The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the:

Related Mcqs:

1. As the large butterfly flew toward Tahir, he could tell it was getting closer because he could feel his eyes turning inward toward his nose as he watched it. In this instance, Tahir was able to judge how far away the butterfly was using the depth cue of:

   A. Relative size
   B. Accommodation
   C. Depth perception
   D. Convergence

2. If you intended to stop at the corner shop on the way home from school, but instead took your usual path from school to your home and missed the corner shop, then your behaviour has been controlled by which type of learning?

   A. Response-outcome association
   B. Stimulus-response association
   C. Selective response learning
   D. Instrumental learning
   E. Stimulus-habit association

3. Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?

   A. Linear perspective
   B. Relative size
   C. Interposition
   D. Accommodation

4. Jamil’s horse looks just as black in the brilliant sunlight as it does in the dim light of the stable. This illustrates what is known as:

   A. Perceptual adaptation
   B. The phi phenomenon
   C. Perceptual set
   D. Lightness constancy

5. Half of line has arrows or fins pointing outward. The remaining half has arrows or fins pointing inward. The first half looks longer than the second half. This is the ______________ illusion?

   A. Zollner
   B. Wundt
   C. Muller-Lyer
   D. Poggendroff

6. In Wolfgang Kohler’s experiments, a chimp is put in a cage containing three boxes and a banana suspended high above the animal’s head. After first trying to jump up to reach the banana, the chimp looks around them then stacks the three boxes so it can climb up to the banana. This is an example of _____________?

   A. trial and error
   B. latent learning
   C. insight learning
   D. shaping

7. You walk into a dark movie theater wearing a white shirt, and notice that the shirt now looks gray. However, you know that the shirt is still white because of _________________?

   A. size constancy
   B. brightness constancy
   C. linear perspective
   D. texture gradient

8. Motivation is defined as inferred process within a person that causes organism to move toward _____________?

   A. A goal
   B. All other organisms
   C. A homeostatic state
   D. Higher kevels in the hierarchy of needs
   E. None of these

9. If you slowly bring your finger toward your face until it eventually touches your nose, eye-muscle cues called ________________ convey depth information to your brain?

   A. retinal disparity
   B. interposition
   C. continuity
   D. convergence

10. Montel, a white university student, is on academic probation for poor grades. Ever since he received notice of his probation, Montel has become increasingly hostile toward racial minority students and staff on campus. His increasing hostility can best be explained in terms of:

    A. the reciprocity norm
    B. the scapegoat theory
    C. ingroup bias
    D. the just- world phenomenon