A. Occur when we can first detect some stimulus
B. Occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus
C. Depend on the energy necessary to stimulate a sensory receptor
D. Are measured in judgmental Normal Differences
Related Mcqs:
- If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the wavelength of light, we would not be able to perceive differences in:
A. Intensity
B. Color
C. Purity
D. Brightness - 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) - The ability to see very small differences in the alignment of two objects is referred to as______
A. Perceptual set
B. Vernier acuity
C. Perceptual template
D. Vertical organization - It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos’ rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates:
A. belief perseverance
B. the farming effect
C. the representativeness heuristic
D. linguistic determinism - The individual differences refers to:
A. Differentiation of abilities in the individual
B. religious differences
C. Political differences
D. Academic differences - The individual differences are seen in the:
A. Spontaneous activity
B. Pace learning
C. Direction of motivation
D. All of the above - The hereditary differences are also called:
A. Inborn differences
B. Environment difference
C. Learned difference
D. Observable difference - If the physical differences are of intensive nature, then:
A. Special schools should be established
B. Special curriculum should be developed
C. Special teachers should be appointed
D. All of the above - Who are becoming increasingly alert to the results of psychological studies that deal with individual patterns of growth, maturational readiness to learn, and individual differences in rate and limit of learning?
A. Planers
B. Researchers
C. Educators
D. Group leaders - In research on the need for achievement, individual differences are usually measured:
A. by observing subjects’ actual behavior in competitive situations
B. by interviewing subjects about their achievement needs
C. with the Thematic Apperception Test
D. With the Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory
