English Composition
Study Guide #2
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Perception is a process by which
a.
environmental stimuli are sensed.
b.
sensations are assembled into meaningful patterns that represent external events.
c.
sensations and experiences are stored permanently in the brain.
d.
many different forms of stimulus energy are converted into electrical signals for use by the nervous system.
____ 2. Figure and ground can be switched in
a.
shape perception.
b.
depth perception.
c.
reversible figures.
d.
nonlinear figures.
____ 3. Depth perception
a.
enables one to see three-dimensional space.
b.
allows you to accurately judge distances.
c.
is partly learned and partly innate.
d.
is characterized by all of these.
____ 4. A bodily cue for depth perception that requires two eyes is
a.
size constancy.
b.
convergence.
c.
accommodation.
d.
linear perspective.
____ 5. Smog, fog, and haze add to the apparent distance of an object. This is called
a.
linear perspective.
b.
aerial perspective.
c.
relative size.
d.
relative motion.
____ 6. The moon illusion is best explained by
a.
the effects of depth cues on apparent distance.
b.
the perceptual closure effect.
c.
magnification caused by the denser atmosphere along the horizon.
d.
convergence.
____ 7. If you were transported to a strange planet with unique structural features, your rapid sensory and motor adaptation would be most quickly facilitated by
a.
prior knowledge of the planet.
b.
active movement in the new environment.
c.
thoughtful analysis of the circumstances.
d.
preceding your trip with a short period of sensory deprivation, thereby clearing your senses.
____ 8. A hallucination is
a.
another name for an illusion.
b.
a distorted or misleading perception of stimuli that actually exists.
c.
a perception of objects or events that have no external reality.
d.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Perception is a process by which
a.
environmental stimuli are sensed.
b.
sensations are assembled into meaningful patterns that represent external events.
c.
sensations and experiences are stored permanently in the brain.
d.
many different forms of stimulus energy are converted into electrical signals for use by the nervous system.
____ 2. Figure and ground can be switched in
a.
shape perception.
b.
depth perception.
c.
reversible figures.
d.
nonlinear figures.
____ 3. Depth perception
a.
enables one to see three-dimensional space.
b.
allows you to accurately judge distances.
c.
is partly learned and partly innate.
d.
is characterized by all of these.
____ 4. A bodily cue for depth perception that requires two eyes is
a.
size constancy.
b.
convergence.
c.
accommodation.
d.
linear perspective.
____ 5. Smog, fog, and haze add to the apparent distance of an object. This is called
a.
linear perspective.
b.
aerial perspective.
c.
relative size.
d.
relative motion.
____ 6. The moon illusion is best explained by
a.
the effects of depth cues on apparent distance.
b.
the perceptual closure effect.
c.
magnification caused by the denser atmosphere along the horizon.
d.
convergence.
____ 7. If you were transported to a strange planet with unique structural features, your rapid sensory and motor adaptation would be most quickly facilitated by
a.
prior knowledge of the planet.
b.
active movement in the new environment.
c.
thoughtful analysis of the circumstances.
d.
preceding your trip with a short period of sensory deprivation, thereby clearing your senses.
____ 8. A hallucination is
a.
another name for an illusion.
b.
a distorted or misleading perception of stimuli that actually exists.
c.
a perception of objects or events that have no external reality.
d.