Question 1

Closure, nearness, similarity, and continuation are categories of

Accepted Answer

A) Gestalt organizing principles. 
B) Piagetian cognitive styles. 
C) Humanistic subjective perceptions. 
D) perceptual integration.

Question 2

The ability to identify the direction from which a sound originates is strongly dependent on having two ears separated in space by several inches. The ability to perceive visual depth is related to a similar property known as

Accepted Answer

A) accommodation. 
B) aerial perspective. 
C) retinal disparity. 
D) inverted vision.

Question 3

Because figure-ground organization is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight, it

Accepted Answer

A) is probably inborn. 
B) is a type of perceptual habituation. 
C) involves retinal disparity. 
D) involves bottom-up processing.

Question 4

An individual's ability to recognize people from other races improves when the individual is

Accepted Answer

A) trained to do top-down processing. 
B) trained to do bottom-up processing. 
C) in a positive mood. 
D) in a negative mood.

Question 5

Normal conversation is usually __________ decibels.

Accepted Answer

A) 20 
B) 40 
C) 60 
D) 80

Question 6

Regarding olfaction, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) The brain uses the patterns of messages it gets from the olfactory receptors to recognize specific scents. 
B) Scents are, in part, identified by the location of the receptors in the nose that are activated by a particular odor. 
C) The number of activated receptors tells the brain how strong an odor is. 
D) In humans, there are five different types of olfactory receptors.

Question 7

If you do not hear the traffic outside your psychology class because you are engrossed in the lecture, then you are exhibiting selective attention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Even though you "proofread" your term paper, the teacher returns your term paper with circles around several words in which you left out a letter when typing, such as "th" for "the" and "drivng" for "driving." Your tendency to mistakenly "see" extra letters in these words when proofreading illustrates which perceptual principle?

Accepted Answer

A) closure 
B) contiguity 
C) figure-ground 
D) common region

Question 9

When you take a stroll at night, the moon appears to "follow" you. The pictorial cue that explains this phenomenon is called

Accepted Answer

A) motion parallax. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) interposition. 
D) retinal disparity.

Question 10

You are driving down an unfamiliar road when it suddenly ends with two side roads from which to choose. Without a road sign, you choose the road that is only slightly angled rather than the road which makes a ninety degree angle with your original road. Your tendency to see the road chosen as part of the original road illustrates which perceptual principle?

Accepted Answer

A) similarity 
B) continuation 
C) nearness 
D) figure-ground

Question 11

According to your textbook, your perceptual accuracy can be enhanced by

Accepted Answer

A) creating perceptual sets. 
B) seeking out-of-the ordinary experiences. 
C) increasing habituation to most stimuli. 
D) using labels and stereotypes to speed up intuitive thinking.

Question 12

Apparent motion can be influenced by an observer's point of fixation with objects at great distances, such as the sun and moon, always appearing to

Accepted Answer

A) move backward away from the direction you are traveling. 
B) move forward in the same direction you are traveling. 
C) remain stationary. 
D) disappear entirely.

Question 13

Research has shown that depth perception begins to develop as early as two weeks of age but is not complete until about six months.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Jake is being administered a test of his visual acuity in which he will be required to read rows of letters of diminishing size until he can no longer distinguish them. Jake's visual acuity is being assessed using the

Accepted Answer

A) Refraction test. 
B) Ishihara test. 
C) Landolt rings. 
D) Snellen chart.

Question 15

Perceiving objects or events that have no external reality describes

Accepted Answer

A) hallucinations. 
B) stroboscopic movement. 
C) figure-ground images. 
D) illusions.

Question 16

Regarding the skin receptors, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Your skin could be "mapped" by applying heat, cold, touch, pressure, or pain to points all over your body. 
B) Sensitivity generally matches the number of receptors in a given area of the body. 
C) The forearm and thigh are more sensitive than the face and hands. 
D) The skin sensation a person ultimately feels will depend on one's brain activity.

Question 17

A middle-aged psychology professor has been tipped off by one of her students that cell phones are going off in the classroom. The professor does not recall hearing a cell phone go off anytime in the last few days in class. What is the most likely explanation?

Accepted Answer

A) The student that tipped off the professor about the cell phones really made up this false story in order to play a joke on the professor. 
B) The students in class have downloaded a high-pitched ring tone that the professor cannot hear because of a loss of hair cells. 
C) The students in class have downloaded a low-pitched ring tone that the professor cannot hear because of a loss of hair cells. 
D) The professor has a severe conductive hearing loss.

Question 18

Ramon frequently tries foods that he normally does not eat and reads political opinions very different from his own. By seeking out these out-of-the-ordinary experiences, he hopes to increase his

Accepted Answer

A) habituation. 
B) perceptual sets. 
C) perceptual accuracy. 
D) unconscious transference.

Question 19

The theory that explains motion sickness as a mismatch in information received by the eyes and the body is called the __________ theory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The theory that explains motion sickness as...

Question 20

When your eyes reach the point of complete dark adaptation and maximum visual sensitivity, they will be how many more times as sensitive to light?

Accepted Answer

A) 10 
B) 100 
C) 1,000 
D) 1,00,000

Exam 4: Sensation and Perception