Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrates the principle of:

Related Mcqs:

1. Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrate the principle of:

   A. Proximity
   B. Relative clarity
   C. Similarity
   D. Connectedness

2. Half of line has arrows or fins pointing outward. The remaining half has arrows or fins pointing inward. The first half looks longer than the second half. This is the ______________ illusion?

   A. Zollner
   B. Wundt
   C. Muller-Lyer
   D. Poggendroff

3. Which of the following explains why a rose appears equally red in bright and dim light?

   A. the Young-Helmholtz theory
   B. the opponent-process theory
   C. feature detection
   D. color constancy

4. An African butterfly that is green in the summer turns brown in the fall thanks to a temperature-controlled genetic switch. This best illustrates that games are:

   A. self-regulating
   B. schemas
   C. gender-typed
   D. evolving

5. A teacher believes that one group of children is very bright and that a second is below average in ability, Actually the groups are identical, but the first group progresses more rapidly than the second this demonstrates:

   A. the self-fulfilling prophecy
   B. the placebo effect in a natural experiment
   C. observer bias in naturalistic
   D. the ethical problems of field experiments

6. The Ponzo illusion illustrates that people judge the size of an object in terms of its perceived _______________?

   A. shape
   B. height
   C. distance
   D. convergence

7. Jimmy is at the stage of language development where he uses one word to convey a complete thought or idea. This is called:

   A. holophrastic speech
   B. jargon speech
   C. telegraphic speech
   D. phonemes

8. The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as _________________?

   A. Weber’s law
   B. the opponent-process theory
   C. feature detection
   D. the difference threshold

9. According to the principle of relative brightness, if one of two identical objects reflects more light to your eyes it will be perceived as _______________?

   A. larger
   B. smaller
   C. nearer
   D. farther away

10. Babar was at a football game, and even though people wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans. Babar’s perception is most consistent with the Gestalt principle of:

    A. Constancy
    B. Similarity
    C. Closure
    D. Proximity