Question 1

The fact that you can easily recognize a picture of Mickey Mouse or Bart Simpson as that character,no matter what angle they are presented in during a cartoon ,is an example of

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shape constancy.

Question 2

The difference between high-definition television and regular television is analogous to which component of sound?

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Timbre

Question 3

The complexity or quality of sound that makes instruments,voices,and other sources of sound unique is called

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timbre.

Question 4

The ability to judge distance and three-dimensional relations is known as

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depth perception.

Question 5

Which of the following have been used to study depth perception?

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Perceptual illusions

Question 6

Brightness refers to the intensity of light.The corresponding term when discussing sound is

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loudness.

Question 7

The __________ is the wave frequency of a sound.

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pitch

Question 8

The monocular cue of ________ is being used when an artist places trees in front of riders to create a sense of depth when the picture is viewed.

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interposition

Question 9

As we age,it becomes more difficult for us to hear ________ sounds.

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high-frequency

Question 10

Even though the cars at the end of the train look miniature,we know they are full-size due to

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perceptual constancy.

Question 11

Jordan and her friends are in the front row for a rock concert.During the concert,the lead singer moves all around the stage but Jordan continues to perceive him as the same height even though the image received in her eye and brain constantly changes.This illustrates which type of perceptual constancy?

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Size constancy

Question 12

Stan is a student in your psychology class and is currently studying visual perception.He was surprised to discover that he is color blind.What is the best explanation for why Stan's condition was not discovered earlier?

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Stan likely has red-green color blindness and did not even know it.

Question 13

Tom spent the morning taking pictures in the small coves of a local lake.What monocular cue is providing depth perception when the near objects in his photographs appear much larger than those on the opposite shore of the cove?

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Relative size

Question 14

What experimental apparatus has been used to study depth perception in infants?

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The visual cliff

Question 15

Seven-month-old Mazie is crawling toward the end of the bed.How likely is it that she will continue on and fall off?

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Unlikely,because depth perception develops very early in infants.

Question 16

A whistle that can only be heard by dogs,but not humans,exploits which aspect of the auditory system?

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Pitch

Question 17

Which is NOT a monocular cue?

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Convergence

Question 18

Our sense of hearing is called

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audition.

Question 19

Which of the following best exemplifies the concept of perceptual constancy?

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As a shadow passes over your newspaper,you know that the page is not getting darker.

Question 20

Scott is at lunch with his friends,playing with some straws.He places two pennies between straws that are parallel and two between two straws that are angled toward each other.What perceptual illusion is Scott trying to recreate?

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Ponzo illusion

Quiz 4: Sensation and Perception