Perception

Numerous pedestrians calmly walked past an elderly gentleman lying on a city sidewalk without showing any concern. As a consequence, other passersby failed to perceive that the man was in need of immediate medical assistance. This best illustrates the importance of:

• perceptual adaptation

• relative clarity.

• context effects.

• visual capture.

When Rick learned that many students had received a failing grade on the midterm exam, he was no longer disappointed by his C grade. His experience best illustrates the importance of:

• perceptual adaptation.

• bottom-up processing.

• relative clarity.

• context effects.

The principle of connectedness would most likely lead you to perceive all the ________ as parts of a single unit.

• words in a sentence

• clouds in the sky

• letters in the alphabet

• rungs in a ladder

The tendency to see all the individual spokes in a bicycle wheel as part of a larger single unit best illustrates the principle of:

• closure.

• continuity.

• convergence.

• connectedness.

The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:

• shape constancy.

• top-down processing.

• visual capture.

• Extrasensory perception

The apparent narrowing of a river as it flows directly away from you into the distance best illustrates the depth cue known as:

• interposition.

• convergence.

• linear perspective.

• continuity.

It wasn't until Clara heard some of her classmates laughing loudly during history class that she began to perceive the professor's ongoing lecture to be very funny. This provides an illustration of:

• relative clarity.

• the phi phenomenon.

• perceptual adaptation.

• context effects.

Which of the following is a cue used by artists to convey depth on a flat canvas?

• convergence

• continuity

• interposition

• closure

The Moon illusion can best be explained in terms of the relationship between:

• relative clarity and relative height.

• perceived distance and perceived size.

• proximity and closure.

• atmospheric air pressure and diffusion of light waves

While a student provided directions to a construction worker, two experimenters rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door. The student's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates:

• retinal disparity.

• visual capture.

• the Ponzo illusion.

• change blindness.