Question 1

Linear perspective is a monocular depth cue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why does the elevated moon in the sky appear to be closer?

Accepted Answer

A)  because it is closer 
B)  there are no depth cues 
C)  to see the moon we have to lift our heads towards the sky and that provides depth cues to the brain 
D)  our eyes tend to move upwards and that communicates depth to the brain 
A)  because it is closer 
B)  there are no depth cues 
C)  to see the moon we have to lift our heads towards the sky and that provides depth cues to the brain 
D)  our eyes tend to move upwards and that communicates depth to the brain

Question 3

Doctors fail to detect about ____ of tumors on mammograms.

Accepted Answer

A)  7% 
B)  18% 
C)  30% 
D)  49% 
A)  7% 
B)  18% 
C)  30% 
D)  49%

Question 4

Based on research,subliminal messages can:

Accepted Answer

A)  prevent self-fulfilling prophecies from occurring 
B)  persuade us to buy specific items 
C)  influence perceptions and decision making 
D)  help us to significantly modify complex behavior 
A)  prevent self-fulfilling prophecies from occurring 
B)  persuade us to buy specific items 
C)  influence perceptions and decision making 
D)  help us to significantly modify complex behavior

Question 5

A computer-generated illusionary experience is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  apparent motion 
B)  a phi movement 
C)  virtual reality 
D)  a motion parallax 
A)  apparent motion 
B)  a phi movement 
C)  virtual reality 
D)  a motion parallax

Question 6

If someone reportedly has precognition,then they supposedly have the ability to:

Accepted Answer

A)  read the minds of other people 
B)  "talk" to people with their minds 
C)  perceive objects that are invisible 
D)  foretell events before they happen 
A)  read the minds of other people 
B)  "talk" to people with their minds 
C)  perceive objects that are invisible 
D)  foretell events before they happen

Question 7

_______ processing is when perception is guided by previous knowledge,experience,beliefs,or expectations to recognize a whole pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)  Top-down 
B)  Bottom-up 
C)  Threshold-specific 
D)  Ganzfield-delimited 
A)  Top-down 
B)  Bottom-up 
C)  Threshold-specific 
D)  Ganzfield-delimited

Question 8

You see a friend down the street.The visual image you receive is of a person who is the size of a doll,yet you know your friend hasn't shrunk since you last saw him.This is due to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  motion parallax 
B)  accommodation 
C)  relative size 
D)  size constancy 
A)  motion parallax 
B)  accommodation 
C)  relative size 
D)  size constancy

Question 9

You are at a movie theater and you mentally will your popcorn to rise out of your hands and float through the air,and it does! You have just experienced the phenomenon of:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychokinesis 
B)  telepathy 
C)  an out-of-body experience 
D)  clairvoyance 
A)  psychokinesis 
B)  telepathy 
C)  an out-of-body experience 
D)  clairvoyance

Question 10

Omar and Heidi look at a beautiful flower.Omar sees it as a Grand Lady Hybrid Strain X-6.This illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  the perceptual principle of figure-ground 
B)  the gender difference in perception 
C)  how perceptions are personalized interpretations 
D)  how sensations are personalized interpretations 
A)  the perceptual principle of figure-ground 
B)  the gender difference in perception 
C)  how perceptions are personalized interpretations 
D)  how sensations are personalized interpretations

Question 11

An artist wishing to use texture as a cue to depth in his painting would:

Accepted Answer

A)  put finer detail in objects that he wanted to appear farther away 
B)  put finer detail into an object that bordered the area to be viewed 
C)  put finer detail in objects he wanted to appear close 
D)  space his objects evenly from near to far 
A)  put finer detail in objects that he wanted to appear farther away 
B)  put finer detail into an object that bordered the area to be viewed 
C)  put finer detail in objects he wanted to appear close 
D)  space his objects evenly from near to far

Question 12

The Ponzo illusion illustrates that in some illusions:

Accepted Answer

A)  monocular cues are very misleading 
B)  previous experience with corners of rooms leads us to make incorrect judgments 
C)  distance cues can distort size cues 
D)  eye convergence is susceptible to misapplication 
A)  monocular cues are very misleading 
B)  previous experience with corners of rooms leads us to make incorrect judgments 
C)  distance cues can distort size cues 
D)  eye convergence is susceptible to misapplication

Question 13

Jarrod's textbook has an interesting feature in it.It has pages of transparent pages,each of which has only a small picture on it.When he lays the pages down one after another,they give a diagram of the human brain,adding one structure at a time until the whole brain is represented.This is similar to the perceptual task of

Accepted Answer

A)  monocular shadowing 
B)  bottom-up processing 
C)  binocular convergence 
D)  top-down processing 
A)  monocular shadowing 
B)  bottom-up processing 
C)  binocular convergence 
D)  top-down processing

Question 14

The depth cue of light and shadow make brightly lit objects appear ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  closer 
B)  farther away 
C)  larger 
D)  smaller 
A)  closer 
B)  farther away 
C)  larger 
D)  smaller

Question 15

At high stimulus intensities,it takes ____ changes in order to detect a JND between two stimuli.

Accepted Answer

A)  large 
B)  small 
C)  inverse 
D)  moderate 
A)  large 
B)  small 
C)  inverse 
D)  moderate

Question 16

Recent research suggests that robotic surgery introduces too much error and is dangerous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How did scientists conclude that fabric softeners worked on towels?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subjects showed a high level of transduction when feeling the towels. 
B)  The subjects failed to detect a JND in softness. 
C)  Subjects detected a JND in softness. 
D)  The absolute threshold was found to be 50%. 
A)  Subjects showed a high level of transduction when feeling the towels. 
B)  The subjects failed to detect a JND in softness. 
C)  Subjects detected a JND in softness. 
D)  The absolute threshold was found to be 50%.

Question 18

Marta sets up a booth at a local fair and claims she can tell the future by looking at a person's palm.She is claiming to have which of the following abilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychokinesis 
B)  telepathy 
C)  precognition 
D)  clairvoyance 
A)  psychokinesis 
B)  telepathy 
C)  precognition 
D)  clairvoyance

Question 19

When Western Caucasians look at a face,they tend to focus on the:

Accepted Answer

A)  nose 
B)  eyes and mouth 
C)  shape of the face 
D)  size of the face 
A)  nose 
B)  eyes and mouth 
C)  shape of the face 
D)  size of the face

Question 20

The process of recognizing faces is influenced by culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Perception

Linear perspective is a monocular depth cue.

Why does the elevated moon in the sky appear to be closer?

Doctors fail to detect about ____ of tumors on mammograms.

Based on research,subliminal messages can:

A computer-generated illusionary experience is called:

If someone reportedly has precognition,then they supposedly have the ability to:

_______ processing is when perception is guided by previous knowledge,experience,beliefs,or expectations to recognize a whole pattern.

You see a friend down the street.The visual image you receive is of a person who is the size of a doll,yet you know your friend hasn't shrunk since you last saw him.This is due to which of the following?

You are at a movie theater and you mentally will your popcorn to rise out of your hands and float through the air,and it does! You have just experienced the phenomenon of:

Omar and Heidi look at a beautiful flower.Omar sees it as a Grand Lady Hybrid Strain X-6.This illustrates:

An artist wishing to use texture as a cue to depth in his painting would:

The Ponzo illusion illustrates that in some illusions:

The depth cue of light and shadow make brightly lit objects appear ____.

At high stimulus intensities,it takes ____ changes in order to detect a JND between two stimuli.

Recent research suggests that robotic surgery introduces too much error and is dangerous.

How did scientists conclude that fabric softeners worked on towels?

Marta sets up a booth at a local fair and claims she can tell the future by looking at a person's palm.She is claiming to have which of the following abilities?

When Western Caucasians look at a face,they tend to focus on the:

The process of recognizing faces is influenced by culture.

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