Components of Perception

Question 1

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

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selective attention

Question 2

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

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T

Question 3

Emotions are perceived exactly the same way by all people.

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F

Question 4

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

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F

Question 5

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

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detect when the speaker’s voice changed from male to female

Question 6

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

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choice deafness

Question 7

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. The image is an example of how we interpret individual elements of a form and make them into a whole, which is a result of __________ processing.

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bottom-up

Question 8

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

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T

Question 9

People are less accurate in correctly perceiving images of their own racial group than those of other racial groups.

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F

Question 10

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

F

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