Perception in Cognitive Psychology Review Practice

What is the first step in the process of perception?

• Interpretation

• Attention

• Sensation

• Recognition

Which phenomenon demonstrates that perception can be influenced by context and expectations?

• Sensory adaptation

• Visual illusions

• Absolute threshold

• Signal detection theory

In the context of perception, what does "top-down processing" refer to?

• Building perception from sensory input alone.

• The hierarchical nature of sensory organs.

• Interpretation of sensory input based on prior knowledge and experience.

• The process of sensory organs receiving stimuli.

The McGurk Effect illustrates the integration of which sensory modalities?

• Vision and hearing

• Touch and taste

• Smell and sight

• Hearing and taste

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The ability to read words despite scrambled letters within them primarily relies on

• Bottom-up processing

• Sensory adaptation

• Top-down processing

• Signal detection

Subliminal perception occurs when

• Stimuli are presented below the threshold of conscious awareness.

• Stimuli are too weak to be detected by any sensory organ.

• Stimuli are perceived with heightened awareness.

• Stimuli are misinterpreted due to illusions.

Which type of processing is involved when you recognize a song from just a few notes?

• Bottom-up processing

• Parallel processing

• Top-down processing

• Serial processing

What is synesthesia?

• The integration of multiple sensory modalities.

• A condition where one sense is simultaneously perceived by another sense

• An enhanced ability to perceive subliminal stimuli.

• A deficit in sensory perception.

Why are visual illusions important for understanding perception?

• They highlight the brain's limitations.

• They show how perception is purely subjective.

• They reveal the constructive nature of perception.

• They prove that sensory organs can be easily deceived.

Gestalt psychology focuses on

• How sensation is converted into perception

• The role of attention in cognitive processing

• The importance of context in understanding perception

• How the whole is perceived as more than the sum of its parts