As the large butterfly flew toward Tahir, he could tell it was getting closer because he could feel his eyes turning inward toward his nose as he watched it. In this instance, Tahir was able to judge how far away the butterfly was using the depth cue of:

Related Mcqs:

1. Which TWO of the following statements are true of simultaneous contrast illusions? 1. In the simultaneous tilt illusion, vertical stripes appear tilted away from the tilt of their surrounding stripes. 2. In the luminance illusion, a grey patch appears darker when surrounded by a dark area than when surrounded by a light area. 3 A purple patch appears slightly closer to blue when surrounded by red, and closer to red when seen against a blue background. 4. Visual illusion effect only exist for motion.

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

2. If you slowly bring your finger toward your face until it eventually touches your nose, eye-muscle cues called ________________ convey depth information to your brain?

   A. retinal disparity
   B. interposition
   C. continuity
   D. convergence

3. Dan was able to tell that the voice he heard calling his name was coming from the building on his left because of:

   A. Auditory localization
   B. Auditory convergence
   C. Perceptual set
   D. Perceptual constancy

4. A tone-deaf person would probably not be able to tell two musical notes apart unless they were very different. We could say that this person has a relatively large:

   A. just noticeable difference
   B. relative threshold
   C. absolute threshold
   D. detection threshold

5. A young man explained that he did poorly on his exam because his eyes hurt the test was unfair, and he did not feel the subject was important anyway. The young man is using what type of defense mechanism?

   A. rationalization
   B. fantasy
   C. projection
   D. displacement

6. Chromosomal anomalies can be recognized by slanting eyes and flat nose ___________?

   A. Down’s syndrome
   B. PKU
   C. Langdon Down’s syndrome
   D. None of these

7. One boy has brown eyes. His twin brother has blue eyes. This information enables a person to conclude that the two ______________?

   A. are identical twins
   B. are fraternal twins
   C. are monozygotic
   D. have blue-eyed parents

8. The drunken driving suspect was unable to hold his hand out to the side and bring this finger to a stop on his nose because of the brain structures depressed first by alcohol is the:

   A. hypothalamus
   B. corpus callosum
   C. cerebellum
   D. medulla

9. An interview feels certain that he can tell who is lying in a job interview. His certainly in his ability is an example of:

   A. The halo effect
   B. Selection bias
   C. Central tendency bias
   D. Interviewer illusion

10. You see a photograph showing a man, a woman and a car. The two people appear closer to you than the car does because they obscure part of it. This depth cue is called ______________?

    A. eye convergence
    B. linear perspective
    C. relative image size of familiar objects
    D. occlusion