QCAA Psychology Unit 3 | Topic 2 | Visual Perception

Cole (2013) asked participants to estimate the distance to target location. REseraches had measured the waist-to-hip ratios of participants and manipulated their motivational states. They concluded that these two factors interacted toaffect visual perception.

Which of the following biological influences on visual perception best describes this study with regards to distance perception? (1 mark)

• Aging

• Genetics

• Cultural skills

• Psychological make-up

Sensory receptors detecting the presence of, or change to, a stimulus is known as the process of

• selection

• reception

• organisation

• transmission

The investigation by Deregowski (1972) found that one group of participants preferred split-type drawings similar to image A, rather than perspective drawings similar to image B.

• culture

• depth cues

• motivation

• size consistency

Which of the following is an example of the Müller-Lyer visual illusion (1 mark)

• a

• b

• c

• d

The Ames in the room illusion demonstrates the fallibility of visual perception as it causes the observer to

• (A) misapply shape constancy but maintain size constancy.

• (A) misapply size constancy but maintain shape constancy.

• (A) misapply size constancy but maintain linear perspective cues.

• misapply shape constancy but maintain linear perspective cues.

Recognising perspective in drawings, as in the figure above, is a result of

• cultural processes.

• physical processes.

• attentional processes.

• evolutionary processes.

What does the absolute threshold refer to?

• What does the absolute threshold refer to?

• the lowest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected 100 per cent of the time

• the lowest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected 50 per cent of the time

• the greatest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected 50 per cent of the time

What is the correct sequence of processes in sensation and perception?

• reception; transmission; transduction; selection; interpretation; organisation

• reception; selection; transmission; transduction; organisation; interpretation

• reception; selection; organisation; transmission; transduction; interpretation

• reception; transduction; transmission; selection; organisation; interpretation

Which of the following statements about visual receptors is incorrect?

• Rods can respond in low levels of light but not in bright light.

• Cones can respond in bright light but not in low levels of light.

• Rods and cones both distinguish black and white

• Rods and cones both distinguish colours.

Which of the following statements concerning the stimulus energy for vision is incorrect?

• Electromagnetic energy of about 380 nanometres is perceived as violet.

• Electromagnetic energy of about 760 nanometres is perceived as red.

• Electromagnetic energy of about 380 nanometres is not visible to humans.

• Electromagnetic energy of about 800 nanometres is not visible to humans.