Exam 10: Perceiving Depth and Size

An insect is most likely to use ______ to perceive depth.

As Tyler looks down a railroad track, he perceives the sides of the tracks as becoming closer as the distance increases. This is an example of

The size-distance scaling equation explains the Ames Room illusion because

If you hold one quarter about 12 inches from your eyes, and another quarter at arm's length, the two quarters will be perceived to be about the same size when

According to Day's "conflicting cues theory", the perception of vertical line lengths depends on

According to Gregory's misapplied size constancy scaling hypothesis, we perceive the "arrows pointing out" version of the Muller-Lyer illusion as

The imaginary plane in which all objects project to corresponding points in the left and right retina is

The importance of _______________ is that these stimuli rely solely on binocular disparity to provide the impression of depth.

Deletion and accretion are

Holway and Boring found that

The correspondence problem is best demonstrated by

A person create binocular depth in video images by

The depth cue that is responsible for perceiving depth in ViewMasters™ and "3-D" movies is

Motion parallax

_______ is defined as depth perception created by input from both eyes.

A major assumption of the apparent-distance theory of the moon illusion is that the sky overhead

Discuss the method, results, and implications of the Holway and Boring (1941) "hallway" experiment.

Of the oculomotor depth cues, convergence is ___________ than accommodation.

The approximate visual angle of the width of your thumb held at arm's length is ___ degrees.

Blake and Hirsch (1975) use selective rearing of kittens to show that