Extra Credit Assignment: Dan and Lisa

[Lisa Hsieh]

Dan E. and Lisa H.

1. Sally was on a journey in the desert. There was nothing but sand
and 2 cacti in her field of vision; one cactus was prickly and the
other was flowering. Suddenly, a dust devil rose up a little distance
away and obscured the prickly cactus with its dust particles. Thus,
Sally was able to deduce that the flowering cactus was:
A.) Farther away than the prickly cactus, due to aerial perspective
B.) Closer than the prickly cactus, due to aerial perspective
C.) Farther away than the prickly cactus, due to linear perspective
D.) Closer than the prickly cactus, due to linear perspective
E.) Both B and D
answer: b

2. Davis is driving in his new truck. Davis watches a police car
rapidly approach, and it appears to grow larger as he watches in his
side view mirror. What is this an example of?
A.) Shadowing
B.) Motion Parallex
C.) Looming
D.) Convergence
E.) Autokinetic Effect
answer: c

3. As Peter Crane gazed at the many dolphins in the ocean, he noticed
lots of dolphin activity in both his left and right vision field.
His
left eye picked up that dolphins have shiny gray skin, while his
right
eye discovered dolphins have 4 fins. He can credit these discoveries
to
A.) Binocular Cues
B.) Binocular Disparity
C.) Phenomenon
D.) Looming
E.) Shape Constancy
answer: a