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Duplicate of Psychology: Sensation & Perception
Duplicate of Psychology: Sensation & Perception
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Psychology Sensation Perception Senses, sensory processing, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, illusion
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Brain use of existing knowledge, belief and expectations to interpret the sensory stimulation
bottom-up processing
bottom-down processing
Top-down processing
Top-up processing
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What is Weber's Law ?
Difference Thresholds are relative to specific types of stimuli
Similar thresholds decrease inversely to speed of stimulus
the force of a stimulus is equal to how much a person reacts
2 Stimuli are present at all times
3
what is accommodation?
how we incorporate new information into our existing schemas
none of the above
how we modify our schemas to fit new information
framework of basic ideas and preconceptions
4
These trick your senses-discrepancy btwn the visual stimulus & it’s physical reality
optical illusions
gestalt
monocular cues
proximity
5
The sense of taste is
olfaction
cutaneous
none of the above
gustation
6
neutral tissue lining the back of the eyeballs interior contains receptors for vision
retina
cornea
rods
cones
7
Why is pain important?
all of the above
the experience of pain is extremely variable
it alerts you to injury and often prevents further damage
relief from pain results in secretion of endorphins
8
____ allows you to perceive depth, since your eyes each have their own perspective.
similarity
monocular cues
retinal disparity
convergence
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What can change the signal detection theory?
Interpreting information
Subliminal stimulus
Nothing
Fatigue, motivation, expectations
10
Receptors for kinesthesis are located in the:
joints
retina
semicircular canals
all of the above
11
The theory that best accountsfor the experience of pain is:
The opponent-process theory
The gate control theory
The trichromatic theory
Weber’s law
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The ability to judge the distance of objects is...
convergence
monocular cues
binocular cues
depth perception
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______ of mechanical pressure/touch, warmth/cold at sensory receptors located below the skin
transvection
transduction
translation
transmission
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Images grow as they approach you even though you know they are the same size
All of the above
perceptual consistency
perceptual set
shape consistency
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Process of sensory information as it enters sensory structures and travels to the brain.
top-down processing
All of the above
bottom-up processing
bottom-down processing
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What are the perceptual processes?
accommodation
all of the above
schemas
assimilation
17
Sensation through the skin is...
none of the above
gustation
cutaneous
olfaction
18
How are your sense of touch and sense of hearing similar?
they both have a long process of transmission
they can be unreliable
none of the above
they both involve transduction
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What is a difference threshold ?
The maximum force between 2 different stimuli
The contrast of all stimuli
The change of stimuli present
The minimum difference between 2 stimuli
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What is the difference between near-sightness and far-sightless?
near sites sees far objects & far sighted sees near objects
None of the above
near sighted sees near object & far sighted sees far objects
they are the same
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You focus your awareness on only limited aspects of what you capable of...
assimilation
attention
bottom-up processing
selective attention
22
What does Gestalt mean?
depth perception
Figure and ground
nothing
organized whole
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A Difference Threshold is also called ...
Just Noticeable Difference
Switch Threshold
Perception Difference
Changing Threshold
24
What are the physical characteristics of sound waves?
pitch
wavelength
all of the above
amplitude
25
What two basic processes make up our experiences on this earth?
Subliminal messages and absolute threshold
Sensory adaptation and audition
Sensation and perception
Signal detection theory and Weber’s law
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what are schemas?
how we modify to fit new information
none of the above
framework of basic ideas and preconceptions
how we incorporate new information
27
what is an irregularity in the shape of the cornea/lens which distorts and blurs the image?
astigmatism
feature detectors
ganglion cell/blind spot
Scoliosis of the eye
28
Subliminal techniques are often used in what?
Propaganda
Music
Advertising
All of the above
29
Sensation is...
How we depend on people to detirmine feelings
None of the above
Interpreting information
Gathering information
30
Which is not a bone in the ear?
anvil
none of the above
stirrup
hammer
31
How does the vestibular system work?
inner ear has semicircular canals sit at right angles
all of the above
cilia activate with head movement & vestibular sacs react
ear fluid movement is matched to eye sight by brain
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what do ganglion cells converge to form?
optic nerve
blind spots
None of the above
auditory nerve
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What is the difference between sensation and perception ?
Sensation sends neurons to the ANS, Perception to the PNS
None of the above
Sensation gathers information and Perception interprets
Perception gathers information and Sensation interprets
34
"There is no absolute threshold fatigue, motivation, and expectations can change this" WHAT?
Emersion
Opponent-Process Theory
Signal Detection Theory
Weber's Law
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what is assimilation?
framework of basic ideas and preconceptions
none of the above
how we incorporate new information into schemas
how we modify to fit new information into schemas
36
Absolute Threshold is the weakest level of stimulus that can be detected __ % of the time
50
90
30
70
37
Body senses of ____& vestibular system help us to make sense of the positioning of our bodies
telekinesis
joints
kinesthesis
tendons
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What is a stimulus that's detected less than 49% of the time
Threshold Stimulus
Plural stimuli
None of the above
Subliminal Stimulus
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what is conduction deafness?
trouble hearing due to ossicles (bones) trouble vibrating
occurring from disease , aging
clearly hearing
damage to auditory nerve cells
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The sense of smell
cutaneous
none of the above
olfaction
gustation
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What is the name of neurons they help distinguish contours, orientation and basic shape?
none of the above
Nervous neuron
Optic nerve
Feature detectors
42
what is not one of the 3 primary colors the eye detects
yellow
blue
red
green
