4.4 Quiz

25 August 2022
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Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:
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closure.
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Perceiving the voice of a ventriloquist as originating from the mouth of a dummy best illustrates:
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visual capture.
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Although carpenter Smith perceived a briefly viewed object as a screwdriver, police officer Wesson perceived the same object as a knife. This illustrates that perception is guided by:
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perceptual set.
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Which of the following illustrates the principle of visual capture?
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When there is a conflict between visual information and that from another sense, vision tends to dominate.
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Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by:
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Gestalt psychologists.
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A neutral facial expression may be perceived as sadder at a funeral than at a circus. This best illustrates:
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a context effect.
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The lights along the runway were shrouded in such a thick fog that the pilot of an incoming plane nearly overshot the runway. The pilot was most likely misled by the distance cue known as:
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relative clarity.
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Studies of the visual cliff have provided evidence that much of depth perception is:
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innate.
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The tendency to organize stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns is called:
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continuity.
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Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth perception known as:
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linear perspective.
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The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing viewing angles illustrates:
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perceptual constancy.
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Which of the following statements concerning ESP is true?
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Most research psychologists are skeptical of the claims of defenders of ESP.
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When watching and listening to a movie with subtitles, a conflict in your senses is created. Should you watch and listen to the action of the movie, or the changing words in the subtitle? When there is a conflict of the senses, one sense will predominate. This is called
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visual capture
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When you come to ask me who you will marry in 10 years, you are assuming I have the extrasensory ability of
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precognition
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When Olaf was a child, he injured his right eye and cannot see out of it now. As an adult, he cannot take advantage of _________ cues to perceive depth.
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binocular
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There is a laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants. It is called
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visual cliff
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We know that objects do not generally change size, shape, or color because of the concept of
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perceptual constancy
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We are at a party together, and you find my conversation boring. However, there is an attractive person near me having a conversation with a friend, and you think they are talking about you. You are able to listen to their conversation instead of me because of
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selective attention
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An artist's painting contains a parallel row of motorcycles that seemingly converge at the top of the painting. His ability to convey the concept of distance is because of which of the following cues?
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linear perspective
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If an object is higher in our visual field, we perceive it as being ______ due to the principle of _____________.
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farther away; relative height