QLD Unit 3 Social Influence on Visual Perception

Deregowski believes that the non-Westerners inability to perceive depth in pictures is due to

• A lack of intelligence
• A lack of innate ability
• A lack of a theory of mind
• A lack of learning

Something which helps us determine how far away an object is, is called

• Perceptual constancy
• A Missionary
• A Depth cue
• Perception
• Sensation

Which one of the following depth cues is in the picture

• Motion parallax

• Relative brightness

• Relative size

• Texture gradient

A main criticism of Deregowski's study is that

• It lacked control
• It was unethical
• The measures were unfair
• The sample size was small

The image on the left is an example of a /an

• perspective drawing

• orthogonal drawing

• elephant bat

• split type drawing

Hudson's pictures of hunting scenes are usually taken as evidence that

• Both children and adults from many different African tribes cannot perceive depth in drawings
• Interpreting pictures is an inborn ability
• Members of non-western cultures are less intelligent than members of Western culture
• All of these

The aim of Deregowski's study was to discover to what extent ________ of ______ relies upon learning

• drawing, pictures
• building, tridents
• perception, pictures
• ethnocentrism, culture

Culture has been shown to influence our visual system in which of the following ways?

• Prior learning is not essential to recognise pictures.
• People from all cultures interpret depth cues in similar ways.
• Formal education has no impact on our visual system but societal and cultural norms do.
• Formal education, cultural norms and expectations, and our visual systems influence depth cues.

Compared to Westerners the non-Western tribal people found it

• Harder to draw the trident
• Easier to draw the trident
• Could not draw the trident
• Took longer to draw the trident