Exam 5: Perception

In one study, research participants were shown a luminous rectangular frame in an otherwise darkened room. Inside the frame was a luminous dot. The rectangle moved to the right while the dot stayed stationary. But the subjects "saw" the dot moving to the left, in a direction opposite that of the frame's motion. This result confirms the idea that __________.

Animated neon signs seem to move even though there is no actual physical movement. Of what is this illusion an example?

Which of the following statements about dichotic listening tasks, in which different signals are delivered to each ear, is true?

Let's say you are trying to look into a window but your view is blocked by a flag hanging from the deck fence. When our view of one object is occluded by another, we use that fact as a means of judging distance. In other words, we rely on a cue known as __________.

What is problematic with the idea that processing for object recognition occurs in a serial fashion (figure-ground segregation $\rightarrow$ geons $\rightarrow$ meaning)?

What is true of the separation of figure from ground?

According to the gestalt grouping factor of good continuation, how would someone who had never before seen an "X" most likely describe it?

What is the gestalt group of psychologists well known for?

In a dichotic listening task, different stimuli are delivered to each ear. The subject is told to attend to one signal over the other. Which of the following is most likely to be noticed in the unattended ear?

What role do circumstances play in perception?

What difficulty does visual agnosia result in?

Which of the following makes the strongest argument against the view that perceptual constancy depends solely on higher-order relationships?

Perception and conception (seeing and knowing) __________.

Let's say that, as we look at a still-life painting, a log seems to divide the tree behind it in half-yet what we perceive is an intact log, not two separate log slices. The way we organize scenes according to their constituent objects is called __________.

One orients to a stimulus by __________.

As a passenger, you look out the windshield as the car is backed out of the garage. As the car moves farther away, an old tire hanging on the back wall of the garage gets smaller and smaller until you can barely make out the words GOODYEAR TIRE CO. on it. From what does this phenomenon result?

What is true of binocular disparity?

People are apt to see the following figure as an outline square covered in its lower right corner by a white line rather than as a rearrangement of the two separate figures on the right. What grouping factor of perceptual organization best explains this?

What concept is described by the fact that we attend to specific aspects of the total stimulus array?

The gestalt laws of perceptual organization include __________.