The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:

Related Mcqs:

1. The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:

   A. the phi phenomenon
   B. visual capture
   C. shape constancy
   D. top-down processing

2. Sometimes the visual information available to us about a stimulus is ambiguous because of differences in depth, lighting or shading cues. For example, patterns of shading can create the illusion of objects as protruding from a visual field. How do we make sense of the visual information to recognize ambiguous stimuli?

   A. Visual system relies on other people’s Knowledge of objects to identify ambiguous stimuli
   B. Visual information about protruding objects is impossible to process
   C. Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli
   D. Both (a) and (c)

3. A concept that help us to interpret ambiguous sensations is called a:

   A. Gestalt
   B. Perceptual constancy
   C. Schema
   D. Perceptual adaptation

4. Auditory sensations are transformed from ‘air waves’ to nerve impulses by the _________________?

   A. vestibular system
   B. pinna
   C. round window
   D. cochlea

5. The school of psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings and images was:

   A. behaviorism
   B. structuralism
   C. humanism
   D. psychoanalysis

6. The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sensations, feelings, and images was:

   A. behaviorism
   B. structuralism
   C. humanism
   D. psychoanalysis

7. Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

   A. functional fixedness
   B. the farming effect
   C. the representativeness heuristic
   D. over confidence

8. The tendency to see all the individual spokes in a bicycle wheel as part of a larger single unit best illustrates the principle of:

   A. connectedness
   B. interposition
   C. continuity
   D. closure

9. 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

10. The rubber-hand illusion best illustrates the importance of:

    A. feature detection
    B. blindsight
    C. top-down processing
    D. synesthesia