
The process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensory information in a way that is meaningful is called    
A.  A. hearing.    
B.  B. sensation.    
C.   C. perception.    
D.  D. top-down processing.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

As we interact with our environment, many of our perceptions are shaped by ________________, which is also referred to as conceptually driven processing.    
A.  A. hearing    
B.  B. sensation    
C.  C. perception    
D.   D. top-down processing    
E.      
ANSWER: D

As you walk down a street, the shape, size, and location of everything around you keeps changing, yet you experience your surroundings as stable. This stability is called     
A.  A. figure-ground.    
B.  B. binocular cues.    
C.   C. perceptual constancy.    
D.  D. perceptual set.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

The tendency to perceive objects as unchanging despite changes in sensory input promotes a stable view of the world and is called    
A.  A. perceptual law of similarity.    
B.  B. figure-ground.    
C.  C. binocular cues.    
D.   D. perceptual constancy.    
E.      
ANSWER: D

According to the laws of perceptual grouping, we tend to group elements together to arrive at the __________________ of forms, shapes, and figures.    
A.  A. sensation    
B.  B. perceptional grouping    
C.   C. perceptual constancies    
D.  D. depth perception    
E.      
ANSWER: C

Which sense lets you know if you are moving?    
A.  A. equilibrium    
B.   B. kinesthesis    
C.  C. olfaction    
D.  D. somatic nervous system    
E.      
ANSWER: B

The ability to perceive the distance of an object as well as the three-dimensional characteristics of an object is called    
A.   A. depth perception.    
B.  B. perceptional grouping.    
C.  C. top-down processing.    
D.  D. sensory receptor.    
E.      
ANSWER: A

________________ refers to the perceptual principle that states that we automatically separate the elements of a perception into the feature that clearly stands out and its less distinct background.    
A.  A. Perceptual constancy    
B.  B. Equilibrium    
C.   C. Figure and ground    
D.  D. Middle ear    
E.      
ANSWER: C

_________________ explain(s) how perceptions become organized, and includes the principles of similarity, closure, good continuation, and proximity.    
A.  A. Weber's law    
B.   B. Gestalt principles    
C.  C. Parallax    
D.  D. Absolute threshold    
E.      
ANSWER: B

In the video, the narrator explained that the German word _________________ roughly translated, means unified whole, form, or shape.    
A.  A. Pregnanz    
B.   B. Gestalt    
C.  C. Miller    
D.  D. Duncker    
E.      
ANSWER: B

Our ________________ usually lead us to reasonably accurate conclusions. If they didn't, we would soon develop new ones so that the world would make sense to us.    
A.  A. sensory receptors    
B.   B. perceptual sets    
C.  C. perceptual illusions    
D.  D. sensory receptors    
E.      
ANSWER: B

When viewed on the horizon, the moon appears considerably larger than when it is viewed higher in the sky. This is an example of ________________.    
A.   A. perceptual illusion    
B.  B. perceptual set    
C.  C. perceptual grouping    
D.  D. perceptual constancies 
ANSWER: A

