As she gazed down from a bridge at the rapidly flowing river. Naila felt as though she were moving. Her experience best illustrates the phenomenon of:

Related Mcqs:

1. After she received a free hand- painted Christmas ornament from a religious organization, Mrs. Montevecchi felt obligated to mail a cash donation to the organization, Her response to the free gift best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the fundamental attribution error
   B. the just- world phenomenon
   C. the mere exposure effect
   D. the reciprocity norm

2. 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

3. Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Salim didn’t perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates:

   A. Perceptual adaptation
   B. Relative clarity
   C. Change blindness
   D. The cocktail party effect

4. A person thinks that he sees a snake moving stealthily through the weeds on a distant field. As he gets closer, he discovers that it was only a dark piece of rope. This perceptual phenomenon is known as ________________?

   A. telekinesis
   B. delusion
   C. hallucinations
   D. illusion

5. Mr. Walters has many years of experience as a personal officers for a large corporation. He does not review most job applicants’ reference files because he is confident of his ability to predict their future work performance based on his direct face-to-face conversations with them. Mr. Walters’ confidence best illustrates:

   A. the interviewer illusion
   B. social leadership
   C. 360-degree feedback
   D. the halo error

6. Although Shawn felt terribly depressed when he began psychotherapy, he was much happier by the time he had completed therapy. I would be reasonable to attribute some of his improvement to:

   A. therapeutic touch.
   B. regression toward the mean
   C. the double – blind technique
   D. transference

7. The distorted room illusion involving two girls who rapidly shrink or enlarge can best be explained in terms of:

   A. Shape constancy
   B. The principle of continuity
   C. Retinal disparity
   D. The misperception of distance

8. 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

9. Although_____is a relatively new science, it is rapidly developing a body of reliable and pertinent subject-matter.

   A. Educational psychology
   B. Educational philosophy
   C. Educational process
   D. Educational Research

10. Gestaltists refer to the fact that we perceive smooth flowing forms more readily than discrete forms as ______________?

    A. similarity
    B. symmetry
    C. holistic perception
    D. continuity