Question 1

The active and fluctuating nature of perceptual organization can be demonstrated by looking at

Accepted Answer

A) visual aberrations. 
B) Gestalt patterns related to similarity. 
C) ambiguous stimuli. 
D) the visual cliff. 
A) visual aberrations. 
B) Gestalt patterns related to similarity. 
C) ambiguous stimuli. 
D) the visual cliff.

Question 2

If you focus on your fingertip and bring it toward your eyes until they almost cross, you will actually feel _____ as the muscles that control eye movement working harder as your fingertip gets closer.

Accepted Answer

A) habituation 
B) linear perspective 
C) convergence 
D) overlap 
A) habituation 
B) linear perspective 
C) convergence 
D) overlap

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of an ambiguous stimulus?

Accepted Answer

A) a spotted dog on a spotted background 
B) an old picture of a long forgotten friend 
C) multi-colored army fatigue uniforms 
D) a group of clouds 
A) a spotted dog on a spotted background 
B) an old picture of a long forgotten friend 
C) multi-colored army fatigue uniforms 
D) a group of clouds

Question 4

Regarding the principles of perception, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Illusory figures are implied shapes that are not actually bounded by an edge or an outline. 
B) Young children are unable to see illusionary shapes because there are only minimal cues. 
C) Contiguity is often responsible for the perception that one thing has caused another. 
D) Perceptions tend toward simplicity and continuity. 
A) Illusory figures are implied shapes that are not actually bounded by an edge or an outline. 
B) Young children are unable to see illusionary shapes because there are only minimal cues. 
C) Contiguity is often responsible for the perception that one thing has caused another. 
D) Perceptions tend toward simplicity and continuity.

Question 5

With which pictorial depth cue does one assume that light comes mainly from one direction and the source of the light is above the pictured object?

Accepted Answer

A) retinal disparity 
B) interposition 
C) aerial perspective 
D) light and shadow 
A) retinal disparity 
B) interposition 
C) aerial perspective 
D) light and shadow

Question 6

Removing cues for depth when the moon is near the horizon would

Accepted Answer

A) not cause any illusion of change in the size of the moon. 
B) cause an illusion of the moon being larger. 
C) cause an illusion of the moon being smaller. 
D) cause an illusion of the moon having disappeared. 
A) not cause any illusion of change in the size of the moon. 
B) cause an illusion of the moon being larger. 
C) cause an illusion of the moon being smaller. 
D) cause an illusion of the moon having disappeared.

Question 7

_____ can be thought of as a "bottleneck," or a narrowing in the information channel linking the senses to perception, that is, when one message enters the bottleneck, it seems to prevent others from passing through.

Accepted Answer

A) Selective attention 
B) Divided perception 
C) Repetitious stimulation 
D) Subliminal attention 
A) Selective attention 
B) Divided perception 
C) Repetitious stimulation 
D) Subliminal attention

Question 8

Convergence and retinal disparity are similar in that both are

Accepted Answer

A) binocular cues. 
B) monocular cues. 
C) muscular cues. 
D) pictorial cues. 
A) binocular cues. 
B) monocular cues. 
C) muscular cues. 
D) pictorial cues.

Question 9

Research on perceptual sensitivity has shown that people

Accepted Answer

A) are more likely to recognize the faces of people from their own race. 
B) are more likely to recognize the faces of people from a different race. 
C) are equally likely to recognize faces of people from any race or their own. 
D) have more difficulty recognizing faces if they use only one eye. 
A) are more likely to recognize the faces of people from their own race. 
B) are more likely to recognize the faces of people from a different race. 
C) are equally likely to recognize faces of people from any race or their own. 
D) have more difficulty recognizing faces if they use only one eye.

Question 10

_____ processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you've seen many times.

Accepted Answer

A) Bottom-up 
B) Top-down 
C) Left-right 
D) Selective 
A) Bottom-up 
B) Top-down 
C) Left-right 
D) Selective

Question 11

You look through your new photographic slide-viewer toy, which creates the impression of seeing a three-dimensional scene by one photograph of the scene being displayed to one eye and a slightly different view of this scene being presented to the other eye.When these two images are fused into one overall image, _____ occurs.

Accepted Answer

A) the motion parallax 
B) stereoscopic vision 
C) an aerial perspective 
D) visual assimilation 
A) the motion parallax 
B) stereoscopic vision 
C) an aerial perspective 
D) visual assimilation

Question 12

The chief cues for depth perception utilized by producers of 3-D movies are those that involve _____ in which the moviegoers are presented with two slightly different views of scenes.

Accepted Answer

A) linear perspective 
B) light and shadow 
C) retinal disparity 
D) texture gradients 
A) linear perspective 
B) light and shadow 
C) retinal disparity 
D) texture gradients

Question 13

Mackworth and Loftus found that people who were asked to look at a drawing of a farm scene that had an octopus near the barn tended to

Accepted Answer

A) show inattentional blindness to the octopus. 
B) look longer at the octopus because it was an unexpected object. 
C) look a shorter time at the octopus because it was an unexpected object. 
D) look the same length of time to each object in the drawing, regardless of whether it was an expected or unexpected object. 
A) show inattentional blindness to the octopus. 
B) look longer at the octopus because it was an unexpected object. 
C) look a shorter time at the octopus because it was an unexpected object. 
D) look the same length of time to each object in the drawing, regardless of whether it was an expected or unexpected object.

Question 14

_____ arises when you must separate your mental effort among tasks, each of which requires more or less attention.

Accepted Answer

A) Selective perception 
B) Divided attention 
C) Habituation 
D) Dishabituation 
A) Selective perception 
B) Divided attention 
C) Habituation 
D) Dishabituation

Question 15

Cross-cultural experiences suggest that pictorial cues for depth perception are

Accepted Answer

A) universal. 
B) learned. 
C) irrelevant. 
D) illusions. 
A) universal. 
B) learned. 
C) irrelevant. 
D) illusions.

Question 16

The most convincing evidence that depth perception is native to humans (and possibly other species) is its

Accepted Answer

A) importance in adaptive activity. 
B) early emergence as a perceptual skill. 
C) integration with motor skills. 
D) reliance on monocular and binocular cues. 
A) importance in adaptive activity. 
B) early emergence as a perceptual skill. 
C) integration with motor skills. 
D) reliance on monocular and binocular cues.

Question 17

The batter has just hit a high fly ball to center field where you are standing.As the ball spirals down, you are able to focus on this object and judge distances because of

Accepted Answer

A) convergence. 
B) the motion parallax. 
C) linear perspective. 
D) accommodation. 
A) convergence. 
B) the motion parallax. 
C) linear perspective. 
D) accommodation.

Question 18

Which of the following is a binocular depth cue?

Accepted Answer

A) accommodation 
B) convergence 
C) linear perspective 
D) motion parallax 
A) accommodation 
B) convergence 
C) linear perspective 
D) motion parallax

Question 19

John is trying to read the directions to the conference while he is driving.He is exhibiting a dangerous form of

Accepted Answer

A) divided attention. 
B) selective perception. 
C) simultaneous perception. 
D) sequential attention. 
A) divided attention. 
B) selective perception. 
C) simultaneous perception. 
D) sequential attention.

Question 20

If you stand in the middle of a cobblestone street, the street will look coarse near your feet and finer if you look into the distance.This is called

Accepted Answer

A) texture gradient. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) relative size. 
D) relative motion. 
A) texture gradient. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) relative size. 
D) relative motion.

Exam 5: Extension A: Perceiving the World

The active and fluctuating nature of perceptual organization can be demonstrated by looking at

If you focus on your fingertip and bring it toward your eyes until they almost cross, you will actually feel _____ as the muscles that control eye movement working harder as your fingertip gets closer.

Which of the following is an example of an ambiguous stimulus?

Regarding the principles of perception, which of the following statements is FALSE?

With which pictorial depth cue does one assume that light comes mainly from one direction and the source of the light is above the pictured object?

Removing cues for depth when the moon is near the horizon would

_____ can be thought of as a "bottleneck," or a narrowing in the information channel linking the senses to perception, that is, when one message enters the bottleneck, it seems to prevent others from passing through.

Convergence and retinal disparity are similar in that both are

Research on perceptual sensitivity has shown that people

_____ processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you've seen many times.

The chief cues for depth perception utilized by producers of 3-D movies are those that involve _____ in which the moviegoers are presented with two slightly different views of scenes.

Mackworth and Loftus found that people who were asked to look at a drawing of a farm scene that had an octopus near the barn tended to

_____ arises when you must separate your mental effort among tasks, each of which requires more or less attention.

Cross-cultural experiences suggest that pictorial cues for depth perception are

The most convincing evidence that depth perception is native to humans (and possibly other species) is its

The batter has just hit a high fly ball to center field where you are standing.As the ball spirals down, you are able to focus on this object and judge distances because of

Which of the following is a binocular depth cue?

John is trying to read the directions to the conference while he is driving.He is exhibiting a dangerous form of

If you stand in the middle of a cobblestone street, the street will look coarse near your feet and finer if you look into the distance.This is called

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 B: 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