AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

INFLUENCES ON PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hudson’s pictures of hunting scenes are usually taken as evidence that
A
Both children and adults from many different African tribes cannot perceive depth in drawings
B
Interpreting pictures is an inborn ability
C
Members of non-western cultures are less intelligent than members of Western culture
D
All of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hudson’s pictures son’s pictures were designed primarily to measure the identification of objects and the perception of pictorial depth through the use of object size, superimposition, and linear perspective cues.

Detailed explanation-2: -Within psychology, size constancy occurs when an observer is familiar with an object, so that the object appears to have a constant size when viewed from various distances. For example, people are familiar with doors, so they are perceived to have a constant size regardless of the distance observed from.

Detailed explanation-3: -These are typically classified into binocular cues and monocular cues. Binocular cues are based on the receipt of sensory information in three dimensions from both eyes and monocular cues can be observed with just one eye. Binocular cues include retinal disparity, which exploits parallax and vergence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biological ageing can affect our visual perception system, including the development of presbyopia, floaters, cataracts, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration .

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