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AP Psych Unit 3 - Sensation and perception
AP Psych Unit 3 - Sensation and perception
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Supertasters have...
a smaller olfactory bulb
more taste buds
a larger olfactory bulb
fewer taste buds
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The process by which our sensory systems convert stimulus energies into neural messages is called
parallel processing
priming
transduction
sensory adaption
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Place theory explains how we perceive
Motion
Pitch
Color
Shape
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Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information.
selective attention
Top -Down processing
Bottom-Up processing
transduction
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The principle that difference threshold depends on the intensity of a stimulus is
sensory adaption
Say's Law
Weber's law
parallel processing
6
Denise has damaged her auditory nerve, what explains how her hearing will be impaired?
the brain receives the message but is unable to process the sound
sound messages fail to be transmitted to the brain
the hair cells fail to vibrate sufficiently
the ear componenets fail to amplify the sound to be detectablce
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After listening to your high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting.
selective attention.
sensory adaptation.
habituation
absolute thresholds.
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Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of
difference thresholds.
absolute thresholds.
parallel processing.
sensory adaptation.
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Which of the following affects performance in signal detection tasks?
Perceptual constancy
Sensory adaptation
Expectation, motivation, and fatigue
opponent-process theory
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One of the ways we perceive images is by organizing stimuli into an object seen against its surroundings. Known as
figure-ground
sensory adaptation
retinal disparity
binocular cue
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The cones that detect blue light are most sensitive to
Long wavelengths of light
Infrared wavelengths
Short wavelengths of light
Medium wavelengths of light
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A door opening, but still being perceived as rectangular is an example of...
figure-ground effect
shape constancy
apparent motion
size constancy
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Color afterimages are evidence of which of the following
opponent process theory
trichromatic theory
place theory
frequency theory
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The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called
sensory interaction
frequency
gestalt
the cocktail party effect
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The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts
kinesthesis
audition
gustation
vestibular
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The pitch of a sound is determined by what?
the loudness of the sound wave
the frequency of the sound wave
the amplitude of the sound wave
the vestibular level of the sound wave
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The gustatory sense is one's sense of...
smell
pain
balance
taste
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What is NOT true of the fovea?
it is where humans have the greatest visual acuity
it works best in dim light
it is in the center of the retina
it is made up mostly of cones
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Accommodation refers to the
diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.
process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural messages.
system for sensing the position and movement of muscles, tendons, and joint
process by which the lens changes shape to focus images on the retina.
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When a person fails to notice changes in their surroundings this is called..
Dichromatism
Blindsight
Signal detection
Change blindness
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If you hear the ice cream truck coming before your friends it is likely because you have...
a lower absolute threshold
a higher absolute threshold
a lower relative threshold
a higher relative threshold
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The minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50% of the time
absolute threshold
difference threshold
adaption threshold
change threshold
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Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by
frequency theory.
the Young-Helmholtz theory.
the gate-control theory.
the opponent-process theory.
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Which of the following play the biggest role in our feeling dizzy and unbalanced after a thrilling roller coaster ride?
feature detectors
semicircular canals
eardrum
basilar membranes
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Detecting environmental stimuli and converting them into neural signals is known as...
difference threshold
top-down processing
perception
sensation
26
Which of the following is the CORRECT sequence activated in the ear?
ossicles, ear drum, cochlea
eardrum, ossicles, cochlea
cochlea, ossicles, eardrum
cochlea, eardrum, ossicles
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The inability to recognition faces due to damage of a structure in the temporal lobe is called...
synesthesia.
prosopagnosia
blindsight
monochromatism.
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Damage to the fovea would have the greatest effect on
sensory adaptation.
peripheral vision.
visual acuity.
night vision.
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As an object moves closer to you, the inward motion of your eyes that conveys depth info is known as...
interposition
convergence
motion parallax
retinal disaprity
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Bottom-Up processing involves analysis that begins with the
Sensory receptors
Optic nerve
Cerebral Cortex
occipital lobe
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Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere
figure-ground
inattentional blindness
change blindness
transduction
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Detecting physical energy from the environment and encoding it as neural signals
Perception
Sensation
selective attention
top-down processing
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The organization of sensory information in the brain is called..
sensation
psychophysics
perception
transduction
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Which of the following explains how pain signals are transmitted and can be blocked in the spinal cord?
Volley theory
Gate-control theory
Frequency theory
Signal detection theory
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Blindsight refers to the ability of individuals who are:
Completely blind to perceive colors
Colorblind but able to see shapes
Visually impaired and sensitive to auditory stimuli
Blind but able to detect movement or light without conscious vision
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Focusing on conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
choice blindness
opponent-process theory
gestalt
selective attention
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Light-wave amplitude determines the
intensity of colors
color hue experience
firing of rods in the retina
parallel processing of a scene
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The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
perception
Sensation
Selective Attention
Bottom-up Processing
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Sound localization is possible because:
The brain uses visual cues to identify sound sources
Hair cells in the ear respond to sound waves
The inner ear vibrates at different frequencies
Each ear receives slightly different information about a sound's location
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Which of the following will MOST LIKELY activate umami receptors?
candy
lemon
french fries
ketchup
41
Which of the following is a binocular depth cue?
motion parallax
retinal disparity
linear perspective
interposition
42
Monochromatism is characterized by
The inability to perceive light
The inability to detect motion
The ability to see only one color or shades of gray
The ability to only see two primary colors
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In a driving-simulation, students on cell phones were slower to detect & respond obstacles. This illustrates
retinal disparity
selective attention.
gate-control theory.
place theory.
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Feature detectors are located in the...
optic chiasm
cornea
retina
visual cortex
45
The blind spot occurs where?
iris blocks light waves
the optic nerve exits the retina
the visual cortex lacks neurons
the center of the visual field
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According to the trichromatic theory
the retina contains three kinds of color receptors.
certain nerve cells in the brain respond to specific features of a stimulus
the optic nerve processes top-down stimuli.
color vision depends on pairs of opposing retinal processes.
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Transduction in vision occurs in the...
auditory cortex
optic chiasm
cornea
retina
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Information guided by higher-level mental processes
Bottom-Up Processing
Sensation
Top-Down processing
Perception
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Semicircular canals play a key role in one's
auditory sense
kinesthetic sense
sense of pain
vestibular sense
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What is the colored muscle that controls the amount of light that enters the eye?
iris
cornea
pupil
retina
