Question 1

In the young woman/old woman illustration in your textbook,the effect of seeing either the picture of the "old woman" or the picture of the "young woman" first will lead a person to respond in a particular way to the third picture in which both an "old and a "young" woman can be seen.Seeing the first picture of either the "old" or the "young" woman created which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  stereoscopic vision 
B)  habituation 
C)  psychological closure 
D)  perceptual expectancy

Question 2

The purported ability to communicate directly with another person's mind is called

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

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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 4

Even if you only have one eye,you would still be able to drive a car or land an airplane.The ability to still engage in tasks that require depth perception shows that

Accepted Answer

A)  most depth cues are monocular in nature. 
B)  stereoscopic vision is only slightly better for judging depth than is accommodation. 
C)  depth perception in a one-eyed individual is limited, not absent. 
D)  pictorial depth cues are even more important than other depth cues.

Question 5

Regarding depth cues and depth perception,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Depth cues are features of the environment that supply information about distance and space. 
B)  Depth cues are messages from the body that supply information about distance and space. 
C)  Depth cues require both eyes. 
D)  The most basic source of depth perception is retinal disparity.

Question 6

Removing cues for depth in the moon illusion would cause the moon near the horizon to appear

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A)  to remain unchanged in size. 
B)  larger. 
C)  smaller. 
D)  to disappear.

Question 7

The study of ESP and other psi phenomenon is known as

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A)  parapsychology. 
B)  pseudopsychology. 
C)  phrenology. 
D)  psychopsychics.

Question 8

Because of the difference in the images that reach each eye,we receive two slightly different views of the world.This phenomenon is the most basic source of depth perception and is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  interposition. 
B)  convergence. 
C)  retinal disparity. 
D)  accommodation.

Question 9

In one study,participants said that a $90 wine tasted better than a $10 wine,although the participants had really tasted the same wine.The participants' functional MRI images showed that the pleasure areas of their brains were

Accepted Answer

A)  more active when they were told they were tasting the "$10 wine." 
B)  more active when they were told they were tasting the "$90 wine." 
C)  equally active when both the "$90" and the "$10" wines were tasted. 
D)  not active when either bottle of wine was tasted.

Question 10

According to Maslow,people who perceive their world more accurately than others tend to be characterized by

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A)  immersion in episodic memories. 
B)  egocentrism. 
C)  a freedom from selecting, criticizing, and evaluating. 
D)  self-consciousness.

Question 11

For a person who wants to become a better "eyewitness" to life,which of the following suggestions would be considered GOOD ADVICE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Remember that perceptions are reconstructions of reality. 
B)  Utilize perceptual sets. 
C)  Increase habituation. 
D)  Beware of reality testing.

Question 12

You look through an old photographic slide-viewer toy,which creates the impression of seeing a three-dimensional scene by one photograph of the scene being displayed to one eye and a slightly different view of this scene being presented to the other eye.When these two images are fused into one overall image,which of the following occurs?

Accepted Answer

A)  the motion parallax 
B)  stereoscopic vision 
C)  an aerial perspective 
D)  visual assimilation

Question 13

Regarding depth perception,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)  Recent research has shown that depth perception begins to develop as early as two weeks of age. 
B)  The development of depth perception is not complete until about 18 months old. 
C)  When placed on the visual cliff, both human infants and newborn animals prefer the shallow end and refuse to go over the edge of the cliff. 
D)  Older infants who have just learned to walk must again learn to avoid the "deep" side of the visual cliff.

Question 14

You are trying to guess the correct symbol on a Zener card by reading the mind of a sender looking at the card.you are taking the typical test for

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Advertisers would love you if they heard you humming their jingle in the shower because you have fallen prey to an attention-getting device called

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A)  brightness. 
B)  motion. 
C)  contrast. 
D)  repetition.

Question 16

The results of ESP experiments have been shown to be influenced by all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  habituation. 
B)  poorly designed experiments. 
C)  chance. 
D)  fraud.

Question 17

Regarding psi phenomena,which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psi phenomena are studied within the discipline of clinical psychology. 
B)  Phi phenomena include the scientific study of thresholds and subliminal stimulation. 
C)  Phi phenomena lie outside the realm of normal experience and are difficult to study scientifically. 
D)  Phi phenomena include stroboscopic movment, illusions, and hallucinations.

Question 18

Concerning eyewitness testimony,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)  More than 200 people who were convicted of murder, rape, and other crimes in the United States based on eyewitness testimony have been exonerated by DNA testing. 
B)  An eyewitness' perception and memory for an event may be affected by his or her attitudes and expectations. 
C)  Our everyday perceptions are rarely as inaccurate or distorted as those of an emotional eyewitness to a crime. 
D)  Personal objectivity requires frequent reality testing to maintain.

Question 19

When you doubt your perceptions of another person's feelings,you should

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A)  avoid them. 
B)  do some reality testing. 
C)  try to provoke a behavioral reaction. 
D)  wait it out.

Question 20

Apparent motion can also 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. 
B)  move forward. 
C)  remain stationary. 
D)  disappear.

Exam 4: C: Sensation and Perception