Illusions
Psychology ⇒ Sensation and Perception
Illusions starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe how the 'phantom limb' phenomenon is related to sensory illusions.
Describe the difference between a hallucination and an illusion.
Describe the main difference between a physiological and a cognitive illusion.
Describe the role of bottom-up processing in the experience of illusions.
Describe the role of top-down processing in the experience of illusions.
Explain how cultural background can influence susceptibility to certain visual illusions.
Explain how the Ames room illusion works and what it demonstrates about human perception.
Explain how the brain resolves conflicting sensory information in cross-modal illusions.
Which illusion demonstrates the brain's tendency to fill in missing information to create a complete image? (1) Kanizsa triangle, (2) Müller-Lyer, (3) Ponzo, (4) Shepard tone
Which illusion involves the perception of movement in stationary objects due to rapidly changing images? (1) Motion aftereffect, (2) Phi phenomenon, (3) Müller-Lyer, (4) Ebbinghaus
Which of the following best describes the Müller-Lyer illusion? (1) Two lines of equal length appear to be different lengths due to arrow-like ends, (2) A stationary object appears to move, (3) A color appears to change depending on its background, (4) A sound is heard when none is present
Which of the following best explains why the moon appears larger near the horizon than when it is high in the sky? (1) Atmospheric magnification, (2) Moon illusion, (3) Optical refraction, (4) Gravitational lensing
Fill in the blank: The ________ illusion is a tactile illusion where a person feels a touch in a location that is not actually being touched.
Fill in the blank: The ________ illusion is a tactile illusion where touching two objects of different temperatures simultaneously can make them feel the same.
Fill in the blank: The ________ illusion is a visual illusion where a color appears different depending on the surrounding colors.
Fill in the blank: The ________ illusion is a visual illusion where a stationary object appears to move after prolonged viewing of moving objects.
True or False: All illusions are caused by errors in the sensory organs.
True or False: Illusions can provide insight into how the brain processes sensory information.
True or False: Illusions only occur in the visual sense.
True or False: The café wall illusion is an example of a geometric illusion.
