Perception Flashcards
What is the first stage of the perceptual process?
1) Perception
2) Sensation
3) The proximal stimulus
4) The distal stimulus
The distal stimulus
Which of these is typically considered to be one of the 5 main human senses?
1) Proprioception
2) Magnetoception
3) Nociception
4) Olfactory perception
Olfactory perception
Which of the following illusions involves a misperception of line length?
1) Hermann grid illusion
2) Shepard scale illusion
3) Cafe wall illusion
4) Ponzo illusion
Ponzo illusion
According to constructivist theories of perception, illusions:
1) Reflect the richness of sensory evidence
2) Are perceptual errors
3) Are often best described as rational inferences
4) Rarely occurs in the natural world
Are often best described as rational inferences
The use of prior knowledge to influence perception is referred to what type of process?
1) Bottom-up
2) Top-down
3) Bottom-down
4) Top-up
Top-down
Light cannot be:
1) Reflected
2) Absorbed
3) Dissolved
4) Transmitted
Dissolved
Which of the following statements about rods is correct?
1) They receive input from the optic nerve
2) They are located primarily in the peripheral retina
3) They contain three different photopigments
4) They only function in high light levels
They are located primarily in the peripheral retina
Which type of illusion is caused by light/dark adaptation in the retina?
1) Ambiguous figures
2) Hermann grid
3) Impossible objects
4) Negative afterimages
Negative afterimages
Which of the following statements about light/dark adaptation is not correct?
1) It helps achieve brightness constancy
2) It is responsible for negative afterimages
3) It equates sensitivity across the retina
4) It enables us to see in different lighting conditions
It equates sensitivity across the retina
The luminance and wavelength of light are related to what two perceptions respectively?
1) Colour and path
2) Brightness and colour
3) Colour and brightness
4) Depth and colour
Brightness and colour
A difference in the image location of an object in left and right eyes is called a:
1) Monocular discrepancy
2) Binocular discrepancy
3) Binocular disparity
4) Monocular disparity
Binocular disparity
Which monocular cue to depth relies upon motion of the observer?
1) Motion occlusion
2) Motion perspective
3) Motion disparity
4) Motion parallax
Motion parallax
Which Gestalt principle helps preserve the grouping of occluded objects?
1) Similarity
2) Symmetry
3) Good continuation
4) Closure
Good continuation
The tendency to form complete figures is known as the Gestalt principle of:
1) Good continuation
2) Completion
3) Closure
4) Good completion
Closure
Using shading to infer the 3-dimensional shape of objects requires:
1) Prior knowledge about the relative sizes of objects
2) Information from both eyes
3) Knowledge of lighting direction
4) Knowledge of linear perspective
Knowledge of lighting direction
The frequency of a sound wave is usually measured in which units?
1) mL
2) Hz
3) dB
4) mm
Hz
A complex sound consists of more than one:
1) Sinusodial component of different frequencies
2) Phase of sinusodial wave
3) Period originating from the same sinusodial component
4) Cycle of a sinusodial wave
Sinusodial component of different frequencies
Which of the following structures is located in the inner ear?
1) Pinna
2) Cochlea
3) Malleus
4) Tympanic membrane
Cochlea
Louder sounds tend to produce:
1) Firing in auditory nerve fibres near the base of the cochlea
2) Lower firing rates in auditory nerve fibres
3) Higher firing rates in auditory nerve fibres
4) Firing in auditory nerve fibres near the apex of the cochlea
Higher firing rates in auditory nerve fibres
The pitch of a sound is encoded via which two codes?
1) Place code and rate code
2) Timing code and artificial code
3) Place code and timing code
4) Timing code and rate code
Place code and timing code
Which of the following statements about interaural time differences is not correct:
1) They depend on the distance between the ears
2) They require phase-locking
3) They are caused by the acoustic shadow of the head
4) They are minimal for sounds positioned straight ahead
They are caused by the acoustic shadow of the head
The set of positions where all sounds produce the same binaural localisation cues is called:
1) Medial region
2) Superior olive
3) Cone of confusion
4) Cochlear region
Cone of confusion
The relative intensity of sounds provided a cue to sound source:
1) Frequency
2) Distance
3) Azimuth
4) Elevation
Distance
Auditory scene analysis involves:
1) Neither spectral or sequential grouping
2) Spectral and sequential grouping
3) Sequential grouping only
4) Spectral grouping only
Spectral and sequential grouping
