In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a “masking” stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effect of:

Related Mcqs:

1. The light around the movie marquee flashed on-and-off in succession However, Jamil did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Jamil’s perception illustrates:

   A. Feature detection.
   B. Bottom-up processing
   C. Pre-attentive processing
   D. The phi phenomenon

2. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

3. Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

   A. Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change
   B. The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change
   C. The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change
   D. Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change

4. Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between:

   A. case studies and surveys
   B. random samples and representative samples
   C. facts and theories
   D. causes and effects

5. Researchers use experiments rather than other research method in order to distinguish between:

   A. case studies and surveys
   B. random samples representative samples
   C. facts and theories
   D. causes and effects

6. In Pavlov’s experiments with dogs the conditioned stimulus was the:

   A. food
   B. bell
   C. salivation to the food
   D. salivation to the bell

7. A string of lights is flashed in sequence. We perceive the situation as a light that moves along the string. This is a demonstration of _______________?

   A. location constancy
   B. brightness constancy
   C. the phi phenomenon
   D. binocular disparity

8. Size constancy refers to our perception of an object’s size as the same even though its image on the retina_____________ as the distance between us and the object _____________?

   A. increases, decreases
   B. decreases, increases
   C. decreases, decreases
   D. a and b

9. The idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a JND is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called:

   A. James law
   B. The all-or-none principle
   C. The law of diminishing returns
   D. Weber’s law

10. The perception of a humanlike face in the random configurations of the lunar landscape best illustrates the impact of______on visual perception.

    A. Perceptual schemas
    B. Relative clarity
    C. Shape constancy
    D. Stroboscopic movement