Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) nearness 
B) closure 
C) figure-ground 
D) contiguity

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

A) light and shadow and relative size 
B) relative size and height in the picture plan 
C) the motion parallax and aerial perspective 
D) texture gradients and interposition

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) monocular 
B) monozygotic 
C) convergent 
D) unilateral

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) sensory adaptation. 
B) the Gestalt notion of similarity. 
C) the failure of a perceptual hypothesis. 
D) camouflage interfering with figure-ground organization.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) an impossible figure. 
B) an ambiguous stimuli. 
C) a perceptual frustration. 
D) camouflage.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) accommodation. 
B) convergence. 
C) linear perspective. 
D) stereoscopic vision.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) convergence. 
B) accommodation. 
C) retinal disparity. 
D) relative size.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) texture gradients. 
B) relative size. 
C) height in the picture plan. 
D) aerial perspective.

Question 9

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 _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The batter has just hit a high...

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) atmospheric perspective. 
B) texture gradients. 
C) light and shadow. 
D) linear perspective.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) motion parallax. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) interposition. 
D) retinal disparity.

Question 14

Ambiguous stimuli allow us to hold more than one

Accepted Answer

A) texture gradient. 
B) motion parallax. 
C) perceptual constancy. 
D) perceptual hypothesis.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) native. 
B) empirical. 
C) extrinsic. 
D) exogenous.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) bottom-up 
B) top-down 
C) left-right 
D) selective

Question 17

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)

Accepted Answer

A) auditory hallucination. 
B) vestibulary illusion. 
C) sane delusion. 
D) sane hallucination.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) retinal disparity occurs and causes motion parallax. 
B) the room illustrates the reversibility of figure-ground objects. 
C) accommodation cannot be maintained with movement by the people. 
D) the observer's perceptual construction of the room is based on the assumption that the room is square.

Question 19

Regarding accommodation,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Accommodation is a monocular depth cue. 
B) Beyond four feet,accommodation has limited value. 
C) Accommodation involves the bending of the lens to focus on nearby objects. 
D) Accommodation is an important depth cue in driving a car or catching a ball.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) remain still. 
B) move to the shallow side of the apparatus. 
C) move to the deep side of the apparatus. 
D) approach their mothers when called,whether that requires moving to the shallow or deep side.

Exam 21: Sensation and Perception: Perceptual Processes