Question 1

Depth cues that require only one eye are known as __________depth cues.

Accepted Answer

A)   monocular
B)   monozygotic
C)   convergent
D)   unilateral A

Question 2

The moon illusion is best explained by

Accepted Answer

A)   the effects of depth cues on apparent distance.
B)   the perceptual closure effect.
C)   magnification caused by the denser atmosphere along the horizon.
D)   convergence. A

Question 3

Advertisers often gain attention when selling a product by

Accepted Answer

A)   utilizing the "soft sell."
B)   increasing the viewer' habituation.
C)   using motives, such as anxiety and sex.
D)   creating inattentional blindness to the advertiser's intentions. C

Question 4

One explanation for the greatly differing accounts of the same athletic contest by fans of opposing teams involves the

Accepted Answer

A)   confusion of cause and effect.
B)   effect of motives on perception.
C)   habituation of familiar stimuli.
D)   effect of sublimation on memory.

Question 5

Regarding ESP research and its findings,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   After close to 130 years of investigation, it is still impossible to say conclusively whether psi events occur.
B)   A close look at psi experiments often reveals serious problems of evidence, procedure, and scientific rigor.
C)   A skeptic of ESP is a person who is against the parapsychology research.
D)   The results of more than 1.5 million ESP trials done through the mass media found no significant ESP effect.

Question 6

If you stand in the middle of a long,straight stretch of road,it appears as if the sides of the road meet near the horizon.Since you know that the sides of the road are parallel,the distance implied is given by the pictorial depth cue of

Accepted Answer

A)   atmospheric perspective.
B)   texture gradients.
C)   light and shadow.
D)   linear perspective.

Question 7

Which of the following can be thought of as a "bottleneck," or a narrowing in the information channel linking the senses to perception,that is,when one message enters the bottleneck,it seems to prevent others from passing through?

Accepted Answer

A)   selective attention
B)   sensory gating
C)   sensory adaptation
D)   subliminal attention

Question 8

Which of the following are features found in paintings,drawings,and photographs that supply information about space,depth,and distance?

Accepted Answer

A)   stereoscopic vision
B)   pictorial convergence cues
C)   pictorial depth cues
D)   figure-ground organization

Question 9

Apparent motion can also be influenced by an observer's point of fixation so that objects beyond the point of fixation appear to

Accepted Answer

A)   move backward.
B)   move forward.
C)   remain stationary.
D)   disappear.

Question 10

Regarding perception,learning has a powerful effect on

Accepted Answer

A)   top-down processing.
B)   bottom-up processing.
C)   sensory adaptation.
D)   sensory localization.

Question 11

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 12

Which of the following tried to study ESP objectively with many of his experiments making use of the Zener cards?

Accepted Answer

A)   J.B.Rhine
B)   Uri Geller
C)   Charles Bonnet
D)   Eric Berne

Question 13

Regarding the Müller-Lyer illusion,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   This illusion can be explained by our experience with the edges and corners of rooms and buildings.
B)   This illusion can be explained by size-distance relationships.
C)   The Zulus, who live in a "round" culture, experience this illusion in exactly the same way as Americans, who live in a "square" culture.
D)   Cues that suggest a three-dimensional space alter the perception of this two-dimensional design.

Question 14

Commercials that are loud and present unexpected imagery will usually

Accepted Answer

A)   decrease the viewer's attention due to sensory gating.
B)   decrease the viewer's attention due to sensory conflict.
C)   increase the viewer's attention.
D)   have no effect on the viewer's attention.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of parapsychology research studies?

Accepted Answer

A)   inconsistent results
B)   a replication of findings
C)   the "decline effect"
D)   a run of luck

Question 16

Voluntarily placing priorities on sensory messages refers to the process of

Accepted Answer

A)   selective attention.
B)   divided perception.
C)   repetitious stimulation.
D)   subliminal attention.

Question 17

Chris lost the vision in his left eye in an accident.Regarding driving and depth perception,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   Chris will be unable to drive because he will have no depth perception.
B)   Chris will have to rely on monocular depth cues in order to drive.
C)   People with two eyes will be ten times better at judging depth than Chris.
D)   Chris will find himself braking too soon or too late, and will have difficulty estimating his speed.

Question 18

The "seat of your pants phenomenon" and the "cocktail party effect" refer to

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory conflict and the involuntary focusing on a specific sensory input.
B)   mixed attention and the voluntary focusing on many inputs.
C)   selective attention and the voluntary focusing on a specific sensory input.
D)   subliminal perception and the involuntary focusing on many inputs.

Question 19

Because Janie has more experience with people from her own race,she is better able to recognize people from her own race and tends to show a bias in perceiving persons from other racial and ethnic groups.This illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   the apparent-distance hypothesis.
B)   the other-race effect.
C)   color blindness.
D)   the psi phenomena.

Question 20

Abraham Maslow believed that people who are unusually accurate in their perceptions have which of the following qualities?

Accepted Answer

A)   a surrender to perceptual habits
B)   a reliance on evaluation and criticism
C)   immersion in past experiences
D)   a lack of self-consciousness

Exam 4: C: Sensation and Perception