Question 1

Cold readings rely on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) uncritical acceptance 
B) the Barnum effect 
C) positive instances 
D) all of these 
A) uncritical acceptance 
B) the Barnum effect 
C) positive instances 
D) all of these D

Question 2

If a person states that he is communicating with a person who is dead, the communications are called

Accepted Answer

A) clairvoyance. 
B) precognition. 
C) mediumship. 
D) psychokinesis. 
A) clairvoyance. 
B) precognition. 
C) mediumship. 
D) psychokinesis. C

Question 3

East Asians are _____ people who tend to focus on _____.

Accepted Answer

A) individualistic; self and their sense of personal control 
B) individualistic; interpersonal relationships and social responsibility. 
C) collectivist; self and their sense of personal control 
D) collectivist; interpersonal relationships and social responsibility 
A) individualistic; self and their sense of personal control 
B) individualistic; interpersonal relationships and social responsibility. 
C) collectivist; self and their sense of personal control 
D) collectivist; interpersonal relationships and social responsibility D

Question 4

Regarding modern parapsychology studies, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Modern parapsychologists are aware of the need for double-blind experiments, security and accuracy in record keeping, and the control and repeatability of experiments. 
B) In the last 10 years, hundreds of experiments have been reported in parapsychological journals with many of them seeming to support the existence of psi abilities. 
C) For every parapsychology study with positive results, there are many others that fail and are never published. 
D) All of these statements are true. 
A) Modern parapsychologists are aware of the need for double-blind experiments, security and accuracy in record keeping, and the control and repeatability of experiments. 
B) In the last 10 years, hundreds of experiments have been reported in parapsychological journals with many of them seeming to support the existence of psi abilities. 
C) For every parapsychology study with positive results, there are many others that fail and are never published. 
D) All of these statements are true.

Question 5

In their experiments on the brain and perceptual features, Blakemore, Cooper, Grobstein and Chow found that the kittens raised in the horizontally-striped rooms

Accepted Answer

A) bumped into chair legs. 
B) missed when they tried to jumpt to horizontal surfaces. 
C) had difficulty walking in a straight line. 
D) experienced no difficulty in any visual task since the eyes easily adapt. 
A) bumped into chair legs. 
B) missed when they tried to jumpt to horizontal surfaces. 
C) had difficulty walking in a straight line. 
D) experienced no difficulty in any visual task since the eyes easily adapt.

Question 6

A linebacker in football may be able to tell if the next play will be a run or a pass by watching one or two key players, rather than the entire opposing team.This illustrates perceptual learning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Regarding the perception of external events, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) We believe what we see, not see what we believe. 
B) Perception reflects the needs, expectations, attitudes, values, and beliefs of the perceiver. 
C) We see external events as perceptual reconstructions. 
D) Although subjective perception nurtures the personal vision valued in art and music, it can often be a real liability. 
A) We believe what we see, not see what we believe. 
B) Perception reflects the needs, expectations, attitudes, values, and beliefs of the perceiver. 
C) We see external events as perceptual reconstructions. 
D) Although subjective perception nurtures the personal vision valued in art and music, it can often be a real liability.

Question 8

A hungry person drives into an unfamiliar town and happily sees a building with two arches above it, but when he gets there it's a dry cleaners, not a fast food place.This mistake illustrates the impact of

Accepted Answer

A) past experiences. 
B) motives, like hunger. 
C) perceptual sets. 
D) all of these. 
A) past experiences. 
B) motives, like hunger. 
C) perceptual sets. 
D) all of these.

Question 9

The optical illusion known as the Ames room results from

Accepted Answer

A) the left side being farther from the viewer. 
B) the floor being built at an angle. 
C) the two window frames being different sizes. 
D) all of these factors contribute to the illusion. 
A) the left side being farther from the viewer. 
B) the floor being built at an angle. 
C) the two window frames being different sizes. 
D) all of these factors contribute to the illusion.

Question 10

The fact that we can walk and chew gum at the same time illustrates that we use divided attention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Increased perceptual awareness is especially associated with

Accepted Answer

A) dishabituation. 
B) unconscious transference. 
C) high levels of stress. 
D) stimulus repetition with variation. 
A) dishabituation. 
B) unconscious transference. 
C) high levels of stress. 
D) stimulus repetition with variation.

Question 12

A group of psychotherapists were shown a videotaped interview with half of them being told the person on the videotape was applying for a job and the other half told that the person was a mental patient.When presented with these differing perceptual categories,

Accepted Answer

A) there was only a slight effect on the psychotherapists' perceptions, with most saying the man on the videotape was "sincere but slightly defensive." 
B) the psychotherapists that thought the man was a job applicant perceived him as "realistic, sincere, and pleasant," while the ones viewing him as a mental patient perceived him as "defensive, dependent, and impulsive." 
C) few of the psychotherapists believed that the man was a mental patient. 
D) there was no effect on the perceptions of either group. 
A) there was only a slight effect on the psychotherapists' perceptions, with most saying the man on the videotape was "sincere but slightly defensive." 
B) the psychotherapists that thought the man was a job applicant perceived him as "realistic, sincere, and pleasant," while the ones viewing him as a mental patient perceived him as "defensive, dependent, and impulsive." 
C) few of the psychotherapists believed that the man was a mental patient. 
D) there was no effect on the perceptions of either group.

Question 13

If two objects make the same size image on the retina, but one is more distant than the other, the more distant object must be larger.This is formally known as

Accepted Answer

A) the size illusion. 
B) the stroboscopic effect. 
C) size constancy. 
D) size-distance invariance. 
A) the size illusion. 
B) the stroboscopic effect. 
C) size constancy. 
D) size-distance invariance.

Question 14

When people wore goggles that grossly distorted their vision, they were able to adapt more quickly if they

Accepted Answer

A) walked around on their own. 
B) were pushed around in a wheeled cart. 
C) remained sat motionless in a chair and practiced deep breathing. 
D) alternated sitting up motionless for 15 minutes and then lying down with their eyes closed for 15 minutes. 
A) walked around on their own. 
B) were pushed around in a wheeled cart. 
C) remained sat motionless in a chair and practiced deep breathing. 
D) alternated sitting up motionless for 15 minutes and then lying down with their eyes closed for 15 minutes.

Question 15

We are more likely to perceive areas below the horizon line in a drawing as objects or figures as a result of

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual learning. 
B) stereoscopic vision. 
C) habitual revision. 
D) retinal disparity. 
A) perceptual learning. 
B) stereoscopic vision. 
C) habitual revision. 
D) retinal disparity.

Question 16

An individual who can list the order of the shuffled Zener cards, without looking at the cards, is exhibiting

Accepted Answer

A) clairvoyance. 
B) psychokinesis. 
C) telepathy. 
D) stereoscopic vision. 
A) clairvoyance. 
B) psychokinesis. 
C) telepathy. 
D) stereoscopic vision.

Question 17

Critics of modern ESP research argue that subjects who temporarily show ESP have received credit for

Accepted Answer

A) a run of luck. 
B) reading impressions through the backs of Zener cards. 
C) the experimenter's own psychic ability. 
D) having a bad psi day. 
A) a run of luck. 
B) reading impressions through the backs of Zener cards. 
C) the experimenter's own psychic ability. 
D) having a bad psi day.

Question 18

You enter a class and sit by a student, who tells you that Dr.Martin is hard and boring and does not care whether the students learn or not.At the end of the lecture, a friend asks you about Dr.Martin's class, and you tell her that a student you met before class was "certainly right" about Dr.Martin.His lecture was boring, and he does not care about his students.Your friend replies that he was the "best professor" she ever had, that he graded fairly, told interesting stories, and was always willing to help the students after class.Your original view of the teacher was due to

Accepted Answer

A) a perceptual set. 
B) precognition. 
C) bottom-up processing. 
D) perceptual habituation. 
A) a perceptual set. 
B) precognition. 
C) bottom-up processing. 
D) perceptual habituation.

Question 19

Researchers have found that artists who are just beginning their craft tend to

Accepted Answer

A) confuse figure-ground relationships. 
B) draw objects according to what they think an object looks like, rather than how it actually looks. 
C) draw with extreme exactness in trying to draw the object as it looks exactly. 
D) are influenced by their instructor's and other students' facial expressions. 
A) confuse figure-ground relationships. 
B) draw objects according to what they think an object looks like, rather than how it actually looks. 
C) draw with extreme exactness in trying to draw the object as it looks exactly. 
D) are influenced by their instructor's and other students' facial expressions.

Question 20

Recent experiments on eyewitness testimony have shown that the relationship between a person's confidence in his or her testimony and its accuracy

Accepted Answer

A) depends upon whether the witness is male or female. 
B) depends upon whether the witness has at least a high school education. 
C) has almost no relationship. 
D) is more suspect for children than for adults. 
A) depends upon whether the witness is male or female. 
B) depends upon whether the witness has at least a high school education. 
C) has almost no relationship. 
D) is more suspect for children than for adults.

Exam 5: Extension B: Perceiving the World

Cold readings rely on which of the following?

If a person states that he is communicating with a person who is dead, the communications are called

East Asians are _____ people who tend to focus on _____.

Regarding modern parapsychology studies, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

In their experiments on the brain and perceptual features, Blakemore, Cooper, Grobstein and Chow found that the kittens raised in the horizontally-striped rooms

A linebacker in football may be able to tell if the next play will be a run or a pass by watching one or two key players, rather than the entire opposing team.This illustrates perceptual learning.

Regarding the perception of external events, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A hungry person drives into an unfamiliar town and happily sees a building with two arches above it, but when he gets there it's a dry cleaners, not a fast food place.This mistake illustrates the impact of

The optical illusion known as the Ames room results from

The fact that we can walk and chew gum at the same time illustrates that we use divided attention.

Increased perceptual awareness is especially associated with

A group of psychotherapists were shown a videotaped interview with half of them being told the person on the videotape was applying for a job and the other half told that the person was a mental patient.When presented with these differing perceptual categories,

If two objects make the same size image on the retina, but one is more distant than the other, the more distant object must be larger.This is formally known as

When people wore goggles that grossly distorted their vision, they were able to adapt more quickly if they

We are more likely to perceive areas below the horizon line in a drawing as objects or figures as a result of

An individual who can list the order of the shuffled Zener cards, without looking at the cards, is exhibiting

Critics of modern ESP research argue that subjects who temporarily show ESP have received credit for

Researchers have found that artists who are just beginning their craft tend to

Recent experiments on eyewitness testimony have shown that the relationship between a person's confidence in his or her testimony and its accuracy

Introduction the Psychology

Extension A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension A: Brain and Behavior

Extension B: Brain and Behavior

Extension C: Brain and Behavior

Extension A: Human Development

Extension B: Human Development

Extension C: Human Development

Extension D: Human Development

Extension A: Sensation and Reality

Extension B: Sensation and Reality

Extension A: Perceiving the World

Extension A: States of Consciousness

Extension B: States of Consciousness

Extension C: States of Consciousness

Extension D: States of Consciousness

Extension A: Conditioning and Learning

Extension B: Conditioning and Learning

Extension C: Conditioning and Learning

Extension A: Memory

Extension B: Memory

Extension C: Memory

Extension A: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension B: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension C: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension D: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension A: Motivation and Emotion

Extension B: Motivation and Emotion

Extension C: Motivation and Emotion

Extension D: Motivation and Emotion

Extension A: Gender and Sexuality

Extension B: Gender and Sexuality

Extension C: Gender and Sexuality

Extension A: Personality

Extension B: Personality

Extension C: Personality

Extension D: Personality

Extension A: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension B: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension C: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension A: Psychological Disorders

Extension B: Psychological Disorders

Extension C: Psychological Disorders

Extension D: Psychological Disorders

Extension A: Therapies

Extension B: Therapies

Extension C: Therapies

Extension D: Therapies

Extension A: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension B: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension A: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension B: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension A: Applied Psychology

Extension B: Applied Psychology

Extension C: Applied Psychology

Appendix A: Behavioral Statistics

East Asians are _ people who tend to focus on _.