Skip to content

Course home

Sign up

1.2 Perception

EasyMediumHard
12345678910111213141516171819202122
Question 14

Which two statements about visual illusions are accurate? Shade two boxes.

A. Rubin's vase is ambiguous because the same image can be seen in two ways.

B. The Kanizsa triangle is a fiction because edges are seen where none are present.

C. The Müller-Lyer illusion occurs because retinal disparity creates two images.

D. The Ponzo illusion shows that size constancy never affects perception.

[2]
Markscheme

1.2 Perception Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /1.2 Perception

66 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE Psychology 1.2 Perception, covering 1.2.1 Sensation versus perception, 1.2.2 Monocular depth cues, 1.2.3 Binocular depth cues, 1.2.4 Gibson's direct theory of perception, 1.2.5 Motion parallax, 1.2.6 Explanations for visual illusions, 1.2.7 Examples of visual illusions, 1.2.8 Gregory's constructivist theory, 1.2.9 Factors affecting perception, and 1.2.10 Studies of factors affecting perception. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank