Exam 5: Extension B: Perceiving the World

A psychologist conducts an experiment in which he and another sane individual fake symptoms and are admitted to a psychiatric hospital.They immediately start behaving normally, but it takes a long time for them to be released.The most probable explanation for the delay was

In general, _____ produces illusions.

When you are riding down a road, you may experience _____, which involves objects in the foreground, such as a telephone poles, appearing to fly by, while objects in the distance, such as mountains, seeming to barely move.

Reinterpretation in psi experiments, like Edgar Mitchell's experiment

Twenty extremely accurate clocks are locked in two bank vaults (ten in each).A subject who claims to have paranormal powers concentrates on the clocks in one of the vaults, attempting to make them run faster.If she succeeds, she will have demonstrated

One dog appears considerably larger than the other because one has been shaved and the other still has its long hair.The difference in the sizes of the two dogs is

_____ is a problem in psi experiments and consists of defining scores, both above and below chance, as successes.

The idea that many people seem unable to detect gradual but deadly trends in modern civilization is an example of the Hawthorne Effect.

With regard to eyewitness testimony, a victim's testimony is usually more accurate than individuals who just observed the event occurring.

Regarding parapsychology studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

For a person who wants to become a better "eyewitness" to life, which of the following suggestions would be considered good advice?

A man six feet in height will look tall when surrounded by others of average height, and short among a group of professional basketball players.This is an example of

According to Maslow, people who perceive their world more accurately than others tend to be characterized by

When ESP tests are done using Zener cards, pure guessing in these tests will produce an average score of _____ "hit(s)" out of 25 cards.

Abraham Maslow believed that people who are unusually accurate in their perceptions have which of the following qualities?

After 130 years of psi investigation, scientists

Individuals who have Charles Bonnet syndrome

A general conclusion that one might draw from the relationship between Zulu experiences and their perception of the Müller-Lyer illusion is that

Parapsychologists believe the "decline effect" shows

The Kaufmans' experiment that showed that observers stated that the moon appeared smaller near the horizon, where more depth cues were found provided the strongest confirmation of the