QCAA Psychology - DEREGOWSKI Pictorial Perception and Culture

At what age are children able to recognize objects in pictures?

• Before they learn to read

• After they learn to read

• At the age of six

• At the age of 19 months

What did Robert Laws, a Scottish missionary, report about the perception of pictures by natives?

• Natives cannot see pictures in black and white

• Natives can easily recognize objects in pictures

• Natives consider pictures as abstract patterns

• Natives perceive pictures differently from people of other cultures

What did Mrs. Donald Fraser observe about an African woman's perception of a picture?

• The woman immediately recognized the picture

• The woman could not see the entire picture

• The woman could not understand the concept of a profile

• The woman could not find the second eye in the picture

What did the chief do when he saw the picture of an elephant?

• He jumped up and shouted in excitement

• He thought the elephant was alive and fled

• He looked behind the sheet to see if the animal had a body

• He clapped his hands and said it was a dog

What did experiments in Africa reveal about the perception of pictorial depth?

• Africans have a natural ability to perceive depth in pictures

• Africans find it difficult to perceive depth in pictures

• Africans perceive depth in pictures only when familiar size cues are present

• Africans perceive depth in pictures only when overlap cues are present

What did the study involving the ambiguous trident drawing reveal?

• Three-dimensional perceivers were confused by the drawing

• Two-dimensional perceivers were confused by the drawing

• Three-dimensional perceivers spent more time looking at the drawing

• Two-dimensional perceivers spent more time looking at the drawing

What did the study involving the preference for split drawings reveal?

• African children and adults preferred perspective drawings

• African children and adults preferred split drawings

• African children preferred perspective drawings, while adults preferred split drawings

• African children preferred split drawings, while adults preferred perspective drawings

What did the study involving Zambian workers and wire models reveal?

• Zambian workers preferred three-dimensional wire models

• Zambian workers preferred flat wire models

• Zambian workers preferred split drawings

• Zambian workers preferred perspective drawings

What is the main difficulty faced by observers in perceiving pictorial depth?

• Inability to integrate the pictorial elements

• Inability to recognize individual symbols and cues

• Inability to link all the elements into a consolidated whole

• Inability to interpret symbolic depth cues