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Module 15 + 16 TEST!!

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Not being easily distracted by the extraneous sounds while reading illustraes what?
Selective attention
the cocktail part effect is an example of what?
selective attention
estimating distances of white disks in both fog and sunny conditions, which estimate views the disks as farthest?
foggy
which sense tends to dominate the others?
vision
as organized "whole" is the understanding of which approach?
gestalt
according to Gestalt approach is the whole more than the sum of the parts, or the sum of the parts greater than the whole?
whole is greater than sum of parts.
the principles of the gestalt approach support which processing?
top-down processing.
percieving an object 'distinct' from its surroundings is called what?
figure ground
the moon is to the sky,as___ is to ____.
figure, ground.
the principles of continuity and closure best illustrate that sensations are organized into?
meaningful patterns
what is closure?
gaps
percieving all the rungs in a latter as parts of a single unit demonstrates the principle of what?
connectedness
visual cliff is a device for testing what?
depth perception
infants are likely to avoid crawling over the edge of a visual cliff is they have?
depth perception
the somewhat different images our two eyes recieve of the same object identifies what?
retinal disparity
the floating finger sausage demonstrates the effect of what?
retinal disparity
convergence is a _____ cue for distance?
binocular
with 2 objects the same size, the object with the smaller retinal image is percieved to be what?
further away
the cue where closer objects appear clearer and more distinct than do distant objets is which clue?
relative clarity
what is most essential for depth perception in the visual cliff?
texture gradient
objects high in our field of vision are father away demonstrates which clue?
relative height
airport runway lights shroudedinthick fog might confuse a pilots distance perception because of what clue?
relative brightness.
what is stroboscopic movement?
flashed images
what is the phi phenomenon?
blinking lights to create movement
as the retinal image of a truck approaching you becomes larger, it is unlikely that the truck grows larger, illustrates which phenomenon?
size constantcy
the percieved size of an object is most strongly influenced by that objects percieved what?
distance
the effect of the moon near the horizon appearing larger than when it is high in the sky is a result of what?
distance
the moon illision, the ponzo illusion, the muller-lyer illusion are all understood, by knowing the effects of the perceived what?
distance
the phenomenon of lightness constancy best illustrates the importance of what?
relative luminance
who emphasized the perceptual understanding comes from inborn way of organizing sensory experiences?
Kant
which philosopher belived that people learn to percieve the world through experience?
Locke
Locke is to Kant as ___ is to ____.
nurture;nature
blind from birth, after corrective eye surgery 'sizy' can perceive figureground relationships. this supports whose position on perceptual skills?
Kant
visual restriction during infancy has a more lasting effect than the same restriction in adulthood?
true
born with cataracts, that were removed when 3 years old, 'suzy' most likely lacks what in her visual cortex?
neural connections
what is the hability to adjust to an artificially displaced, or even inverted, visual field?
perceptual adaptation
research with distorting goggles best supports the view of human perception advanced by?
locke
forming a wrong idea about reality, and then having difficulty seeing the truth illustrates the danger of?
perceptual set
stereotypes are most similar to what perceptual condition?
perceptual set
concepts that help us to interpret ambiguous senstations are called?
schemas
seeing her professor daily, and not recognizing him in the grocerty store illustrates the importance of?
context
learngint that many students failed the chapter 6 test 'suzy' is now pleased with her C grade illustrates the importance of?
context
_____ psychologiests would most likely be invovled in designing computer keyboards.
human factor psychologists.
what is parapsychology?
study of ESP.
what is telepathy?
ability to read minds
waht is clairvoyance?
percieving events elsewhere.
police department psychics have demonstrated which type of esp?
none
what is precognition?
predicting the future
what is psychokinesis?
power to move objects
many people who have been acclaumed for having ESP have been shown to be frauds?
true
what is the greatest difficulty facing contemporary parapsychology?
lack of evidence
the ganzfeld procedure is used to study what?
telepathy
percieving an object as unchanging is shape regardless of changes the angle view illustrates what?
shape constancy
who emphasized perception depends on innate ways of organizing sensory experience?
Kant
what is the perceptual adaptation?
adjusting to distortions
what is perceptual set?
mental predisposition
the impact of perceptual set illustrate the importance of which processiong?
top down
what are concepts that organize sensory input?
schema
which species was once thought to possess clairvoyance avoiding colliding with objects in the dark?
bats
most research psychologists now believe ther is or there is not reliable evidence supporting the existance of ESP?
there is not.

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