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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement is the most accurate description of perception:Detecting a stimulus in the environmentThe experience of the world around us processed through our sensory receptorsOrganisation and interpretation of sensory information about the worldHow sensory receptors turn sounds, smells, sights etc into signals sent to the brain
- 2. Multiple ChoiceGregory's view of sensation and perception can be summed up as:Sensation and perception are completely differentPerception and sensation do not depend on experienceSensation and perception are one and the same thingAn image of an object contains all the information we need to understand it
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe 'Ames' Room illusion illustrates:Sensory receptorsMisinterpreted depth cuesMuller-LyerAmbiguity
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What is this following visual illusion known as?The Ponzo IllusionThe Necker CuberThe Muller-Lyer illusionThe Kanisza triange - 5. Multiple ChoiceTwo types of monocular depth cue are:Height in plane and occlusionConvergence and retinal disparityAuditory and visualAmbiguity and relative size
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe following is a type of binocular cue:Linear perspectiveRelative sizeRetinal disparityOcclusion
- 7. Multiple ChoiceKnowing a distant object is not really tiny is an example of:FictionSize constancyAmbiguityMis-interpreted depth cues
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is this visual illusion know as?Muller-Lyer illusionPonzo illusionKenizsa triangleNecker cube
- 9. Multiple ChoiceKanizsa's triangle is an example of:Size constancyAmbiguityFictionMis-interpreted depth cue
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According to Gibson, direct perception means that:
Perception is more important than sensation
Sensation and perception are completely different
Sensation and perception are the same thing
We are born with no perceptual abilities
- 11. Multiple ChoiceMotion parallax is:When closer objects move faster than distant onesA binocular depth cueA static visual cueA monocular depth cue
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAn important strength of Gibson's theory is that it:Explains how we fill in visual details according to what we expectIs a good explanation of visual illusionsExplains how we have to learn depth perceptionIs a good account of how we perceive objects in the real world
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Gregory, perception is:The same as sensationA construction of the world around usAn innate ability we are born withA direct process
- 14. Multiple ChoiceCultural differences in perception show that:Our expectations do not influence what we perceivePerception is mostly directPerceptual abilities develop through experiencePerception is not a construction of the world
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA weakness of Gregory's theory is that it cannot explain:How we 'fill in the gaps' in perceptionThe perceptual abilities we are born withHow visual illusions workHow we develop binocular depth cues
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHudson showed his drawings of a man, elephant, and antelope to:Unschooled children onlyBlack unschooled and schooled participants onlyWhite South African unschooled and schooled participants onlyBlack and white schooled and unschooled participants
- 17. Multiple ChoicePerceptual set is:How our perception of objects in the environment stays constantThe brain's preference for certain aspects of the sensory environmentWhen we work out how far away something isAn example of a depth cue
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The participants in Gilchrist & Nesberg's study had to:
Identify unfamiliar words
Fill in a questionnaire
Adjust the brightness of a light
Recall a set of letters and numbers
- 19. Multiple ChoiceBruner & Minturn tested the effects of expectation using:Depth cuesThree dimensional picturesPhotographs of everyday objectsAn ambiguous figure
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA weakness of Bruner & Minturn's study was that:The task was not something that would occur in everyday lifeIt had some serious ethical issuesThe stimulus was not very clearThe participants had to draw the figure they thought they saw
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