A. perception is the same as sensation
B. we learn to perceive the world through experience
C. the whole is more than the sum of its parts
D. sensation has no effect on perception
Related Mcqs:
- Gestalt theory emphasized _____________?
A. a flow of consciousness
B. our tendency to see patterns
C. the atoms of thought
D. none of these - Historically, gestalt psychologists focused mainly on problems dealing with _______________?
A. development
B. learning
C. motivation
D. perception - Events that occur close together in space or time are generally perceived as belonging together. Gestalt psychologists refer to this as ________________?
A. proximity
B. closure
C. similarity
D. continuity - The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:
A. perceptual constancy
B. perceptual adaptation
C. visual capture
D. top-down processing - The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:
A. perceptual constancy
B. perceptual adaptation
C. visual capture
D. top-down processing - Clinical psychologists tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly, and counseling psychologists tend to endorse which of the following?
A. Eclectic approach
B. Psychodynamic
C. Humanistic
D. Biological - Disagreeing with Freud, Erickson emphasized more on _____________?
A. Conflict
B. Racial memory
C. Early habits
D. Adulthood
E. None of these - The humanistic perspective emphasized the importance of:
A. the self-reference phenomenon
B. self-determination
C. free association
D. factor analysis - Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:
A. the number of times they hear a given word
B. their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents
C. the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly
D. an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules - B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.
A. heuristics
B. algorithms
C. reinforcement
D. universal grammar
