Exam 6: Perception

What is the most important factor in our perception of the moon's distance?

The ability to see things that are not actually present is called:

The first awareness of some outside stimulus is called a(n):

As objects come close to you,convergence increases.

Imagine that you are watching a large ball moving.As it comes towards you,

The convergence of parallel lines,giving the feeling of distance,is called:

The Gestalt rule of ____ states that we tend to organize stimuli in the most basic way possible.

How would the Gestalt psychologist explain the manner in which sensations are organized into perceptions?

Because of retinal disparity,we can enjoy:

An orange,striped blob is to a tiger as ____ is to ____.

"When I see the color blue,I see the numbers 12 and 42." This mixing of the senses is called:

Based upon your understanding of perception and factors that can influence it,which saying is the most appropriate to describe perception?

Gestalt psychologists explain perceptions based on the rules of organization,which are rules that specify how:

The brain transforms the speed of moving objects into indicators of distance because of a depth cue called:

If you can see a dog you must automatically recognize it as a dog.

A subject has been exposed to three lights flashing in rapid succession every thirty seconds.After many of these trials,the experimenter has two of them flash.If the subject,in error,reports seeing three lights flash for this trial,it is probably because of:

The principle of proximity states that:

What is synesthesia? What might be advantages and disadvantages of having this condition?

According to the textbook,a promising use of virtual reality is to:

In animated cartoons,movement is created by the rapid presentation of still images.This movement is known as: