Weekly Quiz 11/20

The Gestalt principle that refers to an individual’s tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as whole is called

• figure-ground

• motion parallax

• closure

• proximity

• shape constancy

Which monocular depth cue is illustrated in the figure above?

• accommodation

• texture gradient

• relative size

• interposition

• linear perspective

The reversible figure above illustrates the Gestalt organizing principle of

• proximity

• figure-ground

• closure

• common fate

• simplicity

Which of the following is a BINOCULAR cue for depth perception?

• linear perspective

• texture gradient

• interposition

• retinal disparity

• motion parallax

Which of the following refers to the just-noticeable difference between two stimuli?

• absolute threshold

• sensation

• perception

• difference threshold

• subliminal stimulus

Which of the following refers to the transformation of stimulus energy into neural impulses?

• perception

• bottom-up processing

• top-down processing

• transduction

• psychophysics

The intensity at which a sound becomes audible for a given individual is known as the individual's

• contrast sensitivity

• absolute threshold

• response threshold

• critical frequency

• just noticeable difference

In this scene, we know that the left arm of the person in the floral shirt is closer to us than the torso of the person in the blue shirt mainly because of which depth perception cue?

• relative size

• interposition

• relative height

• similarity

• linear perspective

Which of the following cues/principles helps us understand that this is a photo trick (as opposed to a giant holding a miniature person)?

• size constancy

• lightness constancy

• connectedness

• closure

• linear perspective