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AP Psychology Sensation & Perception
AP Psychology Sensation & Perception
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Which Gestalt Principle is being used in the image below?
Figure Ground
Proximity
Closure
Similarity
2
The adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters is the:
Eyelid
Pupil
Rods
Lens
3
Relative heights means ______
Two height being closely related
Shading of an object produce a sense of depth
The smaller the retinal image,the farther objects seem to be
Objects higher in our field of vision seem farther
4
Our vestibular sense helps us:
find our nose without looking
sense our body movement
balance
sense our body's position
5
ESP is ______?
Perception apart from sensory input
Accepted to be true by psychologists
Helpful towards the police
Supported by hard science
6
The cocktail party effect is our ability to attend to only one voice among others EXCEPT____
When there's over 50 people
When someones phone rings
When you are texting
When we hear our name
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The minimum difference between TWO stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time
Difference Threshold
Sensory Adaptation
I dont know :(
Absolute Threshold
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Which Gestalt Principle is being used in the image below?
Proximity
Similarity
Figure Ground
Closure
9
____ Theory states that we have 3 color receptors that help our retina see in these 3 colors.
Young-Helmhltz
Place
Tri-color
Weber's Law
10
Long sound waves =______?
Low frequency and low pitch
Low frequency and low pitch
Low frequency and high pitch
High frequency and low fr
11
A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
Cultural context
Perceptual net
Selective attention
Mental fixation
12
_______ is the processing of many aspects of a problem at the same time.
Psychophysics
Parallel Processing
Perceptual Adaptation
Perception
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Analysis that starts from the sensory receptors and works up to the brain
Parellel processing
Top down proccesing
Sensory analysis
Bottom up proccesing
14
The transparemt structure behind the pupil that chgs shape to help focus images on the retina
lens
blind spot
cones
rods
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What is the nerve that carry neural impulses from the eye to the brain?
Oval window
Optic nerve
Cochlea
Pain receptor
16
Selective Attention is
the focusing of conscious awareness on a stimulus
the focusing and concentration on a sound
the focusing we do when we attempt to do many things at once
the focusing of unconcious awareness on a stimulus
17
_______ is the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time.
Frequency
Pitch
Loudness
18
The point in which the optic nerve leaves the eye and no receptors are located there.
Perceptual constancy
Inattentional blindness
Sensory adaptation
Blind spot
19
Change Blindess occurs when we
fail to notice changes in the environment
Close our eyes rapidly and fail to see changes around us
Go to sleep and fail to notice changes around us
notice the things around us changing
20
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere is the concept of:
Inattentional Blindness
Change Blindness
Difference Threshold
Selective Attention
21
Transduction in hearing takes place in the _______.
Anvil
Cochlea
Hammer
Stirrup
22
Which Gestalt Principle is being used in the image below?
Figure Ground
Continuity
Similarity
Proximity
23
Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical sys. that conducts sound waves to the cochlea
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Conduction Hearing Loss
Neural Hearing Loss
Cochlear Hearing Loss
24
Which of the following helps us see color sensations?
Lens
Rods
Cones
Blind Spot
25
Telepathy is?
Perceiving future events
Dr. Xavier super power
Mind to mind communication
Perceiving remote events
