Cognitive Psychology revision quiz

Gregory argued that perceptual experiences such as illusions are best described as:

• Rational inferences
• Perceptual errors
• Interactions between the person and the environment
• Based purely on sensory infomration

The Necker Cube is an example of a:

• Ambiguous figure
• Ambiguous sound
• Impossible figure
• Systematic distortion

Which of the following is true about rods?

• They are primarily located in the peripheral retina
• They require hundreds of photons in order to responds
• Their photopigments are sensitive to short, medium, and long light wavelengths
• They are useful for colour perception

The Checker-shadow illusion is an example of the visual system attempting to maintain:

• Brightness constancy
• Size constancy
• Dimensional constancy
• Colour constancy

Objects perceived as being close than the horopter have:

• Crossed disparities
• Uncrossed disparities
• No disparities
• Maximal disparity

Illusory contours are difficult to explain using the _____ approach to perception:

• Structuralist
• Gestalt
• Direct
• Constructivist

The cochlea can be found in the:

• Innear ear
• Middle ear
• Outer ear
• Auditory cortex

The missing fundamental illusion suggests that:

• The brain infers the missing fundamental from harmonics
• Pitch is determined purely by the cochlea
• Pitch cannot be consistently perceived without the missing fundamental frequency
• Pitch is solely determined by top-down processes

Binaural cues are vital for determining:

• The location of a sound
• The elevation of a sound
• The distance of a sound
• The loudness of a sound

Interaural time differences are most useful for:

• Low frequency sounds
• High frequency sounds
• Low pitch sounds
• High pitch sounds