The fact that objects that are near each other tend to be grouped together is know as:

Related Mcqs:

1. When traveling in a car, near objects seem to move past you faster than distant object. this is called: ___________?

   A. aerial perspective
   B. linear perspective
   C. relative size.
   D. relative motion.

2. The tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color or form is know as: _____________?

   A. closure
   B. continuation
   C. similarity
   D. nearness.

3. In regard to changing to changing answers multiple-choice tests, research indicates that changes tend to be more common than other types of changes.

   A. wrong to right
   B. right to wrong
   C. wrong to wrong
   D. None of these

4. Essays tend to be more difficult than multiple choice because with an essay: _____________?

   A. there are more cues to stimulate memory
   B. recall is required rather than recognition
   C. there is ore proactive inhibition
   D. there is more interference possible

5. The fact that psychologists do not all agree about the nature and development of personality demonstrates:

   A. that there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon
   B. the fundamental inability of psychologists to work together in developing a single theory.
   C. the failure of psychologists to communicate with one another.
   D. the possibility that personality may simply be incomprehensible.

6. The fact that we can walk and chew gum at the same time illustrates that: ____________?

   A. our attention depends on different motor systems.
   B. we use selective attention.
   C. we use divided attention.
   D. we use sequential attention.

7. Criticism of recovered memories has centered on the fact that:

   A. it is reasonable to suspect hidden abuse when a person is depressed has low self-esteem, or sexual problems
   B. most victims of sexual abuse rarely remember having been molested
   C. a patient guided by an incompetent therapist might confuse dreams with memories
   D. personally cannot be created through suggestion.

8. State dependent learning is a term which refers to the fact that: _____________?

   A. bodily states can be a strong cue for later memory
   B. learning and memory can be increased with the use of drugs
   C. happy people have better memories
   D. adults lose any eidetic memory as they grow older

9. Which goal of psychology is the most powerful?

   A. Describe
   B. Explain
   C. control
   D. Predict

10. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is represented by which of the following?

    A. the gestalt psychologists
    B. the behaviorists
    C. the structuralists
    D. the functionalists