Sensation and Perception

Question 1

type of constancy: your book looks the same regardless of the angle at which you look at it

Answer 1

shape constancy

Question 2

type of constancy: your bright yellow shirt looks the same inside and outside

Answer 2

brightness constancy

Question 3

type of constancy: your feet are the same size regardless if one foot is one the floor
and one foot is placed on a step stool

Answer 3

size constancy

Question 4

type of constancy: a banana is yellow regardless of if you eat it in the kitchen or the basement

Answer 4

color constancy

Question 5

the ability to successfully drive a car depends on this constancy

Answer 5

space constancy

Question 6

changes in shape of the lens of the
eye that serves to focus on objects
of varying distances

Answer 6

accommodation

Question 7

simultaneous turning inward of
two eyes as they focus on nearby
objects

Answer 7

convergence

Question 8

difference between images received by each retina

Answer 8

retinal disparity

Question 9

pictorial cue: when you open the door to your room, you see a shadow

Answer 9

light / shadow

Question 10

pictorial cue: one object partially blocks the view of the other (ex: you may notice this in a family photo with the children in the front)

Answer 10

overlap

Question 11

pictorial cue: convergence of parallel lines in the environment (ex: you may notice this looking at a train track in the distance)

Answer 11

linear perspective

Question 12

pictorial cue: to depict objects of the same size at different distances, make the
distant object smaller

Answer 12

relative size

Question 13

pictorial cue: changes in texture imply depth

Answer 13

texture gradient

Question 14

group like things together

Answer 14

similarity

Question 15

groups things together that are

near one another

Answer 15

proximity

Question 16

fill in missing details of what is viewed

Answer 16

closure

Question 17

perceive something inaccurately; perceptual cues are tricked

Answer 17

illusion

Question 18

organized whole, shape, or form

Answer 18

gestalt

Question 19

the point when something becomes noticeable to our senses

Answer 19

absolute threshold

Question 20

the amount of change needed for us to recognize that a change has a occurred

Answer 20

difference threshold

Question 21

when we detect what we want to focus on and minimize distractions

Answer 21

signal detection

Question 22

the process of becoming less sensitive to unchanging stimulus/conditions

Answer 22

sensory adaptation

Question 23

the minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli

Answer 23

just noticeable difference

Question 24

the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound and smell; getting information from the environment

Answer 24

sensation

Question 25

the process by which the mind selects, organizes and interprets sensations

Answer 25

perception

Question 26

the ability to see things differently without having to reinterpret the object’s properties

Answer 26

perceptual constancy

Question 27

becoming used to the smell in a locker room would be an example of

Answer 27

sensory adaptation

Question 28

focusing on your best friend playing piano at a recital would be an example of

Answer 28

signal detection theory

Question 29

people must choose what to pay attention to in any given setting; when the details they’ve decided aren’t important change, they don’t notice (Door Study)

Answer 29

change blindness

Question 30

teaches us depth perception is partially innate and partially learned; babies 6 - 14 months old were encouraged to go to their mothers over what appeared to be a cliff; majority (81%) refused to go

Answer 30

Visual Cliff Experiment