Exam 18: A: Vision and Perceptual Organization and Interpretation

A 3D movie enhances our sense of depth perception by exaggerating normal

The illusion of movement in animated neon signs is known as

Intensity is to brightness as wavelength is to

The apparent narrowing of a river as it flows directly away from you into the distance best illustrates the depth cue known as

Rudy claims that his special psychic powers enable him to correctly anticipate whether the outcome of a coin toss will be heads or tails. Rudy is claiming to possess the power of

Infants are especially likely to avoid crawling over the edge of a visual cliff if they

The area of the retina where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called the

Shauna claims that she knows at any given moment exactly what important political figures are thinking. Shauna is claiming to possess the power of

The visually perceived distance between ourselves and an object provides an important cue for our perception of the object's

Depth perception that uses information transmitted to only one eye depends on

The tendency to see complete letters on a neon sign, even though some of the bulbs are burned out, illustrates the principle of

If two different stars cast retinal images of the same size, the star that appears to be

According to the Young-Helmholtz theory

Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by

The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the rods and cones, is the

Shape constancy refers to our perception of an object as unchanging in shape regardless of changes in the

Because the football game was interrupted by a long half-time, 5-year-old Mark mistakenly concluded that the first and second halves of play were two different games. His experience best illustrates the organizational principle of

The perception that a cartoon character is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates

Under very dim levels of illumination

The Gestalt principle of proximity refers to way in which we