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Sensation And Perception 9th Ed.By Goldstein – Test Bank
Test Bank—Chapter 5: Perceiving Objects and Scenes
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Computers are better than humans at perceiving objects because
| a. | computers can process information faster than humans. | c. | computers can more easily determine the reasons for changes in lightness. |
| b. | computers have higher storage capacity than humans. | d. | none of these; humans are better than computers at object perception. |
ANS: D REF: Perceiving Objects and Scenes MSC: Conceptual
2. The ___________ problem shows that numerous physical stimuli can create exactly the same image on the retina.
| a. | correspondence | c. | occlusion |
| b. | inverse projection | d. | ambiguity |
ANS:BREF:Stimulus on the Receptors is Ambiguous
MSC: Factual
3. Jimmy looks at a moderately blurred picture of Princess Diana’s face. Jimmy will most likely
| a. | not be able to identify the face. |
| b. | identify the face as male rather than female. |
| c. | be able to correctly identify the face. |
| d. | need a computer to scan the image to correctly identify it. |
ANS: C REF: Objects can be Hidden or Blurred MSC: Applied
4. “Viewpoint invariance” means
| a. | children can only represent one perceptual viewpoint at a time. |
| b. | computers can invert images to easily perform object recognition. |
| c. | humans can easily recognize objects when seen from different viewpoints. |
| d. | monkeys can only recognize other monkey faces from a frontal view. |
ANS: C REF: Objects Look Different from Different Viewpoints
MSC: Factual
5. Wundt: _________ :: Wertheimer: _____________.
| a. | structuralism; Gestalt psychology | c. | functionalism; structuralism |
| b. | Gestalt psychology; structuralism | d. | psychophysics; metaphysics |
ANS:AREF:Gestalt Approach to Perceptual Grouping
MSC: Conceptual
6. Structuralists would be most likely to endorse which of the following statements?
| a. | Sensations and perceptions are the same “unit” of thought. |
| b. | The whole of something is greater than its parts. |
| c. | Perceptions can be explained by the sensations that make them up. |
| d. | Past experience plays little or no role in perception formation. |
ANS:CREF:Gestalt Approach to Perceptual Grouping
MSC: Applied
7. The demonstration of apparent movement provides support for the Gestalt approach because
| a. | the phenomenon cannot be explained by sensations alone. |
| b. | the phenomenon relies exclusively on the perceiver’s past experience. |
| c. | the images used do not follow the principle of common region. |
| d. | the phenomenon relied on figure/ground segregation. |
ANS: A REF: Apparent Movement MSC: Conceptual
8. Gestalt psychologists used the example of illusory contours to support the claim that
| a. | perceptions are formed by combining sensations. |
| b. | vision can be modeled on computer processing. |
| c. | the whole is different than the sum of its parts. |
| d. | experience determines perceptual interpretation. |
ANS: C REF: Illusory Contours MSC: Conceptual
9. The Olympic symbol is an example of the Gestalt principle of
| a. | proximity. | c. | common fate. |
| b. | Pragnanz. | d. | synchrony. |
ANS: B REF: Pragnanz MSC: Applied
10. The principle of similarity can account for grouping of stimuli that are similar in
| a. | orientation. | c. | size. |
| b. | shape. | d. | orientation, shape, and size. |
ANS: D REF: Similarity MSC: Factual
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