Introduction to Psychology Coursera Quiz Answers
In this article i am gone to share Coursera Course: Introduction to Psychology Week 3 Quiz Answers with you..Week 3 Quiz Answers
Cognition
Question 1)
The “problem of perception” is best characterized as:
- understanding how the brain can attend to a variety of stimuli non-consciously
- understanding how humans can see, whereas some other animals cannot
- making sense of a 3-D world from 2-D data
Question 2)
Professor Bloom discusses an example where two squares appear different
colors although they are the same. What is the explanation for this
bias?
- our brain fails to account for colors that change rapidly
- our brain compensates when we see two squares far away from one another
- our brain adjusts for changes of color when objects move very quickly
- none of the above
Question 3)
Which of the following is not an example of a perceptual grouping rule
that we use to impose order on incoming sensations?
- closure
- ambiguity
- proximity
- similarity
Question 4)
Which of the following is not used as a depth cue by the visual
system?
- size
- priming
- distance
- interposition
Question 5)
Very roughly, why do the horizontal lines in the Muller-Lyer illusion
(depicted below) appear to be different lengths?
- because of Depth cues
- because of Gestalt principles
- because of Top-down influences on the perception of shadows
Question 6)
True or false: In a Stroop task, people are slower to identify the
color of the word “Blue” when it is printed in blue ink than when it is
in red ink.
- True
- False
Question 7)
Knowing how to ride a bicycle is an example of which of the following
types of memory?
- implicit memory
- long-term memory
- procedural memory
- all of the above
Question 8)
Essay questions tend to be more difficult than multiple choice because
with essay questions:
- there is more maintenance rehearsal
- there are more cues to stimulate memory
- recall is required rather than recognition
Question 9)
Approximately how large is the average person’s short-term memory for
lists of numbers:
- 7 digits
- 7 chunks
- 11 digits
- 11 chunks
Question 10)
What is the capacity of long-term memory
- approximately 7 items
- approximately 10,000 to 15,000 items
- approximately 100,000 items
- the capacity limit is unknown
Question 11)
Which of the following is the least effective strategy for encoding
information into long-term memory?
- mentally repeating new information
- structuring the information using mnemonics
- relating new information to information already in memory
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