MCQs on Perception

A widespread increase in the reported sightings of UFOs following newspaper reports of similar sightings may be attributed to

Illusions are

Which of the following is a monocular depth cue?

Experiments with the visual cliff show that

The stimuli below are organized as three columns rather than six columns because of the organizational principle of XX XX XX, XX XX XX, XX XX XX, XX XX XX:

Closure, nearness, similarity, and continuation are categories of

The binocular cue of convergence occurs

A “guess” about what a sensation represents that is held until more information is available is referred to as a

The stimuli below are seen as one group of circles and one group of squares due to the organizational principle of

The bodily depth cue generated by changes in the shape of the lens is called

If you stand in the middle of a cobblestone street, the street will look coarse near your feet and finer if you look into the distance. This is called

The purported ability to predict future events is called

The tendency to complete a figure is called

The most basic source of normal depth perception and stereoscopic vision is

__________ processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you’ve never seen before.

The ability to see three-dimensional space and to accurately judge distances is called

The most basic perceptual organization is

You observe two cars of identical make and model. Although one roars away and its image on your retina is changed, you still perceive the cars as identical. This phenomenon is

An imaginary perception, such as seeing, hearing, or smelling something that does not exist in the external world is called a(n

The idea that many people seem unable to detect gradual but deadly trends in modern civilization is an example of