Exam 21: Sensation and Perception: Perceptual Processes

Which of the following principles of perception would be most useful for those intending to camouflage military vehicles?

Five-year-old Jay drew a picture of an Easter bunny hiding eggs.He drew a small bunny at the top of the page as if the bunny is hopping away from the large multicolored egg at the bottom of the page.Jay has used which two pictorial cues?

Depth cues that require only one eye are known as _______ depth cues.

You have a craving for ice cream.In the lunch room,you see a large bowl of pistachio ice cream.Excitedly,you run up to the bowl,only to find that it smells like tuna and is,in fact,a large bowl of tuna fish.You have just experienced

When a figure offers so much conflicting information as to block perceptual organization,it is termed

When two images are fused into one overall image,a three-dimensional sight occurs,which is referred to as

When you estimate a distance under 50 feet,such as when you play catch or shoot trash can hoops with the first draft of your essay,you are using

In Erica's painting,the most distant cacti and rocks appear smaller than the objects she wishes to appear closer to the viewer.This illustrates her use of the pictorial depth cue known as

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 the binocular cue known as _______.

The illusion that railroad tracks come together in the distance involves the depth cue of

Bottom-up processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you have seen many times.

In judging distances within four feet of the eyes,we rely on changes in the sensations of the muscles attached to each lens,a process known as

When you take a stroll at night,the moon appears to "follow" you.The pictorial cue that explains this phenomenon is called

Ambiguous stimuli allow us to hold more than one

The ability to see a line on a piece of paper is considered to be

When you put a picture puzzle together that you have never seen before,you will be using _______ processing.

A person with schizophrenia continually "hears" a voice shouting,"Buckets of blood!" when there is no one around and no radio or television is turned on.This person is experiencing a(n)

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

Regarding accommodation,which of the following statements is FALSE?

When six- to 14-month old infants are placed in the middle of a visual cliff,they usually