Question 1

An imaginary border or plane of zero disparity, which coincides with two objects at an equivalent distance from the point of observation, has been termed a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  horopter. 
B)  crossed retinal disparity. 
C)  uncrossed retinal disparity. 
D)  none of these 
A)  horopter. 
B)  crossed retinal disparity. 
C)  uncrossed retinal disparity. 
D)  none of these A

Question 2

According to DeLoache, Uttal, and Rosengren (2004) an example of a "scale error" is

Accepted Answer

A)  a young child's trying to get into a toy car. 
B)  an adult's mistaking the size of an unfamiliar object from a photograph. 
C)  a person's seeing two children of the same size as very different in size in the Ames room. 
D)  a person's overestimating the size of the horizon moon. 
A)  a young child's trying to get into a toy car. 
B)  an adult's mistaking the size of an unfamiliar object from a photograph. 
C)  a person's seeing two children of the same size as very different in size in the Ames room. 
D)  a person's overestimating the size of the horizon moon. A

Question 3

If you are stereoblind,

Accepted Answer

A)  it could be the result of misalignment of the two eyes. 
B)  you belong to a group composing less than 1 percent of the population. 
C)  you would probably show abundant interocular transfer on adaptation illusions. 
D)  all of these 
A)  it could be the result of misalignment of the two eyes. 
B)  you belong to a group composing less than 1 percent of the population. 
C)  you would probably show abundant interocular transfer on adaptation illusions. 
D)  all of these A

Question 4

When Tom describes the location of the pond in his back yard, he states that it is 6 meters due south from his back door. Tom is specifying the pond's location by using _____________ direction.

Accepted Answer

A)  egocentric 
B)  allocentric 
C)  Eurocentric 
D)  Afrocentric 
A)  egocentric 
B)  allocentric 
C)  Eurocentric 
D)  Afrocentric

Question 5

When information available to the two eyes can't be fused into a single stable view, a portion of one eye's view is seen at a time. This phenomenon is called

Accepted Answer

A)  saccadic suppression. 
B)  lateral inhibition. 
C)  binocular rivalry. 
D)  stereopsis. 
A)  saccadic suppression. 
B)  lateral inhibition. 
C)  binocular rivalry. 
D)  stereopsis.

Question 6

According to Gibson (1950), which of the following factors provides precise and unambiguous information about the distances and slants of surfaces?

Accepted Answer

A)  texture gradients 
B)  retinal image 
C)  visual cues 
D)  shading 
A)  texture gradients 
B)  retinal image 
C)  visual cues 
D)  shading

Question 7

If Frank experiences convergence insufficiency it may cause which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  dizziness 
B)  headaches 
C)  nausea 
D)  all of these 
A)  dizziness 
B)  headaches 
C)  nausea 
D)  all of these

Question 8

Size constancy is dependent on

Accepted Answer

A)  achromatic illumination. 
B)  adequate depth cues. 
C)  both achromatic illumination and adequate depth cues. 
D)  neither achromatic illumination nor adequate depth cues. 
A)  achromatic illumination. 
B)  adequate depth cues. 
C)  both achromatic illumination and adequate depth cues. 
D)  neither achromatic illumination nor adequate depth cues.

Question 9

Perception of relative depth from binocular vision is called

Accepted Answer

A)  convergence. 
B)  stereopsis. 
C)  retinal disparity. 
D)  triangulation. 
A)  convergence. 
B)  stereopsis. 
C)  retinal disparity. 
D)  triangulation.

Question 10

Cats that are allowed to see with only one eye at atime from birth

Accepted Answer

A)  have normal acuity in each eye. 
B)  have their binocular neurons turned into monocular neurons. 
C)  are stereoblind. 
D)  all of these 
A)  have normal acuity in each eye. 
B)  have their binocular neurons turned into monocular neurons. 
C)  are stereoblind. 
D)  all of these

Question 11

If an object lies farther from you than the distance you're fixating, the retinal disparity for the object is said to be

Accepted Answer

A)  crossed. 
B)  uncrossed. 
C)  pseudoscopic. 
D)  spurious. 
A)  crossed. 
B)  uncrossed. 
C)  pseudoscopic. 
D)  spurious.

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a static monocular depth cue?

Accepted Answer

A)  occlusion 
B)  linear perspective 
C)  texture gradient 
D)  diplopia 
A)  occlusion 
B)  linear perspective 
C)  texture gradient 
D)  diplopia

Question 13

When throwing a heavy ball at a target, we tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  overestimate the distance to be thrown. 
B)  underestimate the distance to be thrown. 
C)  overestimate the size of the ball. 
D)  underestimate the size of the ball. 
A)  overestimate the distance to be thrown. 
B)  underestimate the distance to be thrown. 
C)  overestimate the size of the ball. 
D)  underestimate the size of the ball.

Question 14

In motion parallax, the speed of movement in the retinal image is

Accepted Answer

A)  faster for objects close to you than for objects farther away. 
B)  slower for objects close to you than for objects farther away. 
C)  faster for objects close to your fixation point than for objects farther away. 
D)  slower for objects close to your fixation point than for objects farther away. 
A)  faster for objects close to you than for objects farther away. 
B)  slower for objects close to you than for objects farther away. 
C)  faster for objects close to your fixation point than for objects farther away. 
D)  slower for objects close to your fixation point than for objects farther away.

Question 15

Which of the following is an oculomotor cue for visual depth?

Accepted Answer

A)  perspective 
B)  convergence 
C)  occlusion 
D)  parallax 
A)  perspective 
B)  convergence 
C)  occlusion 
D)  parallax

Question 16

If an object is located closer to you than the one you are looking at, its disparity is said to be

Accepted Answer

A)  crossed. 
B)  uncrossed. 
C)  parallel. 
D)  none of these 
A)  crossed. 
B)  uncrossed. 
C)  parallel. 
D)  none of these

Question 17

A priming stimulus depicts a square in front of a disk so that the retinal image of the disk has one quadrant removed. When the test stimulus is a pair of disks, reaction times to decide that the disks are the same are

Accepted Answer

A)  enhanced by the prime. 
B)  delayed by the prime. 
C)  enhanced by the prime for brief intervals between the probe and the test. 
D)  delayed by the prime for brief intervals between the probe and the test. 
A)  enhanced by the prime. 
B)  delayed by the prime. 
C)  enhanced by the prime for brief intervals between the probe and the test. 
D)  delayed by the prime for brief intervals between the probe and the test.

Question 18

Individuals unable to fixate on an object with both eyes simultaneously suffer from

Accepted Answer

A)  disparity-selective cells. 
B)  strabismus. 
C)  convergence insufficiency. 
D)  none of these 
A)  disparity-selective cells. 
B)  strabismus. 
C)  convergence insufficiency. 
D)  none of these

Question 19

The most reliable depth cue from the eyes' viewing the world from two different perspectives is

Accepted Answer

A)  convergence. 
B)  accommodation. 
C)  retinal disparity. 
D)  triangulation. 
A)  convergence. 
B)  accommodation. 
C)  retinal disparity. 
D)  triangulation.

Question 20

Binocular neurons in the visual cortex respond best when both eyes view

Accepted Answer

A)  the same orientation. 
B)  the same direction of movement. 
C)  the same speed of movement. 
D)  all of these 
A)  the same orientation. 
B)  the same direction of movement. 
C)  the same speed of movement. 
D)  all of these

An imaginary border or plane of zero disparity, which coincides with two objects at an equivalent distance from the point of observation, has been termed a(n)

According to DeLoache, Uttal, and Rosengren (2004) an example of a "scale error" is

If you are stereoblind,

When Tom describes the location of the pond in his back yard, he states that it is 6 meters due south from his back door. Tom is specifying the pond's location by using _____________ direction.

When information available to the two eyes can't be fused into a single stable view, a portion of one eye's view is seen at a time. This phenomenon is called

According to Gibson (1950), which of the following factors provides precise and unambiguous information about the distances and slants of surfaces?

If Frank experiences convergence insufficiency it may cause which of the following?

Size constancy is dependent on

Perception of relative depth from binocular vision is called

Cats that are allowed to see with only one eye at atime from birth

If an object lies farther from you than the distance you're fixating, the retinal disparity for the object is said to be

Which of the following is NOT a static monocular depth cue?

When throwing a heavy ball at a target, we tend to

In motion parallax, the speed of movement in the retinal image is

Which of the following is an oculomotor cue for visual depth?

If an object is located closer to you than the one you are looking at, its disparity is said to be

A priming stimulus depicts a square in front of a disk so that the retinal image of the disk has one quadrant removed. When the test stimulus is a pair of disks, reaction times to decide that the disks are the same are

Individuals unable to fixate on an object with both eyes simultaneously suffer from

The most reliable depth cue from the eyes' viewing the world from two different perspectives is

Binocular neurons in the visual cortex respond best when both eyes view

Introduction to Perception

The Human Eye

The Eye and Seeing

Central Visual Pathways

Spatial Vision and Patten Perception

Object Perception: Recognizing the Things We See

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Action and the Perception of Events

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Hearing and Listening

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Exam 8: Seeing a Three-Dimensional World

An imaginary border or plane of zero disparity, which coincides with two objects at an equivalent distance from the point of observation, has been termed a(n)

According to DeLoache, Uttal, and Rosengren (2004) an example of a "scale error" is

If you are stereoblind,

When Tom describes the location of the pond in his back yard, he states that it is 6 meters due south from his back door. Tom is specifying the pond's location by using _____________ direction.

When information available to the two eyes can't be fused into a single stable view, a portion of one eye's view is seen at a time. This phenomenon is called

According to Gibson (1950), which of the following factors provides precise and unambiguous information about the distances and slants of surfaces?

If Frank experiences convergence insufficiency it may cause which of the following?

Size constancy is dependent on

Perception of relative depth from binocular vision is called

Cats that are allowed to see with only one eye at atime from birth

If an object lies farther from you than the distance you're fixating, the retinal disparity for the object is said to be

Which of the following is NOT a static monocular depth cue?

When throwing a heavy ball at a target, we tend to

In motion parallax, the speed of movement in the retinal image is

Which of the following is an oculomotor cue for visual depth?

If an object is located closer to you than the one you are looking at, its disparity is said to be

A priming stimulus depicts a square in front of a disk so that the retinal image of the disk has one quadrant removed. When the test stimulus is a pair of disks, reaction times to decide that the disks are the same are

Individuals unable to fixate on an object with both eyes simultaneously suffer from

The most reliable depth cue from the eyes' viewing the world from two different perspectives is

Binocular neurons in the visual cortex respond best when both eyes view

Introduction to Perception

The Human Eye

The Eye and Seeing

Central Visual Pathways

Spatial Vision and Patten Perception

Object Perception: Recognizing the Things We See

Color Perception

Action and the Perception of Events

The Ear and Auditory System

Hearing and Listening

Speech and Music Perception

Touch

Chemical Senses L: Smell

Chemical Senses Ll: Taste

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