4.4 Quiz

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:

closure.

When you come to ask me who you will marry in 10 years, you are assuming I have the extrasensory ability of

precognition

The lights along the runway were shrouded in such a thick fog that the pilot of an incoming plane nearly overshot the runway. The pilot was most likely misled by the distance cue known as:

relative clarity.

We are at a party together, and you find my conversation boring. However, there is an attractive person near me having a conversation with a friend, and you think they are talking about you. You are able to listen to their conversation instead of me because of

selective attention

Perceiving the voice of a ventriloquist as originating from the mouth of a dummy best illustrates:

visual capture.

Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by:

Gestalt psychologists.

Which of the following statements concerning ESP is true?

Most research psychologists are skeptical of the claims of defenders of ESP.

Which of the following illustrates the principle of visual capture?

When there is a conflict between visual information and that from another sense, vision tends to dominate.

A neutral facial expression may be perceived as sadder at a funeral than at a circus. This best illustrates:

a context effect.

When Olaf was a child, he injured his right eye and cannot see out of it now. As an adult, he cannot take advantage of _________ cues to perceive depth.

binocular

The tendency to organize stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns is called:

continuity.

If an object is higher in our visual field, we perceive it as being ______ due to the principle of _____________.

farther away; relative height

Studies of the visual cliff have provided evidence that much of depth perception is:

innate.

An artist's painting contains a parallel row of motorcycles that seemingly converge at the top of the painting. His ability to convey the concept of distance is because of which of the following cues?

linear perspective

Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth perception known as:

linear perspective.

We know that objects do not generally change size, shape, or color because of the concept of

perceptual constancy

The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing viewing angles illustrates:

perceptual constancy.

Although carpenter Smith perceived a briefly viewed object as a screwdriver, police officer Wesson perceived the same object as a knife. This illustrates that perception is guided by:

perceptual set.

When watching and listening to a movie with subtitles, a conflict in your senses is created. Should you watch and listen to the action of the movie, or the changing words in the subtitle? When there is a conflict of the senses, one sense will predominate. This is called

visual capture

There is a laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants. It is called

visual cliff