Gestalt psychologists emphasized that ______________________?

A. Perception is the same as sensation
B. We learn to perceive the world through experience
C. The whole is more than the sum of its parts
D. Sensation has no effect on perception

Students stand in groups waiting for someone to unlock their classroom. The people in each group are able to attend to the voices in their own conversation group and screen out the voices in others. This is an example of ______________?

A. Shadowing
B. Selective listening
C. Parallel processing
D. None of these

The receptor of the eye that functions best in dim light is the ______________?

A. Fovea
B. Ganglion
C. Cone
D. Rod

The muscle fibers of the iris can increase or decrease the amount of light entering the eye by expanding or contracting the ______________?

A. Lens
B. Cornea
C. Pupil
D. Fovea

Gestalt is a _____________ word that means organized whole?

A. German
B. French
C. Latin
D. Spanish

The perception of an object as distinct from its surroundings is called ________________?

A. Perceptual set
B. Selective attention
C. Figure-ground perception
D. Interposition

Figure is to ground as ______________ is to?

A. Form, substance
B. Up, down
C. Summer, winter
D. Moon, sky

The Ponzo illusion illustrates that people judge the size of an object in terms of its perceived _______________?

A. Shape
B. Height
C. Distance
D. Convergence

Which of the following is not one of the Gestalt principles of grouping?

A. Proximity
B. Similarity
C. Contrast
D. Closure

When there is a conflict between bits of information received by two or more senses, which sense tends to dominate the others?

A. Hearing only
B. Vision
C. Smell
D. Touch