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Margerat finishes her first marathon and, while she is in pain, she…
Margerat finishes her first marathon and, while she is in pain, she also feels exhilarated. This is because ______.
Question 1 options:
pain can be either an internal or an external stimulus
exhaustion causes the body to misinterpret sensory data
sense experience is altered by extreme physical exertion
senses are interpreted in the context in which they are experienced
Which of the following is an example of cognitive penetration?
Question 2 options:
Really craving ice cream on a hot day.
Assuming an apple shape is more red than a bell shape – even when they are the same color.
Judging a bike to be farther away from you than a car because it is smaller.
The sense of understanding that humans have that computers do not.
If you group these as gray and green squares, you are grouping based on the Gestalt idea of
Question 3 options:
proximity
closure
continuity
similarity
The functional magnetic resonance imaging technique (fMRI) measures which of the following?
Question 4 options:
blood levels in different areas of the brain
voltage changes occurring at the scalp
magnetic currents occurring at the scalp
uptake of slightly radioactive substances in different areas of the brain
A husband and wife are watching a football game – however, they are rooting for the other side (a house divided!). A penalty call is made. What is one reason that they might disagree on a judge’s call, based on principles of perception?
Question 5 options:
Because they see the play from very different angles, they interpret it differently.
Because watching sports causes different neurons to fire in male and female brains, they experience the event differently.
Because vision and emotion are casually linked, their visual experiences of the match are affected.
Because each is cheering for a different team, their perceptions of the match are affected.
According to Weber’s law, the emphasis should be on the ________ rather than just the ________.
Question 6 options:
physical difference; psychological difference
figure; ground
ground; figure
psychological difference; physical difference
Which of the following statements describes the computational approach?
Question 7 options:
It argued that we view the world in terms of patterns and well organized structures rather than individual elements.
It built on the information processing approach but acknowledged parallel processing as well.
It emphasized that researchers should only study real-world stimuli as the world is complex and abundant.
It argued that a particular type of experience is determined by the activation of specific neurons.
A car driver is making a turn. He is likely to think an approaching school bus is farther away than it is.
Question 8 options:
True
False
The computational approach builds on the information-processing approach.
Question 9 options:
True
False
The doctrine of specific nerve energies states that nerves can be energized to improve sensation in individuals with sense deficits.
Question 10 options:
True
False
Cognitive penetration is the view that cognitive and emotional factors do not influence the phenomenology of perception.
Question 11 options:
True
False
Scientists have revised the theory that humans have five senses.
Question 12 options:
True
False
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are Gestalt laws of perception?
Question 13 options:
proximity
common fate
similarity
closure
