A. The fact that perceptions are often reconstructions of events
B. The low degree of accuracy of human psi phenomena
C. Perceptual closure operating in a real life situation
D. An “innocence of vision” in stressful situations
Related Mcqs:
- A police officer is a tense and possibly dangerous situation may “see” a hammer in a man’s hand as a gun. This mistake could be attributed to the officer’s __________________?
A. perceptual set
B. selective viewing
C. Stroop interference
D. frame illusion - When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened, which test of memory is being utilized?
A. recall
B. recognition
C. rehearsal
D. reconstruction - People are more likely to perceive a figure and ground illustration as reversible if they are told it is reversible. This best illustrate the importance of:
A. Retinal disparity
B. Visual capture
C. Perceptual constancy
D. Top-down processing - Therapists who focus on altering faulty thought process are ____________?
A. Cognitive therapists
B. Humanistic therapists
C. Biological therapists
D. Psychodynamic therapists
E. None of these - Lavonne was careful to avoid the use of dangling participates and run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty:
A. morphemes
B. semantics
C. algorithms
D. syntax - Levonne was careful to avoid the use of dangling participles and run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty:
A. morphemes
B. semantics
C. algorithms
D. syntax - Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?
A. cognitive psychology
B. behaviorism
C. Gestalt psychology
D. astrology - Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?
A. cognitive psychology
B. behaviorism
C. Gestalt psychology
D. astrology - Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?
A. cognitive psychology
B. behaviorism
C. Gestalt psychology
D. astrology - To solve the “string problem” described in the text, you have to catch the screwdriver while holding the second string. This_______problem is often solved in a burst of_______when a person overcomes_______.
A. arrangement; intuition; functional fixedness
B. arrangement; intuition; confirmation bias
C. transformation; intuition; mental set
D. arrangement; insight; functional fixedness
