Free Cognitive Psychology MCQs with Answers
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- A. Feature detection.
- B. Bottom-up processing
- C. Pre-attentive processing
- D. The phi phenomenon
Explanation: The phi phenomenon occurs when rapidly displayed stationary lights are perceived as a single moving light.
Correct answer: The phi phenomenon- A. The binocular cue for depth called convergence
- B. The monocular cue for depth called linear perspective
- C. The pictorial cue for depth called texture gradient
- D. The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax
Explanation: Motion parallax is a monocular depth cue in which nearby objects appear to move quickly across the visual field while distant objects seem…
Correct answer: The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax- A. Perceptual adaptation
- B. The phi phenomenon
- C. Perceptual set
- D. Lightness constancy
Explanation: Lightness constancy allows an object to appear to retain the same brightness or shade despite changes in illumination.
Correct answer: Lightness constancy- A. Kinesthetic
- B. Vestibular
- C. Olfactory
- D. Gustatory
Explanation: The vestibular sense, based in the inner ear, provides information about balance, head movement, and orientation in space.
Correct answer: Vestibular- A. Relative size
- B. Accommodation
- C. Depth perception
- D. Convergence
Explanation: Convergence is a binocular depth cue: the eyes turn inward more sharply when viewing a nearby object.
Correct answer: Convergence- A. Pinna
- B. Aqueous humor
- C. Semicircular canals
- D. Oval window
Explanation: Aqueous humor is the fluid in the front part of the eye, not a structure of the ear.
Correct answer: Aqueous humor- A. Pitch
- B. Timbre
- C. Amplitude
- D. Frequency
Explanation: Amplitude is the height or intensity of a sound wave, so it determines perceived loudness or strength.
Correct answer: Amplitude- A. Look at the moon during a lunar eclipse
- B. Think you see the moon when in fact it is not there
- C. Perceive the moon to be the same size when viewed on the horizon and overhead
- D. Perceive the moon to be larger on the horizon than overhead
Explanation: The moon illusion is the tendency to perceive the full moon as larger near the horizon than when it is high overhead.
Correct answer: Perceive the moon to be larger on the horizon than overhead- A. Constancy
- B. Similarity
- C. Closure
- D. Proximity
Explanation: The principle of similarity groups objects that share features such as colour, so Babar sees the green-jacketed spectators as one group.
Correct answer: Similarity- A. Selective attention and lightness constancy
- B. Perceived distance and perceived size
- C. Proximity and closure
- D. Atmospheric air pressure and diffusion of light waves
Explanation: The moon seems larger on the horizon because surrounding distance cues make it appear farther away, and the brain compensates by…
Correct answer: Perceived distance and perceived size- A. Visual capture
- B. Relative motion
- C. Retinal disparity
- D. The phi phenomenon
Explanation: The phi phenomenon is the apparent movement produced when stationary lights flash in sequence, as in moving or pulsating signs.
Correct answer: The phi phenomenon- A. An environmental depth cue in which closer objects overlap objects farther away
- B. The relationship between bipolar and ganglion cells
- C. The depth cue that uses the angle of the light to determine distance
- D. The lens ability to change shape and focus light directly on the retina
Explanation: Interposition, or occlusion, is a monocular depth cue in which a nearer object blocks part of a farther object.
Correct answer: An environmental depth cue in which closer objects overlap objects farther away- A. Context effects
- B. Relative clarity
- C. Perceptual adaptation
- D. Visual capture
Explanation: Removing distance cues with a narrow tube changes the surrounding visual context and reduces the horizon moon illusion.
Correct answer: Context effects- A. Texture gradient
- B. Convergence
- C. Light and shadow
- D. Interposition
Explanation: Texture gradient refers to the gradual change from clearly visible, coarse texture nearby to finer, less distinct texture farther away.
Correct answer: Texture gradient- A. Retinal disparity
- B. The phi phenomenon
- C. Visual capture
- D. Location constancy
Explanation: Visual capture occurs when strong visual motion dominates other sensory information, making a stationary observer feel as if they are…
Correct answer: Visual capture- A. Smell
- B. Hearing
- C. Kinesthesis
- D. Vision
Explanation: Vision usually dominates when sensory information conflicts, an effect called visual capture.
Correct answer: Vision- A. Linear perspective
- B. Relative size
- C. Interposition
- D. Accommodation
Explanation: Relative size is a monocular depth cue: when two familiar objects are known to be equal in size, the one forming the smaller retinal image…
Correct answer: Relative size- A. Clouds in the sky
- B. Fish in the sea
- C. Rungs in ladder
- D. Words in a sentence
Explanation: The principle of connectedness makes elements joined by a continuous visual connection seem to form one unit.
Correct answer: Rungs in ladder- A. Motion parallax
- B. Texture gradient
- C. Height in plane
- D. Linear perspective
Explanation: Linear perspective creates depth because parallel lines appear to converge as they extend into the distance.
Correct answer: Linear perspective- A. Stroboscopic movement
- B. Visual capture
- C. The Ponzo illusion
- D. Perceptual adaptation
Explanation: Stroboscopic movement is the apparent motion produced when still images are shown rapidly in sequence, as in a film.
Correct answer: Stroboscopic movement