A. object size
B. perspective size
C. retinal size
D. a compromise between object size and perspective size
Psychology Mcqs
The sense that humans depend on more than the other four combined is ________________?
A. audition
B. taste
C. vision
D. touch
Which of the following explains why cartoons are not perceived as a series of still frames?
A. Autokinetic effect
B. Motion parallax
C. the phi phenomenon
D. The Muller-Lyer illusion
One of the pioneers of the psychology of perception was ________________?
A. McDougall
B. Jung
C. Skinner
D. Helmholtz
Optical illusions result from distortion in __________________?
A. transudation
B. sensation
C. perception
D. adaptation
In listening to two conversations simultaneously, it is possible to attend to one and ignore the other if the differ in ______________?
A. semantics
B. pragmatics
C. syntax
D. pitch
Which of the following is not a Gestalt Law of Organization?
A. closure
B. proximity
C. continuation
D. all of the above
Hermann von Helmholtz is, in part, famous for his theory of ________________?
A. color blindness
B. color vision
C. lateral inhibition
D. sensory transduction
What can occur if a person believes that a connection exists between an act and its consequences when there is no relationship between the two?
A. classical conditioning
B. shaping
C. superstitious behavior
D. none of these
The cue of accommodation is especially effective for ________________?
A. long distances
B. short distances
C. moving objects
D. both a and c