Sensation and Perception Pre-Test

The sequentially flashing Christmas tree lights appeared to generate pulsating waves of motion. This best illustrates:

• perceptual adaptation
• the phi phenomenon
• retinal disparity
• vsiaul capture

_______ refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy required to be detected 50% of the time.

• Absolute threshold
• Difference threshold
• Just noticeable difference
• Transduction

What allows people to see depth perception?

• Monocular and binocular cues

• Depth Cues and Binocular Cues

• Perceptional Cues

• Monocular cues and depth cues

The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time is called

• absolute threshold
• difference threshold
• sensory adaptation
• subliminal perception

The sequentially flashing Christmas tree lights appeared to generate pulsating waves of motion. This best illustrates:

• perceptual adaptation
• the phi phenomenon
• retinal disparity
• vsiaul capture

The tendencies of humans to group stimuli by similarity and by physical proximity to each other are illustrative of 

• Perceptual inference
• Gestalt principles
• Concept of constancy
• Prototype theory

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

• closure
• proximity
• similarity
• figure-ground relationship

The tendency to organize stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns is called    

• closure
• continuity
• similarity
• proximity

The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by changes in the size of the 

• pupil
• lens
• cornea
• retina

Hering's opponent-process theory suggest that receptors where linked to what colors?

• red-yellow, blue-green, black-white
• red-green, yellow-blue, black-white
• red-black, yellow-white, green-blue
• yellow-green, red-blue, black-white