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Chapter 5&6
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1Levon was amazed at a magician's trick in which a person in a box appeared to be sawed in half. Levon had perceived the head at one end of the box and the feet at the other end of the box, as belonging to a single person, rather than two separate people. This error in Levon's understanding illustrates the Gestalt principle of:
- Acommon fate
- Bfigure-ground
- Cgood continuation
- Dproximity
2Freda is watching her twin brothers Fred and Ted walk toward her. She knows Fred and Ted are equal in height. Since Fred is creating a larger retinal image than Ted, Frieda knows he is closer to her. Which monocular cue explains this?
- Arelative size
- Blinear perspective
- Coverlap
- Dconvergence
3Hilda had an operation on her eyes, but the doctors were unable to save the vision in one eye. Based on what is known about visual perception, you should predict that Hilda will:
- Abe more likely to misinterpret perceptual illusions
- Blose her ability to perceive colors accurately
- Cno longer have any perception of depth
- Dno longer be able to utilize binocular depth cues
4If people did not have size constancy, objects would appear to:
- Achange colors as they moved away from us
- Bgrow in size as they moved closer to us
- Cbe the same size, not matter how far away they were
- Dshrink as they moved closer to us
5The brain selectively focuses on some information, while ignoring other information. This process is referred to as:
- Aattention
- Bmemory
- Csensation
- Dperception
6When someone said your name across the room, your attention shifted immediately from the TV news you had been intently watching to that conversation. This is most similar to:
- Aattentional rebound
- Bauditory negect
- Cshadowing
- Dthe cocktail party effect
7Mary took part in an experiment where she wore a special set of headphones that played different messages to each ear. The researchers asked her to repeat the message in her left ear as she listened to it. Based on the results of similar studies, it is likely that Mary will:
- Anot be able to recall the content of the message that is playing in her right ear
- Bnot be able to recall that content of the message that she is listening to
- Cbe able to easily recall both messages, even though she only attended to the message in one ear
- Dnot be able to follow just one message and will often switch between the messages.
8Bonnie was playing the piano when her little sister asked her how to spell rhinoceros. Bonnie was able to think through the complicated spelling without stopping her piano practice. This suggests that, for Bonnie:
- Aspelling has become an automatic process
- Bspelling does not require focused attention
- Cpiano playing has become an automatic process
- Dpiano playing is an effortful process that requires conscious attention
9Ernest has trouble completing any projects that he starts because he is easily distracted. Based on this description, it would appear that Ernest may have:
- Amajor depressive disorder
- Bbipolar disorder
- Cattention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder
- Dsplit consciousness
10Graham is a strong believer in UFO's, and the other night he saw three streaks of light flash across the sky in a group. They were actually planes from the local air base, but Graham was convinced he had just seen three spaceships. Graham's perception of the strange lights in the sky illustrates the influence of:
- Athe Gestalt law of common fate
- Bbottom-up processing
- Ctop-down processing
- Dopponent processing
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