Exam 6: Perception

What term describes our tendency to perceive sizes,shapes,and colors as remaining the same even though their physical characteristics keep changing?

Explain how convergence and retinal disparity can provide information to the brain regarding the distance of an object.

In the past,Burmese women were considered attractive if they had exceptionally:

The Gestalt rules of organization:

Mark is coming in for a night landing in his twin-engine plane.He sees blue lights on the ground before him.Mark perceives this to be the outline of the runway.What principle of perceptual organization is he most likely using?

A quality inspector at the local manufacturing plant carefully examines a product for flaws using a special light.The flaws show up as dark green spots of light.For this inspector,the ____ is the point at which a flaw can be detected.

In the Ames room:

Sensation of a stimulus is influenced by our personal experiences and memories.

____ cues make the moon on the horizon look larger because it appears ____.

People tend to perceive an elevated moon to be ____ compared to the moon on the horizon

In a story comparing American and Japanese subjects on perception of an underwater scene,Americans:

A brochure displays a long stretch of road.The lines that make up the road are drawn so that they converge at the horizon.The result is that the brochure creates a sense of distance.This is based on a monocular cue called:

Julia says that she can see objects that no one else can see.This is an example of:

To show a set of railroad tracks moving off into the distance,an artist paints the tracks so that the rails converge.This depth cue is known as:

As you look at a series of still pictures presented at about 24 frames per second,you perceive motion.Which of the following allows you to fill in between the images?

A research method that asks ESP researchers to determine the reliability of psi phenomenon is replication.

If one object partially overlaps another object,the partially overlapping object will appear closer because of the ____ depth cue.

The example presented in your textbook about assuming that a body-builder is a large man,but in fact,he is a small man,represents the influence of:

Craig is blaring his stereo in his room.His father tells him to turn down the volume.Craig lowers the sound but his father claims the music is as loud as it was before.This is because:

Bem and Honorton reported data that supported telepathy.The most prudent response to this study was to: