VCE Psych U2 AOS1 Perception

"Flavour" is essentially "taste"

• True
• False

We have to use both of our eyes to see clearly.

• True
• False

The perceptual process is

• Conscious
• Subconscious
• Unconscious
• None of the above

We don't need any previous knowledge to make sense of the things we see.

• True
• False

In relation to the Gestalt principles, camouflage is

• an animal classification for those whose appearances match their environment.
• where the contour of the figrue is broken so that it blends in with the ground, obsuring the figure.
• an army uniform
• where the figure is distinct from the ground.

As I was driving along the highway a huge truck came hurtlying up behind me. It seemed to take ages for the long body to get past as it overtook me. Afterwards, it gradually disappeared up the road in front of me. Which of the following principles would I have applied to help me realise that the truck remained the same size, although its image on my retinas changed.

• Shape constancy and size constancy
• size constancy and orientation constancy
• brightness constancy and orientation constancy
• brightness constancy and size constancy

How are the Gestalt principles of similarity and proximity distinguished?

• they are two different names for the same concept
• similarity is when parts of a stimulus pattern are a similar distance from each other. Proximity is when parts of a stimulus pattern are the same colour.
• similarity is the part of a stimulus pattern that sits in rows, while proximity is the part that sits in columns.
• Similarity is when parts of a simulus pattern are physically similar so that we perceive them as a whole; proximity is when parts of a stimulus pattern are close together so that we perceive them as a whole

illusions occur when

• a person does not take into consideration all aspects of a sensation
• a sensation becomes physically distorted
• perception consistently differs from objective reality
• there is a failure in the biological processing of a stimulus.

the ames room provides an illusion because of our familiarity the the rectangular shape of tooms. It occurs because we:

• maintain size constancy at the expense of shape constancy.
• maintain shape constancy at the expense of size constancy
• perceive that size and shape constancies are maintained
• perceive that neither size nor shape constancy is maintianed

motion after-effect is an illusion of movement caused by

• reduced activity in motion-detecting neurons
• increased activity in motion-detecting neurons
• perceptual set caused by expectancy
• maintenance of motion constancy