Deck 6: Percetion

Question 1

Which of the following theorists suggest(s) that compound invariants refer to the perception of relationships among stimuli that specify more complex or higher order affordances:

A) Piaget
B) Gibson
C) Bornstein and Arterberry
D) Pulaski

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Preferential looking technique is best described as which of the following activities?

A) Making observations in relation to the duration of the gaze
B) Making observations in relation to the rate of the gaze
C) Making observations in relation to the intensity of the gaze
D) The development of a preferred difference between two sets of stimuli

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Habituation studies involve which two concepts:

A) Boredom and novelty
B) Boredom and idleness
C) Attention and novelty
D) Novelty and idleness

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Visual acuity refers to which of the following statements?

A) The detection of motion in the visual field
B) The quality of a person's vision is measured in terms of the fineness of discriminations which they can make
C) The process of changing the shape of the lens
D) The discrimination of hue from brightness

Question 5

The function of the cone is?

A) To develop contrast sensitivity
B) To relay signals from the eye through the optic nerve to the brain
C) To track moving objects
D) Processing colour vision

Question 6

Auditory sensitivity in the infant is best described by which of the following statements?

A) The frequency at which a sound can be heard by the infant is far greater than that by the toddler
B) An adult hears much quieter sounds than an infant who would need to have the same sound at 10-17 decibels higher in order to hear it
C) The infant has an advanced ability to hear from birth which will deteriorate as adulthood is reached
D) The way in which newborn infants prefer human speech over non-speech sounds

Question 7

The concept of size constancy is a feature of the development of which perception?

A) Face
B) Intermodal
C) Object
D) Depth

Question 8

What is the importance of locomotor experience in relation to the development of depth perception?

A) It enables the child to move in their 'three dimensional world'
B) It allows the infant to explore the immediate environment to assess any dangers
C) It provides the infant with a chance to learn about the meaning of heights
D) It helps to demonstrate how an infant can navigate their surroundings

Question 9

Direct perception is a theory of Gibson, based on which of the following concepts?

A) Perceptual knowledge can be gained through this technique
B) Our sensory systems pick up information already available in the structure of the information we receive from the world
C) It provides an important means for learning about the world and its stimuli
D) It gives an understanding about the way in which perceptual incompetence is prevented

Question 10

The development of colour vision is at its best at which of the following ages?

A) 1 month
B) 2 months
C) 3 months
D) 4 months