Question 1

Our inability to consciously perceive all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the necessity of

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selective attention

Question 2

Rebecca was born with cataracts that were not surgically removed until she was 3 years old. As a result, Rebecca is most likely to

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have inadequate neural connections in her visual cortex

Question 3

As the retinal image of a horse galloping toward you becomes larger, it is unlikely that the horse will appear to grow larger. This best illustrates the phenomenon of

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size constancy

Question 4

The tendency to hear the steady drip of a leaky sink faucet as if it were a repeating rhythm of two or more beats best illustrates

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continuity

Question 5

Relative height is a cue involving our perception of objects higher in our field of vision as

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farther away

Question 6

Infants are especially likely to avoid crawling over the edge of a visual cliff if they

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developed depth perception

Question 7

If two objects are assumed to be the same size, the object that casts the smaller retinal image is perceived to be

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further away

Question 8

Monkeys have feature-detecting brain cells that respond to illusory contours. This best illustrates that

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A. binocular cues are more informative than monocular cues.   B. the right and left eyes receive slightly different images of the same object.   C. sensation and perception blend into one continuous process.   D. sensory information may not be consciously experienced.  E. animals readily adjust to artificially inverted visual fields.

Question 9

The horizon moon appears to shrink in size if it is viewed through a narrow tube that eliminates the perception of distance cues. This best illustrates the importance of

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relative size or context effects

Question 10

Young children tend to draw human figures in a rather unrealistic way. This reflects their

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schemas

Question 11

In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a videotape of men playing basketball remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman sauntering across the screen. This illustrated the impact of

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inattentional blindness

Question 12

The ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field is called

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perceptual adaptations

Question 13

The principles of connectedness and closure best illustrate that

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people tend to organize sensations into meaningful patterns

Question 14

Figure is to ground as _____ are to _______

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Objects; surroundings

Question 15

The greatest difficulty facing contemporary parapsychology is the

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reproducible ESP phenomenon

Question 16

When the soundtrack for a movie is played in the back of a classroom, students tend to perceive the sound as originating from the picture screen in the front of the room. This best illustrates

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visual capture

Question 17

The tendency to perceive a moving light in the late evening sky as belonging to an airplane rather than a UFO best illustrates the impact of

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perception

Question 18

Psychics who have worked with police departments in an effort to solve difficult crimes have demonstrated the value of

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none of the alternatives

Question 19

Retinal disparity refers to the

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a binocular cue for perceiving depth

Question 20

Knowing about the effects of the perceived distance of objects on their perceived size helps us to understand

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size constancy

Question 21

The perceptual tendency to fill in gaps in order to perceive disconnected parts as a whole object is called

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closure

Question 22

As the farmer looked across her field, the parallel rows of young corn plants appeared to converge in the distance. This provided her with a distance cue known as

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linear perspective

Question 23

When asked to estimate the distances of white disks under either clear or foggy conditions, people

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judged the disks to be farther away when viewed in the fog than when viewed in the sunshine; estimated the disks to be nearer when viewed under clear conditions

Question 24

Blakemore and Cooper found that kittens had difficulty perceiving vertical rods if they had previously

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been restricted to a visual environment consisting solely of horizontal stripes

Question 25

Holding two index fingers in front of the eyes can create the perception of a floating finger sausage. This best illustrates the effect of

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retinal disparity

Question 26

John Locke is to Immanuel Kant as ____ is to _____

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Nurture; nature

Question 27

Although college textbooks frequently cast a trapezoidal image on the retina, students typically perceive the books as rectangular objects. This illustrates the importance of

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shape constancy

Question 28

The principle of connectedness would most likely lead you to perceive all the ______________ as parts of a single unit

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linked spots, forms, or areas

Question 29

When there is conflict between bits of information received by two or more senses, which sense tends to dominate the others?

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visual capture

Question 30

Although he was wearing a pair of glasses that shifted the apparent location of objects 20 degrees to the right, Lars was still able to play tennis very effectively. This best illustrates the value of

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visual compensation

Question 31

After a period of adjustment to special lenses that turn the visual field upside down:

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the eyes adjust to it

Question 32

Of two identical horizontal bars in the ponzo illusion, the bar that is ______ in the visual field appears to be ____ because it appears to be farther away

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Higher; larger

Question 33

When hearing the words \"eel is on the wagon\" you would likely perceive the first word as \"wheel\". Given \"eel is on the orange\", you would likely perceive the first word as \"peel\". This context effect best illustrates the organizational principle of

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closure

Question 34

The presence and location of two curious rabbits influence our perception of the \"magicians cabinet\" pictured in the textbook. This provides an illustration of

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context effects

Question 35

The cocktail party effect provides an example of

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selective attention

Question 36

Infants who were exposed to the visual cliff

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don\'t have depth perception, will go over

Question 37

The visual cliff is a laboratory device for testing   _____ _______ in infants

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depth perception

Question 38

The perceived size of an object is most strongly influenced by that objects perceived

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distance

Question 39

The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates

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top-down processing

Question 40

If two objects cast retinal images of the same size, the object that appears to be closer is

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smaller

Question 41

Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry professor several times each week , she had difficulty recognizing the professor when she happened to see her in the grocery store. This best illustrates the importance of

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context effects

Question 42

As Dick carefully watches his dog running away from him, it is likely that he will experience a _____ in retinal disparity and a ______ in convergence.

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Decrease; decrease

Question 43

The existence of convincing scientific evidence that ESP is possible would pose the greatest challenge to the

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contemporary scientific understanding of human nature

Question 44

Margo insists that her dreams frequently enable her to perceive and predict future events. Margo is claiming to process the power of

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ESP

Question 45

Who emphasized that perceptual understanding comes from inborn ways of organizing sensory experience?

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Kant

Question 46

When Rick learned that many students had received a failing grade on the midterm exam, he was no longer disappointed by his C grade. His experience best illustrates the importance of

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context effects

Question 47

After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as disease-related symptoms. His reaction best illustrates the impact of

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perceptual set

Question 48

As the airplane descended for a landing, the pilot saw several beautiful islands that appeared to float in a vast expanse of blue ocean water. In this instance, the ocean is a

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ground

Question 49

Human factors psychologists would be most likely to aid in the design of

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computer keyboards

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