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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

As she gazed down from a bridge at the rapidly flowing river. Naila felt as though she were moving. Her experience best illustrates the phenomenon of:
A Retinal disparity
B The phi phenomenon
C Visual capture
D Location constancy
Correct Answer: Visual capture
When there is a conflict between bits of information received by two or more senses, which sense tends to dominate the others?
A Smell
B Hearing
C Kinesthesis
D Vision
Correct Answer: Vision
Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?
A Linear perspective
B Relative size
C Interposition
D Accommodation
Correct Answer: Relative size
The principle of connectedness would most likely lead you to perceive all the______as parts of a single unit.
A Clouds in the sky
B Fish in the sea
C Rungs in ladder
D Words in a sentence
Correct Answer: Rungs in ladder
Timor is painting a picture of a jet on a runway; however, in his painting the sides of the runway are parallel to each other. Timor’s picture will seem to lack depth because he has failed to make use of the monocular depth cue of:
A Motion parallax
B Texture gradient
C Height in plane
D Linear perspective
Correct Answer: Linear perspective
The perception that Bugs Bunny is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates:
A Stroboscopic movement
B Visual capture
C The Ponzo illusion
D Perceptual adaptation
Correct Answer: Stroboscopic movement
A concept that help us to interpret ambiguous sensations is called a:
A Gestalt
B Perceptual constancy
C Schema
D Perceptual adaptation
Correct Answer: Schema
The organization of two-dimensional retinal images into three-dimensional perceptions is called:
A Sensory interaction
B Retinal interaction
C Perceptual constancy
D Depth perception
Correct Answer: Depth perception
While reading a novel, Rizvi isn’t easily distracted by the sounds of the TV or even by his brothers’ loud arguments. This best illustrates:
A The phi phenomenon
B Perceptual constancy
C Interposition
D Selective attention
Correct Answer: Selective attention
The perception of a humanlike face in the random configurations of the lunar landscape best illustrates the impact of______on visual perception.
A Perceptual schemas
B Relative clarity
C Shape constancy
D Stroboscopic movement
Correct Answer: Perceptual schemas