Language and Perception Quiz

What is the smallest distinct sound unit in a spoken language?

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

• Syntax

• Grammar

Which system of rules in a language enables us to communicate with and understand others?

• Semantics

• Syntax

• Grammar

• Phonetics

Who proposed the concept of inborn universal grammar?

• Skinner

• Chomsky

• Fechner

• Weber

What is the term for the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time?

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Sensory adaptation

• Signal detection

What is the tendency for vision to dominate the other senses called?

• Change blindness

• Visual capture

• Selective attention

• Sensory adaptation

What is the main focus of Gestalt psychology?

• The study of individual behavior patterns

• The organization of visual stimuli into meaningful wholes

• The analysis of language development

• The impact of genetics on intelligence

What does the term "figure-ground" refer to in Gestalt psychology?

• The ability to focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment

• The distinction between an object and its background

• The failure to notice large changes in a visual scene

• The mental predisposition to perceive one thing over another

What is selective attention?

• The process of organizing visual fields into objects

• The cognitive process of focusing on specific stimuli while ignoring others

• The mental predisposition to perceive one thing over another

• The failure to notice unexpected objects in a visual field

Which concept explains the inability to see an unexpected object in a visual field when attention is elsewhere?

• Change Blindness

• Inattentional Blindness

• Cocktail Party Effect

• Perceptual Set

What does the Perceptual Set refer to?

• The ability to focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment

• A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

• The failure to notice large changes in a visual scene

• The organization of visual stimuli into meaningful wholes