chapter 5 test

Question 1

What are binocular cues?

Answer 1

depth perception cues that require the use of two eyes

Question 2

What are monocular cues?

Answer 2

depth perception cues that require only one eye to be processed

Question 3

What is the constructionist view?

Answer 3

the theory that the brain constructs a perception out of a great many individual sensations

Question 4

The difference threshold is the?

Answer 4

degree of change in a stimulus necessary for a person to detect the difference

Question 5

What is induced movement?

Answer 5

the perception of movement of an object that is not moving; it can be caused by the movement of nearby objects

Question 6

What is psychophysics the study of?

Answer 6

behavioral aspects of a response to stimuli, such as absolute and difference threshold

Question 7

What is figure-ground?

Answer 7

the separation of a pattern into a figure and a background; the figure is seen as being in front of the ground, which extends behind the figure

Question 8

What is the signal-detection theory?

Answer 8

a theory for detecting sensory stimuli that takes into account not only the strength of the stimuli but also other elements such as one’s mood and physical state

Question 9

What are the four constancies?

Answer 9

size, shape, brightness, and color constancy

Question 10

What are the four Gestalt laws ?

Answer 10

law of proximity,law of similarity, law of continuation, and law of closure

Question 11

What is bottom-up and top-down processing?

Answer 11

bottom-up processing refers to looking at the detail first
top-down processing refers to looking at the big picture first

Question 12

What are the three types of bodily depth cues?

Answer 12

accommodation, convergence, binocular disparity

Question 13

What are the seven pictorial depth cues?

Answer 13

linear perspective, relative size, relative height, overlap, texture, atmospheric perspective, and relative motion

Question 14

Define the three bodily depth cues?

Answer 14

accommodation: is the change in the shape of the lens that varies with distance
convergence: is the way your eyes rotate inward and outward with changes in distance
binocular disparity: describes the difference between the images provided by each eye

Question 15

What are the five illusions?

Answer 15

-The Mulle-Lyer illusion
-The Ponzo railroad track illusion
-The Necker cube
-The Boring cube
-The Ames room