A. Grouping of stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns
B. Perception of an object as unchanging in shape regardless of our own viewing angle
C. Tendency for novel or unfamiliar stimuli to capture our attention
D. Perceptual adjustment to an artificially displaced visual field
Related Mcqs:
- Sensory adaptation refers to:
A. Diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus
B. Adjustment in the opening of the eye
C. The process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural impulses
D. Changes in the shape of the lens as it focuses on objects - Fifteen minutes after Zaigham left the brightly lit hallway and entered the dark passageway, dark adaptation was:
A. Complete in both his rods and cones
B. Not taking place in his cones, but complete in his rods
C. Complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods
D. Still taking place in both his rods and his cones - Which eye structure is responsible for dark adaptation?
A. Cones
B. Iris
C. Rods
D. Pupil - The underlying mechanism for perceptual expectancies is:
A. a misleading perception that distorts or misjudges a stimulus
B. top-down procession
C. the organization of perception by beginning with low-level features
D. bottom-up processing - When visual information out an object is perceived, which model of perceptual processing emphasizes on-going feedback between the higher centers of the brain(e.g., cognition) and the early stages of processing (e.g., sensory receptors)?
A. Recurrent processing model
B. Serial processing model
C. Parallel processing model
D. Selective adaptation model - According to groundbreaking research, how do attentional processes affect perceptual processing of information?
A. Attention create a parallel processing of all visual input
B. All the visual stimuli fully processed and then attention acts on this information
C. Attentional processes act early to select a small part of visual input to fully process
D. Attention is not a critical component of the processing of visual information - Perceptual phenomenon have been most prominently explored within ________________?
A. structuralism
B. behaviorism
C. gestalt
D. functionalism - A person thinks that he sees a snake moving stealthily through the weeds on a distant field. As he gets closer, he discovers that it was only a dark piece of rope. This perceptual phenomenon is known as ________________?
A. telekinesis
B. delusion
C. hallucinations
D. illusion - Which of the following is not a personal factor in perceptual selectivity?
A. motivation
B. past experience
C. size
D. expectation - Perceptual schema is:
A. A context expectation
B. A perceptual set
C. An orientation constancy
D. The cognitive map that provides a frame of reference
