Perception

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Which of the following is true about perception?

It involves rapid processes.

How does the phenomenon of apparent movement work?

The perceptual system creates the perception of movement from stationary images.

Which term best reflects what we do with an image projected onto our retina?

We interpret it.

What is the process of unconscious inference?

When our perceptions are the result of inferences that we make about the environment

The saying, "If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all" best reflects which of the following?

likelihood principle

The theory of unconscious inference includes the

likelihood principle.

The process by which small objects become perceptually grouped to form larger objects is the principle of perceptual

organization.

Speech segmentation is defined as

organizing the sounds of speech into individual words.

Which of the following is NOT considered a starting point for perception?

thinking

Maria took a drink from a container marked "milk." Surprised, she quickly spit out the liquid because it turned out that the container was filled with orange juice instead. Maria likes orange juice, so why did she have such a negative reaction to it? Her response was most affected by

top-down processing.


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