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Components of Perception Answers

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6

In order to perceive something, one must first focus attention upon it.

A
T
B
F
7

One’s ability to focus on a specific stimulus among many in the environment is called ___________.

A
bottom-up processing
B
selective attention
C
inattentional blindness
D
top-down processing
8

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.Kaelon believes that most people cannot be trusted. More than not, individuals he has relied on in the past have failed to do as they promised or were using his generosity to their advantage. Recently, a coworker proposed that he would help Kaelon move and offered his truck to Kaelon to assist in the move. Kaelon immediately became suspicious and declined the offer to help, believing his coworker would fail to help him. Based on this information, we may conclude which of the following?

A
Kaelon’s perception is distorted because his coworker really is willing to assist in the move.
B
Kaelon’s prior relationship experiences have influenced his perception of his coworker’s behavior.
C
Kaelon is unable to understand his coworker’s behavior because he is unable to perceive altruistic behavior.
D
Kaelon’s keen perception is detecting dishonesty in others before it is demonstrated.
9

Three types of inattentional blindness include all of the following except __________.

A
choice deafness
B
change blindness
C
change deafness
D
choice blindness
10

In experiments testing the cocktail party effect, most participants were unable to do any of the following except _____________.

A
detect when the speaker’s voice changed from male to female
B
identify any phrase associated with the unattended information
C
detect when the unattended language was changed to German
D
notice specific changes when the unattended speech was played backward
11

Research indicates that inattentional blindness often decreases when people work on tasks that require a great deal of attention.

A
T
B
F
12

One's perception depends on the way the brain interprets the stimuli.

A
T
B
F
13

Perception is the way we organize or make sense of our sensory impressions.

A
T
B
F
14

Top-down processing is often used when one encounters an unfamiliar stimulus.

A
T
B
F
15

Emotions are perceived exactly the same way by all people.

A
T
B
F

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