Chapter 6 example #6802

The study of perception is primarily concerned with how we:

Berdine has developed cataracts in both eyes, preventing her from being able to identify even her mother's face. Berdine most clearly suffers a deficiency in:

Patients' negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrates the importance of:

Perception is the process by which:

The brain breaks vision into separate dimensions such as color, depth, movement, and form, and works on each aspect simultaneously. This is called:

________ processing refers to how the physical characteristics of stimuli influence their interpretation.

The ability to see objects in three dimensions is most essential for making judgments of:

Relative height is a cue involving our perception of objects higher in our field of vision as:

An artist paints a tree orchard so that the parallel rows of trees converge at the top of the canvas. Which cue has the artist used to convey distance?

Pedro recognized that his son was closer to him than his daughter because his son partially obstructed his view of his daughter. Pedro's perception was most clearly influenced by a distance cue known as:

As her friend Milo walks toward her, Noriko perceives his size as remaining constant because his perceived distance ________ at the same time that her retinal image of him ________.

When the Moon is near the horizon, it appears larger than when it is high in the sky. This effect is primarily a result of:

Because she mistakenly thought she was much closer to the mountain than she actually was, Fiona perceived the mountain to be ________ than it actually was.

The Moon illusion refers to our tendency to perceive the Moon as unusually:

Racial and ethnic stereotypes can sometimes bias our perceptions of others' behaviors. This best illustrates the impact of:

After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as diseaserelated symptoms. His reaction best illustrates the impact of:

Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry professor several times a week, she didn't recognize the professor when she saw her in the grocery store. This best illustrates the importance of:

Adults who are born blind but later have their vision restored:

Psychologists are skeptical about the existence of ESP because:

The greatest difficulty facing contemporary parapsychology is the:

The sensory experience of bending one's knees or raising one's arms exemplifies:

The perception of the letter "t" as two intersecting lines rather than as four nonintersecting lines illustrates the principle of:

Lenore had been blind from birth. Immediately after corrective eye surgery, she could visually perceive figure-ground relationships. This fact would serve to support the position advanced by:

Research with distorting goggles best supports the view of human perception advanced by:

Rebecca was born with cataracts that were not surgically removed until she was 3 years old. As a result, Rebecca is most likely to:

The distance between our right and left eyes functions to provide us with a cue for depth perception known as:

How do we perceive a pole that partially covers a wall?

The monocular depth cue in which an object blocking another object is perceived as closer is:

Knowing about the effects of the perceived distance of objects on their perceived size helps us to understand:

If two objects cast retinal images of the same size, the object that appears to be closer is perceived as ________ the object that appears to be more distant.

After learning that her new college roommate had experienced several episodes of depression during her high school years, Erin incorrectly perceived her roommate's laughter as artificial and phony. This best illustrates the impact of:

Parapsychology refers to the:

Researchers who investigated telepathy found that when external distractions are reduced:

The semicircular canals are most directly relevant to:

The perceptual tendency to fill in gaps in order to perceive disconnected parts as a whole object is called:

Immanuel Kant and John Locke would have been most likely to disagree about the extent to which perception is influenced by:

Who emphasized that perceptual understanding comes from inborn ways of organizing sensory experience?

The visual cliff is a laboratory device for testing ________ in infants.

As the farmer looked across her field, the parallel rows of young corn plants appeared to converge in the distance. This provided her with a distance cue known as:

Distant trees were located closer to the top of the artist's canvas than were the nearby flowers. The artist was clearly using the distance cue known as:

Of two identical horizontal bars in the Ponzo illusion, the bar that is:

Each time you see your car, it projects a different image on the retinas of your eyes, yet you do not perceive it as changing. This is because of:

The perceived size of an object is most strongly influenced by that object's perceived:

People perceive an adult-child pair as looking more alike when told they are parent and child. This best illustrates the impact of:

After hearing that Bryce had served a prison sentence, Janet began to perceive his friendly behavior as insincere and manipulative. This best illustrates the impact of:

Psychics who have worked with police departments in an effort to solve difficult crimes have demonstrated the value of:

The existence of convincing scientific evidence that ESP is possible would pose the greatest challenge to the:

What enables you to feel yourself wiggling your toes even with your eyes closed?

The perceptual tendency to fill in gaps in order to perceive disconnected parts as a whole object is called:

The philosopher John Locke believed that people:

Infants who were exposed to the visual cliff

The depth cue that occurs when we watch stable objects at different distances as we are moving is:

Objects higher in our field of vision are perceived as ________ due to the principle of ________.

The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing viewing angles illustrates:

In the absence of perceptual constancy:

When Rick learned that many students had received a failing grade on the midterm exam, he was no longer disappointed by his C grade. His experience best illustrates the importance of:

Although he was wearing a pair of glasses that shifted the apparent location of objects 20 degrees to his right, Lars was still able to play tennis very effectively. This best illustrates the value of:

Stereotypes are mental conceptions that can strongly influence the way we interpret the behaviors of individuals belonging to specific racial or ethnic groups. A stereotype is most similar to a:

The tendency to hear the steady drip of a leaky sink faucet as if it were a repeating rhythm of two or more beats best illustrates:

Which of the following is not a monocular depth cue?

Which of the following is a cue used by artists to convey depth on a flat canvas?

As the retinal image of a horse galloping toward you becomes larger, it is unlikely that the horse will appear to grow larger. This best illustrates the importance of:

Psychics are unable to make millions of dollars betting on horse races. This undermines their claims to possess the power of:

Although a few keys on the piano were broken, Shana couldn't prevent herself from mentally filling in the missing notes of the familiar melodies. This best illustrates the principle of:

John Locke is to Immanuel Kant as ________ is to ________.

The ability of newly hatched chicks to perceive depth best serves to support the views of:

When two familiar objects of equal size cast unequal retinal images, the object that casts the smaller retinal image will be perceived as being:

Pedro recognized that his son was closer to him than his daughter because his son partially obstructed his view of his daughter. Pedro's perception was most clearly influenced by a distance cue known as:

Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth perception known as:

As we move, viewed objects cast changing shapes on our retinas, although we do not perceive the objects as changing. This is part of the phenomenon of:

The phenomenon of size constancy is based upon the close connection between an object's perceived ________ and its perceived ________.

Your friend tosses you a frisbee. You know that it is getting closer instead of larger because of:

Experiments with distorted visual environments demonstrate that:

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

The horizon Moon appears to shrink in size if it is viewed through a narrow tube that eliminates the perception of distance cues. This best illustrates the importance of:

The predictions of leading psychics are:

The principles of connectedness and closure best illustrate that:

According to the philosopher ________, we learn to perceive the world.