Question 1

Advertisers would love you if they heard you humming their jingle in the shower.You would have fallen prey to an attention-getting device called

Accepted Answer

A) brightness. 
B) motion. 
C) contrast. 
D) repetition. 
A) brightness. 
B) motion. 
C) contrast. 
D) repetition.

Question 2

Allotting mental space or effort to several tasks or parts of a task is a definition of

Accepted Answer

A) an orientation response. 
B) habituation. 
C) divided attention. 
D) selective attention. 
A) an orientation response. 
B) habituation. 
C) divided attention. 
D) selective attention.

Question 3

As you focus on your cell phone conversation while driving, you miss the road sign where you needed to make a turn and drive 20 miles out of the way.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) psychokinesis. 
B) inattentional blindness. 
C) retinal disparity. 
D) an apparent-distance illusion. 
A) psychokinesis. 
B) inattentional blindness. 
C) retinal disparity. 
D) an apparent-distance illusion.

Question 4

Perception cannot occur without

Accepted Answer

A) attention. 
B) sensory adaptation. 
C) habituation. 
D) sensory gating. 
A) attention. 
B) sensory adaptation. 
C) habituation. 
D) sensory gating.

Question 5

Perceptual construction proceeds in two major ways, which involve _____ processing.

Accepted Answer

A) inductive and intuitive 
B) top-down and bottom-up 
C) deductive and divergent 
D) lateral and vertical 
A) inductive and intuitive 
B) top-down and bottom-up 
C) deductive and divergent 
D) lateral and vertical

Question 6

Which of the following illustrates the principle of contiguity?

Accepted Answer

A) the false dawn before a sunrise 
B) the shadows cast on a cloudy day 
C) a person lip-syncing to a record 
D) a darker balloon seen as farther away than a lighter one 
A) the false dawn before a sunrise 
B) the shadows cast on a cloudy day 
C) a person lip-syncing to a record 
D) a darker balloon seen as farther away than a lighter one

Question 7

Changes in the sensations of the muscles attached to each lens helps us judge distances within four feet of the eyes.This is known as

Accepted Answer

A) retinal disparity. 
B) texture gradient. 
C) accommodation. 
D) linear perspective. 
A) retinal disparity. 
B) texture gradient. 
C) accommodation. 
D) linear perspective.

Question 8

Regarding ADHD, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Girls are over twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD as boys. 
B) Some experts insist that ADHD is being overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed resulting in millions of young children being given medication. 
C) ADHD is often treated with Ritalin, which is classified as a stimulant. 
D) Over two million American children have ADHD and about half will continue to show some symptoms as adults. 
A) Girls are over twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD as boys. 
B) Some experts insist that ADHD is being overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed resulting in millions of young children being given medication. 
C) ADHD is often treated with Ritalin, which is classified as a stimulant. 
D) Over two million American children have ADHD and about half will continue to show some symptoms as adults.

Question 9

When you look at a scene,

Accepted Answer

A) your mind automatically records the action potentials of the rods and cones. 
B) you recognize and understand patterns in the messages. 
C) your mind acts as a computer storing pixels of the particular scene. 
D) you habituate the image and then assimilate the experience into your existing schema. 
A) your mind automatically records the action potentials of the rods and cones. 
B) you recognize and understand patterns in the messages. 
C) your mind acts as a computer storing pixels of the particular scene. 
D) you habituate the image and then assimilate the experience into your existing schema.

Question 10

"What is it?" is to the orientation response as "Who cares?" is to

Accepted Answer

A) habituation. 
B) selective attention. 
C) divided attention. 
D) perceptual expectancy. 
A) habituation. 
B) selective attention. 
C) divided attention. 
D) perceptual expectancy.

Question 11

When older babies crawl off tables or beds, it is usually due to the babies' lack of

Accepted Answer

A) stereoscopic vision. 
B) motor coordination. 
C) depth perception. 
D) peripheral vision. 
A) stereoscopic vision. 
B) motor coordination. 
C) depth perception. 
D) peripheral vision.

Question 12

The ability to see a line on a piece of paper appears to be considered _____, while judging the size of cars, houses, and people from great distances or from the top of a skyscraper would be considered _____.

Accepted Answer

A) native; empirical 
B) empirical; native 
C) extrinsic; intrinsic 
D) exogenous; endogenous 
A) native; empirical 
B) empirical; native 
C) extrinsic; intrinsic 
D) exogenous; endogenous

Question 13

Bodily changes that prepare an organism to receive information from a particular stimulus are called

Accepted Answer

A) selective attention. 
B) an orientation response. 
C) subliminal stimuli. 
D) divided attention. 
A) selective attention. 
B) an orientation response. 
C) subliminal stimuli. 
D) divided attention.

Question 14

Patterns that break up figure-ground organization are known as

Accepted Answer

A) closure. 
B) continuity. 
C) camouflage. 
D) contiguity. 
A) closure. 
B) continuity. 
C) camouflage. 
D) contiguity.

Question 15

Depth perception

Accepted Answer

A) enables one to see three-dimensional space. 
B) allows you to accurately judge distances. 
C) is partly learned and partly innate. 
D) is characterized by all of these. 
A) enables one to see three-dimensional space. 
B) allows you to accurately judge distances. 
C) is partly learned and partly innate. 
D) is characterized by all of these.

Question 16

The binocular cue of convergence occurs

Accepted Answer

A) because the eyes are about 2.5 inches apart. 
B) when the lens in each eye bends or bulges to focus on nearby objects. 
C) just as easily in a person with only one eye. 
D) when trying to focus on an object less than 50 feet in distance. 
A) because the eyes are about 2.5 inches apart. 
B) when the lens in each eye bends or bulges to focus on nearby objects. 
C) just as easily in a person with only one eye. 
D) when trying to focus on an object less than 50 feet in distance.

Question 17

Regarding the pictorial depth cues, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Linear perspective is the single most powerful pictorial depth cue. 
B) The depth cues of linear perspective, light and shadow, and relative motion are more powerful together than any one alone. 
C) Interposition occurs when smog, fog, dust, or haze occlude an object. 
D) The pictorial cue of texture gradient is the only pictorial depth cue involved in creating the impossible figure. 
A) Linear perspective is the single most powerful pictorial depth cue. 
B) The depth cues of linear perspective, light and shadow, and relative motion are more powerful together than any one alone. 
C) Interposition occurs when smog, fog, dust, or haze occlude an object. 
D) The pictorial cue of texture gradient is the only pictorial depth cue involved in creating the impossible figure.

Question 18

Which of the following examples best illustrates the boiled frog syndrome?

Accepted Answer

A) taste aversions between social class and culture 
B) the ending of a summer romance 
C) the slow build-up of the greenhouse effect 
D) a love-at-first-sight experience 
A) taste aversions between social class and culture 
B) the ending of a summer romance 
C) the slow build-up of the greenhouse effect 
D) a love-at-first-sight experience

Question 19

Depth cues that require two eyes are known as _____ depth cues.

Accepted Answer

A) binocular 
B) dizygotic 
C) divergent 
D) bilateral 
A) binocular 
B) dizygotic 
C) divergent 
D) bilateral

Question 20

_____ is probably inborn, because it is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain sight.

Accepted Answer

A) Figure-ground organization 
B) Perceptual sets 
C) Linear perspective 
D) Closure 
A) Figure-ground organization 
B) Perceptual sets 
C) Linear perspective 
D) Closure

Exam 5: Extension A: Perceiving the World

Advertisers would love you if they heard you humming their jingle in the shower.You would have fallen prey to an attention-getting device called

Allotting mental space or effort to several tasks or parts of a task is a definition of

As you focus on your cell phone conversation while driving, you miss the road sign where you needed to make a turn and drive 20 miles out of the way.This is an example of

Perception cannot occur without

Perceptual construction proceeds in two major ways, which involve _____ processing.

Which of the following illustrates the principle of contiguity?

Changes in the sensations of the muscles attached to each lens helps us judge distances within four feet of the eyes.This is known as

Regarding ADHD, which of the following statements is FALSE?

When you look at a scene,

"What is it?" is to the orientation response as "Who cares?" is to

When older babies crawl off tables or beds, it is usually due to the babies' lack of

The ability to see a line on a piece of paper appears to be considered _____, while judging the size of cars, houses, and people from great distances or from the top of a skyscraper would be considered _____.

Bodily changes that prepare an organism to receive information from a particular stimulus are called

Patterns that break up figure-ground organization are known as

Depth perception

The binocular cue of convergence occurs

Regarding the pictorial depth cues, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following examples best illustrates the boiled frog syndrome?

Depth cues that require two eyes are known as _____ depth cues.

_____ is probably inborn, because it is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain sight.

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

The ability to see a line on a piece of paper appears to be considered _, while judging the size of cars, houses, and people from great distances or from the top of a skyscraper would be considered _.