Question 1

Which of the following illustrates the influence of perceptual habits on perceptual experience?

Accepted Answer

A) hallucinations 
B) the Ames room 
C) convergence 
D) an impossible figure 
A) hallucinations 
B) the Ames room 
C) convergence 
D) an impossible figure

Question 2

In the demonstration of "Paris in the spring," good readers often overlook the repeated word because of

Accepted Answer

A) figure-ground perspective. 
B) retinal disparity. 
C) perceptual learning. 
D) stereoscopic vision. 
A) figure-ground perspective. 
B) retinal disparity. 
C) perceptual learning. 
D) stereoscopic vision.

Question 3

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy would be achieved through

Accepted Answer

A) forming perceptual habits. 
B) using divided attention principles. 
C) being aware of motives and expectations that can influence your perceptions. 
D) maintaining adaptation levels. 
A) forming perceptual habits. 
B) using divided attention principles. 
C) being aware of motives and expectations that can influence your perceptions. 
D) maintaining adaptation levels.

Question 4

The purported ability to communicate directly with another person's mind is called

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Normally, _____remains constant, but in the moon illusion, the _____ appears constant.

Accepted Answer

A) perceived distance; retinal image 
B) retinal image; perceived distance 
C) perceived size; retinal image 
D) retinal image; perceived size 
A) perceived distance; retinal image 
B) retinal image; perceived distance 
C) perceived size; retinal image 
D) retinal image; perceived size

Question 6

In the young woman/old woman illustration, the effect of being set to respond in a particular way is demonstrated.A perceptual set is also referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) stimulus ambiguity. 
B) habituation. 
C) psychological closure. 
D) perceptual expectancy. 
A) stimulus ambiguity. 
B) habituation. 
C) psychological closure. 
D) perceptual expectancy.

Question 7

Many everyday "ESP occurrences" are apparently a result of

Accepted Answer

A) practice. 
B) coincidence. 
C) misrepresentation. 
D) unconscious psychological processes. 
A) practice. 
B) coincidence. 
C) misrepresentation. 
D) unconscious psychological processes.

Question 8

To become a better "eyewitness" to life, you should do all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) seek out-of-the-ordinary experiences. 
B) increase your perceptual sets. 
C) engage in reality testing. 
D) listen to others and watch their facial expressions. 
A) seek out-of-the-ordinary experiences. 
B) increase your perceptual sets. 
C) engage in reality testing. 
D) listen to others and watch their facial expressions.

Question 9

According to Jourard, when you doubt your perceptions of another person's feelings, you should

Accepted Answer

A) avoid them. 
B) do some reality testing. 
C) try to provoke a behavioral reaction. 
D) wait it out. 
A) avoid them. 
B) do some reality testing. 
C) try to provoke a behavioral reaction. 
D) wait it out.

Question 10

The optical illusion known as the _____, two boys are placed on opposite ends of a room and appear to be very different in size because our assumptions about the shape of the room are violated.

Accepted Answer

A) Ames room 
B) motion parallax 
C) stroboscopic movement 
D) Müller-Lyer illusion 
A) Ames room 
B) motion parallax 
C) stroboscopic movement 
D) Müller-Lyer illusion

Question 11

Research evidence has shown that the presence of a weapon

Accepted Answer

A) increases the accuracy of the account. 
B) reduces the ambiguity of the interpretation of the situation. 
C) impairs an eyewitnesses accuracy of a description of a suspect. 
D) allows an eyewitness to remember the event longer. 
A) increases the accuracy of the account. 
B) reduces the ambiguity of the interpretation of the situation. 
C) impairs an eyewitnesses accuracy of a description of a suspect. 
D) allows an eyewitness to remember the event longer.

Question 12

Bottom-up processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you've seen many times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

European Americans 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

Question 14

The study of ESP and other psi phenomenon is known as

Accepted Answer

A) parapsychology. 
B) pseudopsychology. 
C) phrenology. 
D) psychopsychics. 
A) parapsychology. 
B) pseudopsychology. 
C) phrenology. 
D) psychopsychics.

Question 15

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy is LESS likely if we

Accepted Answer

A) relied only on our motivations and expectations. 
B) voluntarily directed attention toward sensations that are normally tuned out. 
C) engaged in reality testing. 
D) interrupt habituation and break perceptual sets. 
A) relied only on our motivations and expectations. 
B) voluntarily directed attention toward sensations that are normally tuned out. 
C) engaged in reality testing. 
D) interrupt habituation and break perceptual sets.

Question 16

After close to 130 years of investigations, it is still impossible to say conclusively whether psi events occur.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In their experiments on the brain and perceptual features, Blakemore, Cooper, Grobstein and Chow found that

Accepted Answer

A) the kittens raised in the vertically-striped rooms ran into chair legs in the normal environment. 
B) the kittens raised in the horizontally-striped rooms had difficulty jumping onto a chair in the normal environment. 
C) there was an actual decrease in brain cells tuned to the missing features. 
D) all of these findings were true. 
A) the kittens raised in the vertically-striped rooms ran into chair legs in the normal environment. 
B) the kittens raised in the horizontally-striped rooms had difficulty jumping onto a chair in the normal environment. 
C) there was an actual decrease in brain cells tuned to the missing features. 
D) all of these findings were true.

Question 18

To conduct valid and reliable experiments, parapsychologists must use

Accepted Answer

A) double-blind experiments. 
B) security and accuracy in their record keeping. 
C) meticulous control and replicate the experiments. 
D) all of these. 
A) double-blind experiments. 
B) security and accuracy in their record keeping. 
C) meticulous control and replicate the experiments. 
D) all of these.

Question 19

The Kaufmans studied the moon illusion by projecting computer images of the moon on a _____ in support of the apparent-distance theory.

Accepted Answer

A) box 
B) plate 
C) wall 
D) mirror 
A) box 
B) plate 
C) wall 
D) mirror

Question 20

Over 1.5 million ESP trials were recently conducted through the newspaper, radio, and television.The results indicated that

Accepted Answer

A) psychokinesis exists, but the other three psi phenomenon do not exist. 
B) psychokinesis does not exist, but the other three psi phenomenon do. 
C) only 10 percent of the participants exhibited a stable ESP ability. 
D) there was no significant ESP effect. 
A) psychokinesis exists, but the other three psi phenomenon do not exist. 
B) psychokinesis does not exist, but the other three psi phenomenon do. 
C) only 10 percent of the participants exhibited a stable ESP ability. 
D) there was no significant ESP effect.

Exam 5: Extension B: Perceiving the World

Which of the following illustrates the influence of perceptual habits on perceptual experience?

In the demonstration of "Paris in the spring," good readers often overlook the repeated word because of

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy would be achieved through

The purported ability to communicate directly with another person's mind is called

Normally, _____remains constant, but in the moon illusion, the _____ appears constant.

In the young woman/old woman illustration, the effect of being set to respond in a particular way is demonstrated.A perceptual set is also referred to as

Many everyday "ESP occurrences" are apparently a result of

To become a better "eyewitness" to life, you should do all of the following EXCEPT

According to Jourard, when you doubt your perceptions of another person's feelings, you should

The optical illusion known as the _____, two boys are placed on opposite ends of a room and appear to be very different in size because our assumptions about the shape of the room are violated.

Research evidence has shown that the presence of a weapon

Bottom-up processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you've seen many times.

European Americans are _____ people who tend to focus on _____.

The study of ESP and other psi phenomenon is known as

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy is LESS likely if we

After close to 130 years of investigations, it is still impossible to say conclusively whether psi events occur.

In their experiments on the brain and perceptual features, Blakemore, Cooper, Grobstein and Chow found that

To conduct valid and reliable experiments, parapsychologists must use

The Kaufmans studied the moon illusion by projecting computer images of the moon on a _____ in support of the apparent-distance theory.

Over 1.5 million ESP trials were recently conducted through the newspaper, radio, and television.The results indicated that

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

Normally, _remains constant, but in the moon illusion, the _ appears constant.

European Americans are _ people who tend to focus on _.