With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingElectrochemical energy

In visual perception transduction involves converting light into ______________ energy:

Electrical energy

Electromagnetic energy Electro-transduction energy

ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingCornea, iris, pupil, retina, lens, visual cortex

The correct sequence of the pathway of light through the eye and eventually to the brain in another form is:

Pupil, iris, lens, retina, optic nerve, visual cortex

Pupil, lens, retina, fovea, optic nerve, visual cortex

Cornea, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, visual cortex.

CORNEA, PUPIL, LENS, RETINA, OPTIC

NERVE, VISUAL CORTEX

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingRelative Size

Which of the following is a depth cue for visual perception:

Closure

Proximity Similarity

RELATIVE SIZE

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingReception

In visual perception, information travels from the retina via the optic nerve to the brain in a process called:

Transmission

Transduction Selection

TRANSMISSION

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingConvergence and retinal disparity

Binocular depth cues are those that require the use of both eyes to work together to provide information about depth and distance. Which two of the following are binocular depth cues:

Convergence and closure

Convergence and accommodation

Accommodation and proximity

CONVERGENCE AND RETINAL

DISPARITY

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingTexture Gradient

The difference in the images on the retina of each eye when an observer is viewing something is called:

Accomodation

Relative size Retinal Disparity

RETINAL DISPARITY

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingDepth Cues

Figure-Ground, closure, proximity and similarity are all examples of:

Gestalt Principles

Visual illusions Monocular depth cues

GESTALT PRINCIPLES

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. GroupingUse linear perspective

When we have difficulty separating a figure from the background in a picture or in an everyday setting, it is most likely due to an inability to:

Use monocular cues

Perceive the contour lines which belong to the figure

Perceive the contour lines which belong to the ground

PERCEIVE THE CONTOUR LINES

WHICH BELONG TO THE FIGURE

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. Groupingphotoreceptors

Specialised neurons that detect & respond to light by converting it into neural impulses for processing by the brain are called:

transducers

perceivers ganglions

PHOTORECEPTORS

Photoreceptors important for daylight vision, visual acuity and colour vision are called:

corneas cones

retinas rods

CONES

The photoreceptors important for night vision and peripheral vision are called:

retinas corneas

choroids rods

RODS

visual acuity or sharpness of vision is greatest in the area at the centre of the retina known as the:

optic nerve iris

fovea ganglion node

FOVEA

The process by which energy received at the retina is given

meaning into a form that can be understood by the brain is called:

sensation perception

reception transduction

TRANSDUCTION

The range of wavelengths for visible light is around:

380 - 760 nm 350 - 800 nm

300 - 600 nm 450 - 750 nm

380 - 760 nm

The separation of visual sensory information according to perceptual features such as lines, shapes & colours is called:

organisation interpretation

perception selection

SELECTION

The minimum amount of energy necessary to produce a

sensation is called:

differential threshold absolute threshold

noticeable threshold minimum threshold

ABSOLUTE

THRESHOLD

The ability to perceive three-dimensional space and judge distances is called:

height perception length perception

disparity perception depth perception

DEPTH PERCEPTION

Pictorial cues such as linear perspective, interposition and texture gradient are all examples of:

monocular cues binocular cues

similarity cues proximal cues

Monocular Cues

Even though the image projected on the retina is constantly changing, the world appears stable and undistorted because of:

vision constancies binocular constancies

monocular constancies perceptual constancies

Perceptual Constancies

A perceptual error in interpreting a real external stimulus is called:

a delusion a hallucination

an illusion a false sensation

AN ILLUSION

Analysing sensory information starting with low-level features and building upwards to a complete perception is called:

bottom-up processing top-down processing

inside-out processing upside-down processing

BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING

The process whereby muscles in each eye alter the lens’s shape to enable the eye to focus on near objects is called:

interposition accommodation

gradation convergence

ACCOMMODATION

The pictorial depth cue whereby surface features become smaller and less detailed the more distant the object becomes is called:

depth perception interposition

height in visual field texture gradient

TEXTURE GRADIENT

The readiness to perceive stimuli in a particular manner, based on such things as past experience and context is called expectancy or:

contextualisation perceptual set

perceptual form context set

PERCEPTUAL SET

In one painting, two fence lines converge into the distance. This depth cue is known as:

Interposition Height in the visual field

Linear Perspective Proximity

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE

In an experiment, the group that receives the treatment is called the _______ group; Whereas the group that does not receive the treatment is called the ____________ group.:

Independent; Dependent Control; experimental

Experimental; Control Dependent; Independent

EXPERIMENTAL; CONTROL

__________ involves placing participants in groups for a study whereas __________ involves selecting participants for a study:

Random allocation; random sampling

Random sampling; Random allocation

Experimental group; Control group

Control group; Experimental group

RANDOM ALLOCATION;

RANDOM SAMPLING