Exam 21: Sensation and Perception: Perceptual Processes

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

To accurately portray a gray automobile that appears in both sunshine and shadow,an artist would have to be aware of

Features of the environment,or messages from the body,that supply information about distance and space are called

Which of the following would most likely be tested using a visual cliff?

At the political convention,the people are crowded together on the convention floor.Although the large group is a mixture of different gender,ages,and races with many different outfits,you easily group these people together based on the sign being held up in the middle of each group that bears their state's name.Your grouping was the result of which perceptual principle?

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

An initial guess or plan about how to organize a stimulus pattern is referred to as a

People from Bangkok,Thailand,Katmandu,Nepal,and Malaysia can be mentally grouped together as Asians.Which of the following principles of perceptual grouping best fits this example?

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

In the textbook is a photomosaic by Robert Silver that is made up entirely of small,individual photos.An infant or newly sighted person would see only a jumble of meaningless colors.However,most people say that they see a familiar picture.This illustrates that visual perception involves

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

You are using one eye to look through a microscope.Which of the listed depth cues is available to you?

When you are traveling in a wide open space with clean air,very distant mountains often appear to be closer than they really are.This occurrence is due to a decrease in

Figure-ground organization is probably inborn,because it is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight.

The captain of a small fishing boat complains that on exceptionally clear days distances are harder to judge.This is probably due to the loss of which depth cue?

Most recent research has shown that depth perception begins to develop as early as two weeks of age with its development not being complete until about what age?

The fact that objects that are close in space to each other tend to be grouped together is known as

When you look at a distant object,the lines of vision from your eyes are parallel.You are normally not aware of it,but the muscles attached to the eyeball feed information on eye position to the brain to help it judge distances under 50 feet.This describes the binocular depth cue known as

Which of the following perceptual skills will be the first to appear if a blind person regains his or her sight?

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