of within-category discrimination (that is, 
recognising individual objects)
d. Argues for a single mechanism for visual processing that may be
developed by expertise for any type of stimuli (eg, faces, cars, dogs)
e. Predicts face-like processing for any objects of expertise

The correct answers are:

Argues for a single mechanism for visual processing that may be developed by
expertise for any type of stimuli (eg, faces, cars, dogs),
Relates to the task of within-category discrimination (that is, recognising
individual objects),
Predicts similar processing for faces and objects of expertise,
Predicts face-like processing for any objects of expertise

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In their study testing the expertise hypothesis of face recognition, McKone &
Robbins (2007) conducted a number of behavioural experiments and found
a. similar performance for novices and dog experts
b. that dog experts had typical face inversion effects as well as dog 
inversion effects
c. no face-like effects for dog experts 

d. composite effects for faces and dogs, regardless of expertise

The correct answers are:

no face-like effects for dog experts,
similar performance for novices and dog experts

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Greebles are similar to faces in that they
a. have parts arranged in similar configurations 

b. may be discriminated based on family (similar to ethnicity in faces) 

c. may be individuated (discriminate between identities) 

d. may be discriminated based on gender

The correct answers are:

may be individuated (discriminate between identities),
may be discriminated based on gender,
may be discriminated based on family (similar to ethnicity in faces),
have parts arranged in similar configurations

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Greeble experts show
a. equally good performance for individual discrimination and gender
discrimination
b. better performance for individual discrimination than gender 
discrimination
c. different levels of performance than novices for gender discrimination 
d. Similar patterns of brain activity when processing Greebles compared 
to processing faces
e. Greeble inversion effects
f. Greeble composite effects

The correct answers are:

equally good performance for individual discrimination and gender discrimination,
Greeble inversion effects,
Similar patterns of brain activity when processing Greebles compared to
processing faces

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Evidence against the expertise hypothesis comes from Rezlescu et al (2014) who
showed that
a. Prosopagnosics could be trained to become face experts. 

b. Prosopagnosics have face specific impairments

c. Prosopagnosics could be trained to become Greeble experts 

The correct answers are:

Prosopagnosics could be trained to become Greeble experts,
Prosopagnosics have face specific impairments