psychology MCQs – Page 20

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psychology Mcqs

381. Which of the following is a binocular cue for the perception of distance?
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A. closure

B. linear perspective

C. interposition

D. convergence

382. According to Piaget from 2 to 7 years of age, language is developed slowly and gradually, this stage is called _______________?
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A. egocentric thought

B. formal stage

C. preoperational stage

D. sensorimotor stage

383. The perception of an object as distinct from its surroundings is called ________________?
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A. figure-ground perception

B. interposition

C. selective attention

D. perceptual set

384. When we look at a distant object, we usually judge its size by ___________________?
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A. perspective size

B. retinal size

C. object size

D. a compromise between object size and perspective size

385. A Gestalt is best described as a/an ________________?
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A. organized whole

B. interposition

C. binocular cue

D. perceptual adaptation

386. A student who has never studied decides to try it and is delighted to receive a B on the exam rather than the usual D. The student starts studying more regularly as a result of __________________?
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A. classical conditioning

B. b and c

C. positive reinforcement

D. habituation

387. The fovea and the blind spot are both features of the ________________?
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A. cornea

B. pupil

C. lens

D. retina

388. Gender identity refers to ___________________?
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A. how masculine a boy is or how feminine a girl is

B. the sense of being male or female

C. ones biological sex

D. the set of expected behaviors for males and for females

389. Experimental evidence indicates that the ability to judge the size of an unfamiliar object depends on _____________?
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A. depth cues

B. all of the above

C. time cues

D. motion cues

390. The sense that humans depend on more than the other four combined is ________________?
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A. audition

B. touch

C. taste

D. vision

391. It is easier to see a camouflaged animal when it moves than when it stays still. This illustrates the Gestalt principle of ______________?
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A. proximity

B. similarity

C. common movement

D. closure

392. The Ames room was specifically designed to test ________________?
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A. interposition

B. motion parallax

C. size constancy

D. shape constancy

393. Figure is to ground as ______________ is to?
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A. form, substance

B. summer, winter

C. moon, sky

D. up, down

394. Kim is trying to thread a needle, but the light is fairly dim. Due to the lack of light, the part of her eye that will help most in threading the needle is ________________?
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A. lens

B. cones

C. rods

D. cornea

395. In psychology the nature-nurture debate refers to the relative influences of __________________?
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A. paternal genes and maternal care

B. genotype and phenotype

C. genotype and karyotype

D. genes and environment

396. The most fundamental principle of perceptual organization is called ________________?
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A. consistency

B. law of closure

C. figure and ground

D. dark adaptation phenomenon

397. The gate-control theory of pain proposes that pain actually occurs _________________?
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A. in the brain

B. at the receptor cite

C. only under intense stimulus levels

D. only in the external receptors

398. Gestalt is a _____________ word that means organized whole?
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A. German

B. Latin

C. Spanish

D. French

399. The powerful survival impulse that leads human infants to seek closeness to their parents is called ___________________?
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A. attachment

B. imprinting

C. egocentrism

D. conservation

400. The area between the eardrum and the oval window is occupied by the _______________?
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A. cochlea

B. ossicles

C. round window

D. Organ of Corti

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