U3 - T2 LO-3.14 Social influence on visual perception

Compared to Westerners the non-Western tribal people found it

• Harder to draw the trident
• Easier to draw the trident
• Could not draw the trident
• Took longer to draw the trident

A drawing which shows all the essential characteristics of an object at once is called

• An Orthogonal drawing
• A Split style drawing
• A Perspective drawing
• A Style-less drawing

Deregowski believes that the non-Westerners inability to perceive depth in pictures is due to

• A lack of intelligence
• A lack of innate ability
• A lack of a theory of mind
• A lack of learning

Something which helps us determine how far away an object is, is called

• Perceptual constancy
• A Missionary
• A Depth cue
• Perception
• Sensation

Perception is

• The interpretation of information we receive from our senses
• The ability to see in 3D
• The way we receive information from our senses
• The selection of information from the environment

Which one of the following depth cues is in the picture

• Motion parallax

• Relative brightness

• Relative size

• Texture gradient

The independent variable in the study was

• The type of pictures used
• The type of participants used
• The type of depth cues used
• The type of materials used

A main criticism of Deregowski's study is that

• It lacked control
• It was unethical
• The measures were unfair
• The sample size was small

The image on the left is an example of a /an

• perspective drawing

• orthogonal drawing

• elephant bat

• split type drawing

Hudson's pictures of hunting scenes are usually taken as evidence that

• Both children and adults from many different African tribes cannot perceive depth in drawings
• Interpreting pictures is an inborn ability
• Members of non-western cultures are less intelligent than members of Western culture
• All of these