Perception Extra Credit

[Mr. Simon]

Post your perception multiple choice questions here. One point on the
test for every question I use, up to a max of two points.

[Maica]

MAICA P, MARK M, and MEGAN M

1) When splitting the class into groups, the teacher says boys on one
side and girls on the other. What law of Gestault psychology does he
follow?
a. Proximity
b. Similarity
c. Symmetry
d. Continuity
e. Closure

answer: b

2) The Retina family takes a vacation to Egypt. The mom, Courtney
Cortex asks her son Lens if he likes the pyramids. Lens is confused
and asks “Do you mean the triangles?”. What theory/law does Lens seem
to be displaying?
a. Theory of Constructive Perception
b. Top-Down Processing
c. Bottom-Up Processing
d. Law of Pragnaz
e. Signal Detection Theory

answer: d

3) Which of the following psychologists authored:
" 'Pieces' almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To
sever a 'part' from the organized whole in which it occurs - whether
it itself be a subsidiary whole or an 'element' - is a very real
process usually involving alterations in that 'part'. Modifications of
a part frequently involve changes elsewhere in the whole itself. Nor
is the nature of these alterations arbitrary, for they too are
determinded by whole-conditions."
a. Herman von Helmoltz
b. Wilhelm Wundt
c. Maxwell Wertheimer
d. Johannes Müller
e. Edwin Boring

answer: c

[Abi Cooper]

Abi, Tess and Anna

Which of these ideas about grouping is NOT attributed to Maxwell
Wertheimer?
a) continuity
b) figure-ground perception
c) dual image
d) reversible figures
e) closure

Answer: c


Consider the following scenarios and choose the correct order of the
principles they represent.
I: You are in a forest, foraging for food. You know that mushrooms
are plentiful in forests, so you walk around expecting to find some,
going over the characteristics of edible mushrooms in your head. In
your search, you fail to notice the bush of delicious berries right
next to the clump of mushrooms.
II: At the airport, you see a person whose legs are obscured by a
barrier, but he is moving forwards, so you assume he is walking. In
fact, he is on a conveyer belt.
III: You go to the fridge for a midnight snack, and see a block of
cheese. Once you take it out of the fridge, it no longer appears as
bright a yellow, but you know it's still the same color.

a) perceptual set, perceptual inference, perceptual constancy
b) perceptual inference, perceptual set, perceptual organization
c) perceptual constancy, perceptual inference, visual capture
d) selective attention, perceptual organization, perceptual set
e) visual capture, perceptual organization, perceptual inference

Answer: a


Which of these is NOT a monocular cue?
a) looming
b) texture gradient
c) aerial perspective
d) convergence
e) shadowing

Answer: d

[katestewart]

Peter C. and Kate S.

1) According to an experiment conducted by Eleanor and James Gibson,
parents need not be worried about their infants crawling off of a
glass table or ledge because of
a. Proximity
b. Visual Cliff Observation
c. Aerial Perspective
d. Shadowing
e. Position Cues

answer: b

2) Which of the following is a match of two monocular cues?
a. interposition cue and looming
b. aerial perspective and convergence
c. accommodation and convergence
d. motion parallax and closure
e. retinal disparity and linear perspective

answer: a

3) What term descries our tendency to rely on vision as our strongest
sense? (as illustrated by video of the visual skew goggles and the
college quarter back)
a. autokinetic effect
b. induced movement
c. perceptual constancy
d. visual capture
e. motion parallax

answer: d