Question 1

A(n)_____ is a perceptual hypothesis that we are likely to apply to a stimulus, even if applying it is inappropriate.

Accepted Answer

A) dishabituation 
B) perceptual expectancy 
C) reality test 
D) extrasensory perception 
A) dishabituation 
B) perceptual expectancy 
C) reality test 
D) extrasensory perception

Question 2

Research has shown that the psi capabilities of ESP stage performers, like Uri Geller,

Accepted Answer

A) are true examples of the paranormal. 
B) resulted from the use of deception and sleight of hand tricks. 
C) can be controlled enough by the person to do simple entertainment demonstrations. 
D) are exhibited by only about five percent of the stage ESP performers. 
A) are true examples of the paranormal. 
B) resulted from the use of deception and sleight of hand tricks. 
C) can be controlled enough by the person to do simple entertainment demonstrations. 
D) are exhibited by only about five percent of the stage ESP performers.

Question 3

In order to become a better eyewitness to life, you should

Accepted Answer

A) maintain perceptual habits. 
B) try to consciously pay closer attention. 
C) become less aware of reality testing. 
D) narrow your frame of reference. 
A) maintain perceptual habits. 
B) try to consciously pay closer attention. 
C) become less aware of reality testing. 
D) narrow your frame of reference.

Question 4

According to Maslow, people who perceive their world more accurately than others tend to be characterized by immersion in the present and a lack of self-consciousness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

ESP researchers regard the decline effect as evidence that _____, while ESP skeptics regard the decline effect as _____.

Accepted Answer

A) parapsychological skills are very fragile; the demonstration of ESP being the result of a run of luck. 
B) the demonstration of ESP was the result of a run of luck; parapsychological skills being very fragile. 
C) psi ability are being maintained over time; replication being accomplished. 
D) replication has been accomplished; the maintenance of psi ability over time. 
A) parapsychological skills are very fragile; the demonstration of ESP being the result of a run of luck. 
B) the demonstration of ESP was the result of a run of luck; parapsychological skills being very fragile. 
C) psi ability are being maintained over time; replication being accomplished. 
D) replication has been accomplished; the maintenance of psi ability over time.

Question 6

Important elements of a stimulus pattern such as lines, shapes, edges, spots, and colors, are referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual features. 
B) perceptual adaptations. 
C) perceptual illusions. 
D) sensory depth cues. 
A) perceptual features. 
B) perceptual adaptations. 
C) perceptual illusions. 
D) sensory depth cues.

Question 7

Using the Zener cards, a typical _____ test would consist of the people trying to guess the symbols of the cards as they are turned up from a shuffled deck.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

The more confident the eyewitness, the more accurate the eyewitness will be.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy would be achieved through

Accepted Answer

A) breaking functional fixedness. 
B) paying close attention. 
C) attempting to do three or four things simultaneously. 
D) altered states of consciousness. 
A) breaking functional fixedness. 
B) paying close attention. 
C) attempting to do three or four things simultaneously. 
D) altered states of consciousness.

Question 10

John is a contestant on television game show, and he believes that he can use his mind to make the money wheel land on "lose a turn" or "bankrupt" when his opponents are spinning it.John believes he has which psi ability?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

European Americans tend to

Accepted Answer

A) be collectivist 
B) focus on interpersonal relationships and social responsibility. 
C) focus more on the background of a picture. 
D) have a narrow focus of attention. 
A) be collectivist 
B) focus on interpersonal relationships and social responsibility. 
C) focus more on the background of a picture. 
D) have a narrow focus of attention.

Question 12

Perceptual habits are

Accepted Answer

A) established patterns of organization and attention. 
B) muscular responses to sudden movements. 
C) bodily sensations. 
D) innate patterns of behavior. 
A) established patterns of organization and attention. 
B) muscular responses to sudden movements. 
C) bodily sensations. 
D) innate patterns of behavior.

Question 13

_____ is a set of techniques that are used to lead people to believe in the truth of what a psychic or medium is saying about them and rely on uncritical acceptance, positive instances, and the Barnum effect.

Accepted Answer

A) Clairvoyance interpretation 
B) Psi interpretation 
C) Cold reading 
D) Dishabituation reading 
A) Clairvoyance interpretation 
B) Psi interpretation 
C) Cold reading 
D) Dishabituation reading

Question 14

The phrase we see what we believe refers to

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual illusions. 
B) perceptional reconstruction. 
C) sane hallucinations. 
D) stereoscopic vision. 
A) perceptual illusions. 
B) perceptional reconstruction. 
C) sane hallucinations. 
D) stereoscopic vision.

Question 15

For groups of people in cultures we are not familiar with, we lack the expertise needed to accurately separate one face from another.This research finding illustrates the real-world consequences of

Accepted Answer

A) pictorial depth cues. 
B) perceptual adaptations. 
C) perceptual features. 
D) perceptual illusions 
A) pictorial depth cues. 
B) perceptual adaptations. 
C) perceptual features. 
D) perceptual illusions

Question 16

During the middle of the night, a woman away for a weekend visit suddenly has a strong impulse to return home.Regarding how people would interpret her hunch, which of the following is/are TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) If her hunch is confirmed, she and others may reinterpret it as precognition or clairvoyance. 
B) If her hunch is not confirmed, it will be forgotten. 
C) Most people do not realize that such coincidences between hunches and happenings occur quite often. 
D) All of these statements are true. 
A) If her hunch is confirmed, she and others may reinterpret it as precognition or clairvoyance. 
B) If her hunch is not confirmed, it will be forgotten. 
C) Most people do not realize that such coincidences between hunches and happenings occur quite often. 
D) All of these statements are true.

Question 17

The Necker's cube and the Rorschach inkblots are good examples of ambiguous stimuli.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the Ames room, people appear to grow larger or smaller as they walk from one side of the room to the other because

Accepted Answer

A) retinal disparity occurs and causes motion parallax. 
B) the room illustrates the reversibility of figure-ground objects. 
C) accommodation cannot be maintained with movement by the people. 
D) the room appears to be square due to shape constancy. 
A) retinal disparity occurs and causes motion parallax. 
B) the room illustrates the reversibility of figure-ground objects. 
C) accommodation cannot be maintained with movement by the people. 
D) the room appears to be square due to shape constancy.

Question 19

Due to a lack of depth cues when the moon is overhead, the moon looks larger when it is overhead than when it is on the horizon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

East Asians tend to

Accepted Answer

A) be individualistic. 
B) focus on self and their sense of control. 
C) focus more on the figure within a scene. 
D) have a broader focus of attention. 
A) be individualistic. 
B) focus on self and their sense of control. 
C) focus more on the figure within a scene. 
D) have a broader focus of attention.

Exam 5: Extension B: Perceiving the World

A(n)_____ is a perceptual hypothesis that we are likely to apply to a stimulus, even if applying it is inappropriate.

Research has shown that the psi capabilities of ESP stage performers, like Uri Geller,

In order to become a better eyewitness to life, you should

According to Maslow, people who perceive their world more accurately than others tend to be characterized by immersion in the present and a lack of self-consciousness.

ESP researchers regard the decline effect as evidence that _____, while ESP skeptics regard the decline effect as _____.

Important elements of a stimulus pattern such as lines, shapes, edges, spots, and colors, are referred to as

Using the Zener cards, a typical _____ test would consist of the people trying to guess the symbols of the cards as they are turned up from a shuffled deck.

The more confident the eyewitness, the more accurate the eyewitness will be.

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy would be achieved through

John is a contestant on television game show, and he believes that he can use his mind to make the money wheel land on "lose a turn" or "bankrupt" when his opponents are spinning it.John believes he has which psi ability?

European Americans tend to

Perceptual habits are

_____ is a set of techniques that are used to lead people to believe in the truth of what a psychic or medium is saying about them and rely on uncritical acceptance, positive instances, and the Barnum effect.

The phrase we see what we believe refers to

For groups of people in cultures we are not familiar with, we lack the expertise needed to accurately separate one face from another.This research finding illustrates the real-world consequences of

During the middle of the night, a woman away for a weekend visit suddenly has a strong impulse to return home.Regarding how people would interpret her hunch, which of the following is/are TRUE?

The Necker's cube and the Rorschach inkblots are good examples of ambiguous stimuli.

In the Ames room, people appear to grow larger or smaller as they walk from one side of the room to the other because

Due to a lack of depth cues when the moon is overhead, the moon looks larger when it is overhead than when it is on the horizon.

East Asians tend to

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

ESP researchers regard the decline effect as evidence that _, while ESP skeptics regard the decline effect as _.