VCE Psychology

Which of the following processes has begun as soon as special receptor cells for the senses are activated?

• perception
• adaptation
• habituation
• sensation

Which of the following represents the correct path of light through the eye?

• iris, cornea, lens, retina
• iris, pupil, optic nerve, retina
• cornea, lens, pupil, iris, retina
• cornea, iris, lens, retina

Information picked up by the body's receptor cells is termed

• cognition
• perception
• adaptation
• sensation 

In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a videotape of men tossing a basketball remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman sauntering across the screen. This illustrated

• opponent-process theory
• inattentional blindeness
• blind spot
• visual cliff

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

• encoding; detection
• detection; interpretation
• interpretation; organization
• threshold; transduction

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:

• Closure
• Proximity
• Continuity
• Similarity

Which of the following statements is consistent with the Gestalt theory of perception?

• Perception develops largely through learning
• Perception is the product of heredity
• The mind organizes sensations into meaningful perceptions
• Perception results directly from sensation

Depth cues that only require one require one eye,

• Binocular Cue
• Trichronocular Cue
• Monocular Cue
• Single Vision Transparency

The mental predisposition to perceive one image  but not the other is 

• Perceptual organization
• Perceptual adaptation 
• Perceptual constancy
• Perceptual set 

The door is a door, no matter what angle it is opened. This is an example of:

• Perceptual adaptation
• Perceptual constancy
• Relative size
• Extrasensory Perception