Quiz #10

Question 1

Of the oculomotor cues to depth, convergence is ___ than accommodation

a. Less effective

b. more effective

c. equally effective

d.ess automatic

Answer 1

b. more effective

Question 2

Which depth cue could be classified as a binocular cue and an oculomotor cue?

a. relative height

b. accretion

c. stereopsis.

d. convergence

Answer 2

d. convergence

Question 3

When your professor stands behind the podium, you perceive your professor as being farther away than the podium because the podium blocks the vision of the professor’s body. This is an example of the depth cue of ___

a. relative height

b. convergence

c. occlusion

d. accommodation

Answer 3

c. occlusion

Question 4

Antonio is standing on a rooftop in a city. The buildings closer to him look sharper, and the buildings in the distance look hazier. This is an example of the depth cue of ___

a. atmospheric perspective

b. occlusion

c. relative size

d. shadowing

Answer 4

a. atmospheric perspective

Question 5

Which of the following depth cues is effective both from 0-2 meters and above 30 meters?

a. atmospheric perspective

b. occlusion

c. accommodation

d. convergence

Answer 5

b. occlusion

Question 6

The imaginary plane in which all objects project to corresponding points in the left and right retina is ___

a. the horopter

b. the invariance plane

c. the constancy arc

d. the comparison plane

Answer 6

a. the horopter

Question 7

___ is the difference in the images in the two eyes; ___ is the impression of depth that results from this information

a. deletion; accretion

b. accretion; deletion

c. binocular disparity; convergence

d. binocular disparity, stereopsis

Answer 7

d. Binocular disparity; stereopsis

Question 8

The importance of ___ is that these stimuli relay solely on binocular disparity to provide the impression of depth

a. lenticular projections

b.stereographic photographs

c. gradient patterns

d. random dot stereograms

Answer 8

d. random dot stereograms

Question 9

Holway and Boring (1941) found that __

a. size constancy holds under all viewing conditions

b. the law of visual angles does not work in humans

c. size constancy is more likely to occur if you have more depth cues

d. size constancy does not occur under binocular conditions

Answer 9

size constancy is more likely to occur if you have more depth cues

Question 10

The fact that our perception of an object’s size is relatively constant even when we view the object from different distances is called ___

a. size-distance trade off

b. constancy of visual angles

c. size of constancy

d. Emmert’s law

Answer 10

c. size constancy