Sense and Perception MCQ

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Tertiary Education Semester 2, 2015 (PSYC1002) Quiz on Sense and Perception MCQ, created by Ani Av on 09/08/2015.
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Question 1

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What makes the brain look white (white matter) and grey (grey matter)?
Answer
  • Grey matter are blood vessels, white matter are neurons.
  • Grey matter are cell bodies with nuclei, white matter is the myelin sheath around axons.
  • Grey matter are mainly nuclei, white matter are mainly neurons.
  • The brain colours differently after a brain tissue is sliced for anatomical purposes.
  • All brain cells have the same colour, the difference in appearance is due to the density of blood vessels.

Question 2

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Which is NOT a Gestalt principle?
Answer
  • Proximity.
  • Similarity.
  • Simplicity.
  • Convexity.
  • Good continuation.

Question 3

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If a person has a scotoma in the upper part of the left visual field and the reason for this scotoma is located in visual area 1, where is visual area 1 damaged:
Answer
  • Left hemisphere, below the Calcarine Sulcus.
  • Left hemisphere, above the Calcarine Sulcus.
  • Right hemisphere, below the Calcarine Sulcus.
  • Right hemisphere, above the Calcarine Sulcus.
  • None of the above.

Question 4

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Which of the following is correct? Psychophysics is...
Answer
  • used to determine the relationship between the distal stimulus and the physical properties of sensory input.
  • used to determine the relationship between the physical stimulus and wavelength.
  • used to determine the relationship between perception and subjective experience.
  • the study of the relationship between physical stimuli and psychological experience.

Question 5

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Perceptual processes...
Answer
  • are private and can only be measured with sophisticated electro-physiological techniques.
  • provide completely accurate descriptions of the physical environment.
  • are all there is - reality is fiction.
  • provide completely inaccurate descriptions of the physical environment.
  • provide reasonably accurate descriptions of the physical environment.

Question 6

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The labels that correspond to the part of the eye numbered 5 is:
Answer
  • lens
  • optic nerve
  • pupil
  • fovea
  • blind spot

Question 7

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The labels that correspond to the parts of the eye numbered 1 and 2 are:
Answer
  • 1. pupil, 2. retina
  • 1. fovea, 2. retina
  • 1.optic nerve, 2. lens
  • 1. iris, 2. pupil
  • 1. iris, 2. lens

Question 8

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In the Poggendorf illusion, which situation should lead to the largest error:
Answer
  • An angle of 30 degrees
  • None of these options, angle has no effect
  • An angle of 45 degrees
  • An angle of 60 degrees

Question 9

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The labels that correspond to the parts of the eye numbered 6 and 7 are:
Answer
  • 6. optic nerve, 7. retina
  • 6. fovea, 7. lens
  • 6. lens, 7. retina
  • 6. blind spot, 7. pupil
  • 6. iris, 7. fovea

Question 10

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Choose the appropriate words to fill in the blanks in the order in which they appear in the following sentence: The photoreceptors known as cones are responsible for ________ acuity, _________ vision and are most concentrated in the ________.
Answer
  • high, colour, fovea
  • low, colour, periphery
  • low, scotopic, fovea
  • low, monochrome, periphery
  • high, scotopic, fovea
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