Exploring Visual Perception Concepts

During a busy day at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob tunes in to the sound of a customer placing an order, completely ignoring the clatter of dishes and Squidward’s complaints nearby. What is the term for this skill of focusing on one important sound while blocking out all the distractions?

• Change blindness

• Selective attention

• Gestalt

• Depth perception

During a busy day at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is so focused on flipping Krabby Patties that he doesn’t notice Patrick walking right in front of him. What phenomenon does this illustrate?

• Inattentional blindness

• Retinal disparity

• Figure and ground

• Convergence

During a busy day at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is so focused on flipping Krabby Patties that he doesn’t notice things changing around him—like customers coming and going or Squidward switching the open sign to closed! What is the term for this kind of failure to notice changes?

• Change blindness

• Perceptual set

• Grouping

• Binocular cue

Imagine SpongeBob and Patrick are exploring Bikini Bottom, trying to sense hidden jellyfish. Just like them, what is the term for a mental predisposition that influences what we perceive?

• Gestalt

• Perceptual set

• Depth perception

• Monocular cue

SpongeBob and Patrick are discussing how sea creatures in Bikini Bottom notice things around them. SpongeBob says that sometimes, you have to look at the whole situation, not just the little details, to really understand what's happening. Which principle explains how the whole is different from just the sum of its parts in perception?

• Gestalt

• Figure and ground

• Grouping

• Selective attention

SpongeBob and Patrick are watching Squidward walk through the bustling Krusty Krab. As they spot jellyfish and customers popping out from the crowd, what is the term for how our brains organize the visual scene into objects that stand out from their surroundings?

• Grouping

• Figure and ground

• Depth perception

• Convergence

SpongeBob and Patrick are on a quest to solve a mystery in Bikini Bottom! They need to organize clues from around town to figure out what’s going on, just like real detectives. Which concept describes how they group different pieces of information into coherent groups to make sense of what’s happening?

• Grouping

• Change blindness

• Binocular cue

• Visual cliff

Imagine SpongeBob and Patrick are training to be expert jellyfish catchers in Bikini Bottom! They need to sense the distance and position of jellyfish in three dimensions to dodge obstacles and catch jellyfish efficiently. What is the special ability called that lets us see objects in three dimensions and judge distance, just like a jellyfish catcher?

• Depth perception

• Retinal disparity

• Perceptual set

• Inattentional blindness

SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy are helping out in a Bikini Bottom research lab, where scientists want to test depth perception in young jellyfish and baby sea snails. Which experimental apparatus would they use to see if these adorable creatures can tell how deep something is?

• Visual cliff

• Gestalt

• Figure and ground

• Convergence

During a jellyfishing competition in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob and Patrick are challenged to sense the distance to floating jellyfish using their senses. To accurately judge how far away the jellyfish are, which visual cue would require them to use both eyes?

• Monocular cue

• Binocular cue

• Perceptual set

• Grouping