A concept that help us to interpret ambiguous sensations is called a:

Related Mcqs:

1. Sometimes the visual information available to us about a stimulus is ambiguous because of differences in depth, lighting or shading cues. For example, patterns of shading can create the illusion of objects as protruding from a visual field. How do we make sense of the visual information to recognize ambiguous stimuli?

   A. Visual system relies on other people’s Knowledge of objects to identify ambiguous stimuli
   B. Visual information about protruding objects is impossible to process
   C. Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli
   D. Both (a) and (c)

2. The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:

   A. the phi phenomenon
   B. visual capture
   C. shape constancy
   D. top-down processing

3. The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:

   A. the phi phenomenon
   B. visual capture
   C. shape constancy
   D. top-down processing

4. The perceptual processes that make use of preexisting knowledge to interpret new information are called _______________?

   A. sensory processes
   B. top-down processes
   C. bottom-up processes
   D. parallel processes

5. Which TWO of the following statements are true of parsing?
   1.Psycholinguistics has been especially concerned with how people parse sentences- that is, how they break them down into their correct phonological structures.
   2.Parsing has to be done because otherwise, it would be impossible to interpret a sentence to all.
   3.The difficulty in understanding some sentences can be ascribed to an initial misinterpretation ; this is called a ‘country walk’.
   4.Misparsing a sentence can result in failure in comprehension at all levels.

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

6. Auditory sensations are transformed from ‘air waves’ to nerve impulses by the _________________?

   A. vestibular system
   B. pinna
   C. round window
   D. cochlea

7. The school of psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings and images was:

   A. behaviorism
   B. structuralism
   C. humanism
   D. psychoanalysis

8. The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sensations, feelings, and images was:

   A. behaviorism
   B. structuralism
   C. humanism
   D. psychoanalysis

9. Rejecting the concept of “S-R” connectionism, further “S-O-R” concept was developed by___________?

   A. I.P. Pavlov
   B. C.G. Jung
   C. E.B. Titchener
   D. Sigmund Freud
   E. Woodworth

10. During World War II, clinical psychologists were called upon to help treat which of the following?

    A. Alzheimer’s
    B. Schizophrenia
    C. Shell shock
    D. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)