Psychology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 43

Question 841 Psychology

Viewed one way, a picture shows craters; turned through 180 degrees, the craters appear as bumps. What causes this perceptual effect?

Correct answer B. Light and shadow

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Question 842 Psychology

A man thinks he sees a snake creeping through weeds in a distant field, but up close it turns out to be a dark piece of rope. What is this perceptual phenomenon called?

Correct answer D. Illusion

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Question 843 Psychology

Which of the following are monocular depth cues?

Correct answer D. all of the above

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Question 844 Psychology

What term describes the change in the eye’s focal length that brings an image on the retina into focus?

Correct answer C. Accommodation

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Question 845 Psychology

When a row of lights flashes in sequence, we see one light moving along the row. What does this demonstrate?

Correct answer C. The phi phenomenon

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Question 846 Psychology

Which disorder results when fluid pressure builds up inside the eye and damages the optic nerve?

Correct answer B. glaucoma

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Question 847 Psychology

What explains why cartoons are not perceived as a series of still frames?

Correct answer B. The phi phenomenon

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Question 848 Psychology

When two conversations are heard at once, it is possible to attend to one and ignore the other if they differ in what?

Correct answer D. Pitch

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Question 849 Psychology

Which of the following are Gestalt laws of organisation?

Correct answer D. all of the above

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Question 850 Psychology

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?

Correct answer C. Superstitious behaviour

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Question 851 Psychology

Which sensory system includes ganglion cells and ciliary muscles?

Correct answer A. Visual

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Question 852 Psychology

What is the ability to focus on stimuli that interest us while ignoring distracting ones called?

Correct answer B. Selective attention

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Question 853 Psychology

In which sense do most hallucinations occur?

Correct answer D. hearing

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Question 854 Psychology

What term do Gestaltists use for our tendency to perceive smooth, flowing forms more readily than broken ones?

Correct answer B. Continuity

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Question 855 Psychology

Humans have five recognised senses. Which two further abilities are sometimes added to the list?

Correct answer B. Balance and kinaesthesis

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Question 856 Psychology

Perceiving an array of equally spaced dots as rows and columns is attributed to which Gestalt principle?

Correct answer D. proximity

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Question 857 Psychology

Which of the following is not a form of perceptual constancy?

Correct answer A. Dimension

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Question 858 Psychology

One object partly blocks your view of a second object, so the first is seen as nearer. What is this an example of?

Correct answer D. Interposition

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Question 859 Psychology

In Wolfgang Kohler’s experiments, a chimpanzee in a cage with three boxes and a banana hung high overhead first tries jumping, then looks around and stacks the boxes to climb up to the fruit. What does this illustrate?

Correct answer C. insight learning

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Question 860 Psychology

Which of the following is NOT a Gestalt principle of perceptual grouping?

Correct answer A. Disparity

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