Psychology MCQs

Option A: The phi phenomenon

Option B: Perceptual constancy

Option C: Interposition

Option D: Selective attention

Correct Answer: Selective attention ✔

Option A: Perceptual schemas

Option B: Relative clarity

Option C: Shape constancy

Option D: Stroboscopic movement

Correct Answer: Perceptual schemas ✔

Option A: Perceptual adaptation

Option B: Relative clarity

Option C: Change blindness

Option D: The cocktail party effect

Correct Answer: The cocktail party effect ✔

Option A: Grouping of stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns

Option B: Perception of an object as unchanging in shape regardless of our own viewing angle

Option C: Tendency for novel or unfamiliar stimuli to capture our attention

Option D: Perceptual adjustment to an artificially displaced visual field

Correct Answer: Perceptual adjustment to an artificially displaced visual field ✔

Option A: The cocktail party effect

Option B: Perceptual set

Option C: Relative clarity

Option D: The Ponzo illusion

Correct Answer: Perceptual set ✔

Option A: High frequency and high amplitude

Option B: Low frequency and high amplitude

Option C: Low frequency and low amplitude

Option D: High frequency and low amplitude

Correct Answer: High frequency and low amplitude ✔

Option A: Context effects

Option B: Perceptual adaptation

Option C: Proximity

Option D: Visual capture

Correct Answer: Context effects ✔

Option A: Wavelength

Option B: Decibels

Option C: Phonemes

Option D: Hertz

Correct Answer: Decibels ✔

Option A: Ultraviolet light

Option B: White light

Option C: Orange light

Option D: Infrared light

Correct Answer: White light ✔

Option A: Blue; yellow

Option B: Red; blue-violet

Option C: Red; green

Option D: Black; white

Correct Answer: Red; blue-violet ✔

Option A: Auditory localization

Option B: Auditory convergence

Option C: Perceptual set

Option D: Perceptual constancy

Correct Answer: Auditory localization ✔

Option A: Irregularities in the visual cortex

Option B: Nutritional or traumatic damage to the sensory nerves

Option C: Physical abnormalities in the structure of the eye

Option D: Defective processing of sensory information in the visual cortex

Correct Answer: Physical abnormalities in the structure of the eye ✔

Option A: Below threshold

Option B: Bravely perceptible

Option C: Easily perceptible

Option D: Superimposed

Correct Answer: Below threshold ✔

Option A: On the top of the tongue

Option B: In the middle of the tongue

Option C: On the sides of the tongue

Option D: In all of the above places

Correct Answer: In all of the above places ✔

Option A: Linear perspective

Option B: Convergence

Option C: Interposition

Option D: Retinal disparity

Correct Answer: Retinal disparity ✔

Option A: Retinal disparity

Option B: Visual capture

Option C: Perceptual constancy

Option D: Top-down processing

Correct Answer: Top-down processing ✔

Option A: 20

Option B: 2

Option C: 10

Option D: 100

Correct Answer: 10 ✔

Option A: Constancy

Option B: Simultaneous contrasts

Option C: Perceptual inference

Option D: Reversible figures

Correct Answer: Reversible figures ✔

Option A: Gustatory system

Option B: Vestibular system

Option C: Vagus system

Option D: Kinesthesia system

Correct Answer: Gustatory system ✔

Option A: Less light sensitive and more color-sensitive than are cones

Option B: More light-sensitive and more color-sensitive than are cones

Option C: More light sensitive and less color-sensitive than are cones

Option D: Not light-sensitive and not color-sensitive than are cones

Correct Answer: More light sensitive and less color-sensitive than are cones ✔

Option A: Illuminate the entire retina

Option B: Facilitate the process of accommodation

Option C: Increase the input of light into the eye

Option D: Minimize sensory adaptation

Correct Answer: Minimize sensory adaptation ✔

Option A: Tinnitus

Option B: Accommodation

Option C: Blindsight

Option D: Priming

Correct Answer: Priming ✔

Option A: Gestation

Option B: Kinesthesia

Option C: Audition

Option D: Olfaction

Correct Answer: Olfaction ✔

Option A: Synesthesia

Option B: Signal detection

Option C: Sensation

Option D: Accommodation

Correct Answer: Sensation ✔

Option A: Synesthesia

Option B: Blindsight

Option C: Subliminal perception

Option D: The McGurk effect

Correct Answer: Blindsight ✔

Option A: Intensity

Option B: Color

Option C: Purity

Option D: Brightness

Correct Answer: Color ✔

Option A: Pitched sounds at any tone are association with large vibrations of the basilar membrane closest to the oval window

Option B: High-pitched sounds is associated with large vibrations of the basilar membrane closest to the oval window

Option C: High-pitched sounds is associated with large vibrations of the eardrum closest to the oval window

Option D: Low-pitched sounds is associated with large vibrations of the basilar membrane closest to the oval window

Correct Answer: High-pitched sounds is associated with large vibrations of the basilar membrane closest to the oval window ✔

Option A: Feature detection

Option B: Blindsight

Option C: Top-down processing

Option D: Synesthesia

Correct Answer: Top-down processing ✔

Option A: Under low levels of illumination

Option B: From very short distances

Option C: With one eye covered

Option D: In relation to surrounding objects

Correct Answer: In relation to surrounding objects ✔

Option A: Green

Option B: Orange

Option C: Red

Option D: Yellow

Correct Answer: Yellow ✔

Option A: They have used telepathy to read the mind of the criminal

Option B: They have provided useful predictions using all their powers in 90 percent of the cases

Option C: They have used precognition to forewarn the police of criminals acts

Option D: They have reported visions that are no more accurate than guesses

Correct Answer: They have reported visions that are no more accurate than guesses ✔

Option A: Proximity

Option B: Relative clarity

Option C: Similarity

Option D: Connectedness

Correct Answer: Similarity ✔

Option A: Interposition

Option B: Connectedness

Option C: Convergence

Option D: Continuity

Correct Answer: Interposition ✔

Option A: Shape constancy

Option B: The principle of continuity

Option C: Retinal disparity

Option D: The misperception of distance

Correct Answer: The misperception of distance ✔

Option A: Depth perception is due to the cornea of the eye

Option B: Women test better at it than men

Option C: Men test better at it than women

Option D: Depth perception is associated with the opponent-process theory

Correct Answer: Men test better at it than women ✔

Option A: People tend to gravitate toward a common interaction distance

Option B: Objects nearer to each other appear closer to the person observing

Option C: Perception occurs in discrete time frames

Option D: Objects nearer to each other are seen as forming a unit

Correct Answer: Objects nearer to each other are seen as forming a unit ✔

Option A: Figure-ground

Option B: Symmetry

Option C: Similarity

Option D: Closure

Correct Answer: Closure ✔

Option A: Complete in both his rods and cones

Option B: Not taking place in his cones, but complete in his rods

Option C: Complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods

Option D: Still taking place in both his rods and his cones

Correct Answer: Complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods ✔

Option A: Olfactory bulb

Option B: The semicircular canals

Option C: Periaqueductal gray

Option D: Semicircular canals

Correct Answer: Semicircular canals ✔

Option A: What parts of the brain are used in speech production

Option B: The relationship between the wavelength of light and the experience of color

Option C: The effect of neurotransmitters on depression

Option D: Our psychological reactions to physical stress

Correct Answer: The relationship between the wavelength of light and the experience of color ✔

Option A: Prime theory

Option B: Opponent process theory

Option C: Signal detection theory

Option D: Frequency theory

Correct Answer: Signal detection theory ✔

Option A: Hearing

Option B: Accommodation

Option C: Parallel processing

Option D: The vestibular sense

Correct Answer: The vestibular sense ✔

Option A: 1250 to be noticed

Option B: 1200 to be noticed

Option C: 1010 to be noticed

Option D: 1100 to be noticed

Correct Answer: 1100 to be noticed ✔

Option A: Diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus

Option B: Adjustment in the opening of the eye

Option C: The process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural impulses

Option D: Changes in the shape of the lens as it focuses on objects

Correct Answer: Diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus ✔

Option A: Additive color mixing

Option B: Opponent-process theory

Option C: Additive color mixing

Option D: Trichromatic theory

Correct Answer: Opponent-process theory ✔

Option A: Parallel processing

Option B: Feature detectors

Option C: Sensory adaptation

Option D: Visual acuity

Correct Answer: Visual acuity ✔

Option A: Color constancy

Option B: Sensory interaction

Option C: The rubber-hand illusion

Option D: Phantom limb sensations

Correct Answer: Sensory interaction ✔

Option A: Temporal lobe

Option B: Cochlea

Option C: Oval window

Option D: Stirrup

Correct Answer: Cochlea ✔

Option A: Complementary color theory

Option B: Trichromatic theory

Option C: Opponent-process theory

Option D: Saturation theory

Correct Answer: Trichromatic theory ✔

Option A: Poor vision in bright light

Option B: No color vision

Option C: Poor vision in low illumination

Option D: More accurate depth perception

Correct Answer: No color vision ✔

Option A: Sensory interaction; feature detection

Option B: Sensation; perception

Option C: Absolute threshold; difference threshold

Option D: The just noticeable difference; accommodation

Correct Answer: Sensation; perception ✔

Option A: Subtractive color mixing

Option B: Divisive color mixing

Option C: Trichromatic theory

Option D: Multiplicative color mixing

Correct Answer: Subtractive color mixing ✔

Option A: Subliminal cells

Option B: Ganglion cells

Option C: Rods and cones

Option D: Bipolar cells

Correct Answer: Rods and cones ✔

Option A: Transduction

Option B: Sensory adaptation

Option C: Parallel processing

Option D: Accommodation

Correct Answer: Transduction ✔

Option A: Inhibit action potentials from reaching the terminal buttons

Option B: Cause action potentials that were took weak to reach the terminal buttons

Option C: Fall below William’s absolute threshold for sound

Option D: Cause more inhibitory than excitatory synapses

Correct Answer: Fall below William’s absolute threshold for sound ✔

Option A: Sensory completion

Option B: Closure

Option C: Figure-ground

Option D: Continuation

Correct Answer: Closure ✔

Option A: The fact that perceptions are often reconstructions of events

Option B: The low degree of accuracy of human psi phenomena

Option C: Perceptual closure operating in a real life situation

Option D: An “innocence of vision” in stressful situations

Correct Answer: The fact that perceptions are often reconstructions of events ✔

Option A: subtle differences is stimuli

Option B: bright stimuli

Option C: contrast or change in stimulation

Option D: subliminal stimuli

Correct Answer: contrast or change in stimulation ✔

Option A: closure

Option B: continuation

Option C: similarity

Option D: nearness

Correct Answer: similarity ✔

Option A: cochlea

Option B: basilar membrane

Option C: ligaments and tendons

Option D: joints and muscles

Correct Answer: joints and muscles ✔

Option A: convergence

Option B: accommodation

Option C: depth perspective

Option D: singularity

Correct Answer: convergence ✔

Option A: top-down processing

Option B: bottom-up processing

Option C: perceptual expectancies

Option D: illusions

Correct Answer: bottom-up processing ✔

Option A: a misleading perception that distorts or misjudges a stimulus

Option B: top-down procession

Option C: the organization of perception by beginning with low-level features

Option D: bottom-up processing

Correct Answer: top-down procession ✔

Option A: perceptual (Gestalt) organization

Option B: cognitive style

Option C: cognitive organization

Option D: perceptual integration

Correct Answer: perceptual (Gestalt) organization ✔

Option A: warmth and pressure

Option B: warmth and pain

Option C: pressure and pain

Option D: cold and warmth

Correct Answer: cold and warmth ✔

Option A: accommodation

Option B: subliminal stimulation

Option C: distraction

Option D: acupuncture

Correct Answer: distraction ✔

Option A: loudness

Option B: amplitude

Option C: wavelength

Option D: location

Correct Answer: location ✔

Option A: closure

Option B: continuation

Option C: similarity

Option D: nearness

Correct Answer: similarity ✔

Option A: more accurate depth perception

Option B: poor vision in bright illumination

Option C: poor vision in low illumination

Option D: poor peripheral vision

Correct Answer: poor peripheral vision ✔

Option A: our attention depends on different motor system

Option B: we use selective attention

Option C: we use divided attention

Option D: we use sequential attention

Correct Answer: we use divided attention ✔

Option A: transduction

Option B: difference thresholds

Option C: sensory adaption

Option D: top-down processing

Correct Answer: top-down processing ✔

Option A: aerial perspective

Option B: linear perspective

Option C: relative size

Option D: relative motion

Correct Answer: relative motion ✔

Option A: adaptation level

Option B: context

Option C: intuition

Option D: frames of reference

Correct Answer: frames of reference ✔

Option A: remain still

Option B: move to the shallow side of the apparatus

Option C: move to the deep side of the apparatus

Option D: approach their mothers when called, whether that requires moving to the shallow deep side

Correct Answer: move to the shallow side of the apparatus ✔

Option A: distortions of existing stimuli

Option B: the same as hallucinations

Option C: the result of innate mechanisms

Option D: not based on external reality

Correct Answer: distortions of existing stimuli ✔

Option A: a threshold

Option B: perceptual defense

Option C: a sensation

Option D: subliminal messages

Correct Answer: a threshold ✔

Option A: accommodation

Option B: plasticity

Option C: adaptation

Option D: regulation

Correct Answer: accommodation ✔

Option A: compression, rarefaction

Option B: rarefaction; compression

Option C: pitch; loudness

Option D: loudness; pitch

Correct Answer: pitch; loudness ✔

Option A: ciliary muscles

Option B: the cochlea

Option C: the olfactory bulb

Option D: the semicircular canals

Correct Answer: the semicircular canals ✔

Option A: Cochlea

Option B: Iris

Option C: Pupil

Option D: Cornea

Correct Answer: Cochlea ✔

Option A: Retina

Option B: Vitreous Humor

Option C: Aqueous humor

Option D: Optic Nerve

Correct Answer: Retina ✔

Option A: Difference

Option B: Theoretical

Option C: Obtained

Option D: Absolute

Correct Answer: Absolute ✔

Option A: Pressure of one had pushing on your head for 30 seconds

Option B: A puff of air blown in your face from 2 feet away

Option C: Water from a shower landing on your back with a velocity of one foot per second

Option D: The wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a distance of 1 centimeter

Correct Answer: The wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a distance of 1 centimeter ✔

Option A: Only found in hearing

Option B: Non-shared perceptual distortions

Option C: Shared by most people

Option D: Only found in vision

Correct Answer: Non-shared perceptual distortions ✔

Option A: Unknown

Option B: Threshold

Option C: Puzzle

Option D: Constant

Correct Answer: Constant ✔

Option A: motion

Option B: size

Option C: color

Option D: brightness

Correct Answer: size ✔

Option A: Optical

Option B: Distal

Option C: Physical

Option D: Proximal

Correct Answer: Proximal ✔

Option A: common region

Option B: simplicity

Option C: closure

Option D: continuity

Correct Answer: continuity ✔

Option A: Parapsychology

Option B: Gestalt psychology

Option C: psychokinesis

Option D: ESP

Correct Answer: Parapsychology ✔

Option A: Muller-Lyer illusion

Option B: horizontal-vertical illusion

Option C: illusion of convergence

Option D: Ponzo illusion

Correct Answer: Muller-Lyer illusion ✔

Option A: perceptual constancy

Option B: perceptual adaptation

Option C: visual capture

Option D: top-down processing

Correct Answer: top-down processing ✔

Option A: close objects are seen clearly but distant objects appear blurry

Option B: the focus of light from close objects falls behind the retina

Option C: the focus of light from distant objects falls a little short of the retina

Option D: a & b

Correct Answer: the focus of light from close objects falls behind the retina ✔

Option A: blind spot

Option B: optic disk

Option C: opponent process field

Option D: receptive field

Correct Answer: receptive field ✔

Option A: the what pathway, the where pathway

Option B: the where pathway; what pathway

Option C: the opponent process pathway; the trichromatic pathway

Option D: the trichromatic pathway; the opponent process pathway

Correct Answer: the where pathway; what pathway ✔

Option A: just noticeable difference

Option B: relative threshold

Option C: absolute threshold

Option D: detection threshold

Correct Answer: just noticeable difference ✔

Option A: the stimulus intensity that can be detected 100% of the time

Option B: the stimulus intensity that can be detected 50% of the time

Option C: the minimum amount of difference in intensity needed to tell two stimuli apart

Option D: a constant proportion of the size of the initial stimulus

Correct Answer: the stimulus intensity that can be detected 50% of the time ✔

Option A: absolutely no evidence of such influence

Option B: overwhelming evidences that subliminal stimuli can and do influences subjects’ attitudes

Option C: that subliminal stimuli do not really exist

Option D: small but measurable effects

Correct Answer: small but measurable effects ✔

Option A: Connectedness

Option B: interposition

Option C: continuity

Option D: closure

Correct Answer: Connectedness ✔

Option A: texture gradient

Option B: linear perspective

Option C: light and shadow

Option D: relative size

Correct Answer: relative size ✔

Option A: binocular cue

Option B: illusion

Option C: organized whole

Option D: perceptual adaption

Correct Answer: organized whole ✔