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Chapter 3 Introduction to Psychology
Chapter 3 Introduction to Psychology
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Sensation and Perception
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What gestalt principle is involved in this picture?
proximity
closure
connectedness
continuity
2
What color vision theory states that there are three kinds of cones - blue, green or red?
opponent-processing theory
trichromatic theory
3
The minimum amount of sensory stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time.
difference threshold
absolute threshold
4
Visual processing that involves the brain piecing together "bits" and slowly building up to the "large picture"?
bottom up processing
top down processing
5
Which Gestalt principle is involved in this picture?
closure
connectedness
similarity
6
What is number 4 pointing to?
fovea
pupil
retina
lens
7
What is c pointing to?
outer ear
middle ear
inner ear
8
Which sense refers to our ability to sense the movements of parts of our body and the position in relation to each other
vestibular sense
kinesthetic sense
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What is the process through which the senses pick up information and transmit it to the brain?
sensation
perception
10
What theory explains why rubbing a toe after you stub it seems to help?
sensory receptor theory
skin sensory theory
gate-control theory
11
What is a visual sensation that remains after a stimulus is withdrawn?
saturation
hue
afterimage
brightness
12
What is number 3 pointing to?
retina
pupil
cornea
iris
13
Retinal disparity is the difference in images formed on our left and right eyes due to the eyes being a few inches apart
FALSE
TRUE
14
What is number 7 pointing to?
retina
optic nerve
lens
pupil
15
What is number 5 pointing to?
cornea
iris
retina
lens
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What is k pointing to?
eardrum
auditory canal
ossicles
auditory nerve
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Who observed that the JND for all senses depends on a percentage of change not a fixed amount?
Ewald Hering
Hermann Helmholtz
Ernst Weber
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Where are sensory receptors located in the ear?
retina
auditory canal
cochlea
eardrum
19
What is g pointing to?
stirrup
anvil
oval window
hammer
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What is number 1 pointing to?
pupil
retina
cornea
iris
21
What is the name of the bones in the ear?
ossicles
semicircular canals
pinna
22
What is number 2 pointing to?
pupil
iris
blind spot
lens
23
What is m pointing to?
auditory canal
semicircular canals
eardrum
cochlea
24
Perceptual set is seeing what you expect to see.
FALSE
TRUE
25
Measure of smallest increase or decrease in a stimulus that is needed to produce a jnd
difference threshold
absolute threshold
26
What is the process by which the brain actively organizes and interprets sensory information?
sensation
perception
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What is a pointing to?
outer ear
middle ear
inner ear