Perception Quiz

The tendency to perceive a quarter as being round even when it is viewed at an angle is called _______.

• shape constancy
• depth perception
• linear perspective
• binocular disparity

A reversible figure, such as the vase/face figure, makes use of which principle of perception?

• closure
• proximity
• similarity
• figure-ground relationship

Which of the following is not a monocular cue for depth?

• convergence
• texture gradient
• linear perspective
• shadowing

Tasha is waiting for her friend at the mall.  She listens for the sound of her friend calling her name. She hears a word that sounds like her name and turns around, but she soon realizes that she's made a mistake: A stranger behind her was calling to his small child.  Which of the following influenced Tasha's conviction that she heard her own name?

• monocular cues
• gestalt principles
• perceptual expectancy
• bottom-up processing

The Muller-Lyer illusion exists in cultures in which there are _____.

• many trees
• wide horizons
• building with straight lines and corners
• more men than women

the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

• perception
• sensation
• bottom-up processing
• sensory adaptation

Although carpenter Smith perceived a briefly viewed object as a screwdriver, police officer Wesson perceived the same object as a knife. This illustrates that perception is guided by:

• Linear perspective 
• Shape constancy
• Retinal disparity
• Perceptual sets

Depth cues that only require one require one eye,

• Binocular Cue
• Trichronocular Cue
• Monocular Cue
• Single Vision Transparency

You are most likely to observe the phi phenomenon while:

•  looking at a string of Christmas tree lights that blink quickly in succession.
•  staring at a Necker cube.
•  comparing the size of the moon while it is in the sky, to its size near the horizon.
• attempting to catch a fly ball that is quickly coming toward you

The door is a door, no matter what angle it is opened. This is an example of:

• Perceptual adaptation
• Perceptual constancy
• Relative size
• Extrasensory Perception