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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
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a. |
computers can process information faster than humans. |
c. |
computers can more easily determine the reasons for changes in lightness. |
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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.
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a. |
correspondence |
c. |
occlusion |
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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
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a. |
not be able to identify the face. |
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b. |
identify the face as male rather than female. |
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c. |
be able to correctly identify the face. |
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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
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a. |
children can only represent one perceptual viewpoint at a time. |
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b. |
computers can invert images to easily perform object recognition. |
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c. |
humans can easily recognize objects when seen from different viewpoints. |
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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: _____________.
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a. |
structuralism; Gestalt psychology |
c. |
functionalism; structuralism |
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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?
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a. |
Sensations and perceptions are the same “unit” of thought. |
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b. |
The whole of something is greater than its parts. |
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c. |
Perceptions can be explained by the sensations that make them up. |
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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
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a. |
the phenomenon cannot be explained by sensations alone. |
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b. |
the phenomenon relies exclusively on the perceiver’s past experience. |
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c. |
the images used do not follow the principle of common region. |
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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
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a. |
perceptions are formed by combining sensations. |
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b. |
vision can be modeled on computer processing. |
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c. |
the whole is different than the sum of its parts. |
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d. |
experience determines perceptual interpretation. |
ANS: C REF: Illusory Contours MSC: Conceptual
9. The Olympic symbol is an example of the Gestalt principle of
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a. |
proximity. |
c. |
common fate. |
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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
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a. |
orientation. |
c. |
size. |
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b. |
shape. |
d. |
orientation, shape, and size. |
ANS: D REF: Similarity MSC: Factual
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