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AP Psychology Unit 3 Topic 1 & 2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following in not a Gestalt Theory of Perception principle?

a)

Principle of longitude

b)

Principle of proximity

c)

Principle of similarity

d)

Principle of continuity

2.

Depth cues, such as convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.

a)

Gestalt Cue

b)

Binocular Cue

c)

Monocular Cue

d)

Subliminal Cue

3.

The faces or vase figure illustrates the Gestalt organizing principle of

a)

Figure-ground

b)

Closure

c)

Common fate

d)

Proximity

4.

 Focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus and blocking out all other stimuli.

a)

Parallel Processing

b)

Absolute Threshold

c)

Weber's Law

d)

Selective attention

5.

Below one’s absolute threshold for conscious awareness.

a)

Subliminal

b)

Extrasensory

c)

Unconscious

d)

Superconscious

6.

A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.

a)

Selective attention

b)

Perceptual Set

c)

Perceptual adaptation

d)

Habituation

7.

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.

a)

Habituation

b)

Kinesthesis

c)

Sensation

d)

Perception

8.

Our tendency to integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes

a)

Depth Perception

b)

Top-Down Processing

c)

Gestalt

d)

Visual Agnosia

9.

The minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time is called the

a)

adaptation threshold.

b)

difference threshold.

c)

subliminal threshold.

d)

absolute threshold.

e)

change threshold.

10.

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as

a)

the opponent-process theory.

b)

Weber's law.

c)

feature detection.

d)

sensory interaction.

e)

the difference threshold.

11.

Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry teacher several times a week, she didn't recognize the teacher when she saw her in the grocery store. This best illustrates the importance of

a)

monocular cues.

b)

context effects.

c)

proximity.

d)

linear perspective.

e)

perceptual adaptation.

12.

While singing to you on your birthday, your friends leave off the very last word of the song, “Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear David, Happy birthday to….” Your tendency to mentally fill in the last word best reflects which of the following Gestalt principles of organization?

a)

continuity

b)

proximity

c)

connectedness

d)

closure

e)

figure and ground

13.

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

a)

Selective attention

b)

Sensation

c)

Perception

d)

Accommodation

14.

constructs perceptions from sensory input by drawing on your experience and expectations

a)

Top-down-processing

b)

Perceptual set

c)

Bottom up-Processing

d)

Selective attention

15.

An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

a)

Phi phenomenon

b)

Color constancy

c)

Figure-ground

d)

Perceptual constancy

16.

According to signal detection theory if Bob fails to hear a noise but a noise is made, this is a

a)

Hit

b)

False Alarm

c)

Correct Rejection

d)

Miss

17.

A german word meaning "pattern" or "whole".

a)

Threshold

b)

Stimuli

c)

Faust

d)

Gestalt