Psychology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 45

Question 881 Psychology

The Ponzo illusion shows that people judge an object’s size according to its perceived what?

Correct answer A. Distance

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Question 882 Psychology

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

Correct answer A. Contrast

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Question 883 Psychology

When information from two or more senses conflicts, which sense usually dominates?

Correct answer A. vision

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Question 884 Psychology

What explains why a rose looks equally red in bright light and in dim light?

Correct answer C. Colour constancy

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Question 885 Psychology

When we look at an object, each eye receives a slightly different image. What depth cue does this provide?

Correct answer B. Retinal disparity

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Question 886 Psychology

What is the phenomenon called in which a person’s expectations influence what they perceive?

Correct answer C. perceptual set

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Question 887 Psychology

As we move, objects cast changing shapes on our retinas, yet we do not see them as changing. This is part of which phenomenon?

Correct answer C. Perceptual constancy

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Question 888 Psychology

Gestalt psychologists say that things close together in space or time tend to be seen as belonging together. What is this principle called?

Correct answer A. Proximity

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Question 889 Psychology

Which depth cue produces the impression of a drop in the visual cliff experiment?

Correct answer B. texture gradient

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Question 890 Psychology

Which depth cue arises when we look at stationary objects at different distances while we are moving?

Correct answer D. Relative motion

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Question 891 Psychology

Which theory of colour vision proposes three separate receptor types for the three primary colours of light?

Correct answer C. Trichromatic theory

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Question 892 Psychology

Your car projects a different image on your retina each time you see it, yet you do not perceive it as changing. Why?

Correct answer D. perceptual constancy

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Question 893 Psychology

Under the principle of relative brightness, how is the one of two identical objects that reflects more light to your eyes perceived?

Correct answer C. Nearer

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Question 894 Psychology

Standing in the middle of a railway track and looking far ahead, you see the rails seem to meet in the distance. Which depth cue does this illustrate?

Correct answer B. Linear perspective

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Question 895 Psychology

Which depth cue is said to have first caught Max Wertheimer’s attention during a train journey?

Correct answer A. motion parallax

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Question 896 Psychology

You enter a dark cinema in a white shirt and notice it now looks grey, yet you know it is still white. What explains this?

Correct answer D. Brightness constancy

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Question 897 Psychology

Kim is trying to thread a needle in fairly dim light. Because of the low light, which part of her eye will help her most?

Correct answer B. Rods

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Question 898 Psychology

Which of the following is NOT a personal factor in perceptual selectivity?

Correct answer D. size

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Question 899 Psychology

As you slowly move a finger towards your face until it touches your nose, which eye-muscle cue sends depth information to the brain?

Correct answer B. Convergence

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Question 900 Psychology

Which of the following reduces the chance of a behaviour happening again in the future?

Correct answer B. Omission training

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