Experimental evidence indicates that the ability to judge the size of an unfamiliar object depends on _____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which TWO of the following statements are true of blocking?
   1: The phenomenon of blocking provides an interesting and much-studied instance of failure to learn, in spite of contiguous presentations of the CS and the US
   2: In a blocking experiment, animals receive training with what is termed a compound CS (Phase 2)
   3: The experimental group has first received a phase of training in which the US alone is conditioned (Phase 1)
   4: The experimental groups shows no (or very little evidence of learning about the CS that is presented in Phase 1

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

2. In experiments, placing subjects in experimental groups such that each subject has an equal probability of ending up in any experimental group is referred to as:

   A. random forecasting
   B. fandom selection
   C. random placement
   D. random assignment

3. The experimental procedure in which both the experimenter and subject are unaware of who is in the experimental and who is in the control group is referred to as the:

   A. single-blind procedure
   B. the type of experiment is not possible
   C. stereotaxic procedure
   D. double-blind procedure

4. One subject partially blocks your view of a second object and, therefore, the first object is seen as being closer to you than the second object. This is an example of ________________?

   A. relative size
   B. good continuation
   C. interposition
   D. the Poggendroff illusion

5. Little Kiran will approach and play with unfamiliar only if her mother first reassures her that it is safe to do so. This best illustrates the adaptive value of:

   A. attachment
   B. egocentrism
   C. object permanence
   D. habituation

6. In the Nurture Assumption, Judith Harris argues that the evidence indicates that family environment has_______on children’s personalities.

   A. largely positive effects
   B. largely negative effects
   C. surprisingly little effect
   D. a powerful effect

7. Size constancy refers to our perception of an object’s size as the same even though its image on the retina_____________ as the distance between us and the object _____________?

   A. increases, decreases
   B. decreases, increases
   C. decreases, decreases
   D. a and b

8. When we look at a distant object, we usually judge its size by ___________?

   A. Object size
   B. Perspective size
   C. A compromise between object size and perspective size
   D. Retinal size

9. When we look at a distant object, we usually judge its size by ___________________?

   A. object size
   B. perspective size
   C. retinal size
   D. a compromise between object size and perspective size

10. 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