AQA PSYCHOLOGY - PERCEPTION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS RATED A++
Sensation
The physical process of collecting data from the environment via the senses.
Perception
The cognitive process of interpreting or making sense of sensory information that we recieve. Experience
builds our perception.
Perception - examples
Auditory, olfactory, tactile, visual, gustatory.
Sensation - examples
Hearing, smelling, feeling, seeing, tasting.
Height in plane
Objects that are higher in plane (nearer the top of the picture), you perceive to be further away.
Relative size
The more distant the object, the smaller it will look to your retina.
Occlusion
If the image of one object blocks the image of another, the firts object is seen as closer.
, Linear perspective
Parallel lines appear to converge with distance.
Monocular depth cues
Cues that tell us approximately how far away something is using one eye.
Binocular depth cues
Stimuli that enable us to judge depth using both eyes
Size consistancy
This means that we keep our original perception of the size of an object, even when the information
recieved by the eye changes. For example, if you look down from a tall building at the people below, they
appear really tiny but we know they are not.
Visual illusions
When our visual perception is tricked into seeing something inaccurately because the brain uses
inappropriate strategies for interpreting the sensory information it is receiving.
Misinterpreted depth cues
Wrongly applying the rules of depth perception
Ponzo illusion
An illusion in which the perceived length of a line is affected by linear perspective cues. An example of
misinterpreted depth cues.
Muller-Lyer illusion
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS RATED A++
Sensation
The physical process of collecting data from the environment via the senses.
Perception
The cognitive process of interpreting or making sense of sensory information that we recieve. Experience
builds our perception.
Perception - examples
Auditory, olfactory, tactile, visual, gustatory.
Sensation - examples
Hearing, smelling, feeling, seeing, tasting.
Height in plane
Objects that are higher in plane (nearer the top of the picture), you perceive to be further away.
Relative size
The more distant the object, the smaller it will look to your retina.
Occlusion
If the image of one object blocks the image of another, the firts object is seen as closer.
, Linear perspective
Parallel lines appear to converge with distance.
Monocular depth cues
Cues that tell us approximately how far away something is using one eye.
Binocular depth cues
Stimuli that enable us to judge depth using both eyes
Size consistancy
This means that we keep our original perception of the size of an object, even when the information
recieved by the eye changes. For example, if you look down from a tall building at the people below, they
appear really tiny but we know they are not.
Visual illusions
When our visual perception is tricked into seeing something inaccurately because the brain uses
inappropriate strategies for interpreting the sensory information it is receiving.
Misinterpreted depth cues
Wrongly applying the rules of depth perception
Ponzo illusion
An illusion in which the perceived length of a line is affected by linear perspective cues. An example of
misinterpreted depth cues.
Muller-Lyer illusion
