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AP Psychology Review for Sensation and Perception Unit.
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Which of the following play the biggest role in feeling dizzy and unbalanced on rollercoasters
semicircular canals
tempanic membranes
feature detectors
olfactory receptors
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The organization of two-dimensional retinal images into 3-D images is
visual capture
retinal disparity
depth perception
perceptual constancy
3
When most people stare at a red square the after image is the color
yellow
orange
blue
green
4
The sense of taste is known as
olfaction
gustation
taste
vestibular sense
5
Which taste attracts us to protein rich foods?
salty
sweet
bitter
umami
6
The concepts or frameworks that organize and interpret information are
retinal disparity
gate theory
visual capture
schemas
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Principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion to be a difference
opponent process theory
weber's law
difference threshold
feature detection
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Theory that High frequency sounds trigger large vibrations in places on basilar membrane is
pitch theory
frequency theory
young-helmholtz theory
place theory
9
Sound wave vibrations are transmitted by three tiny bones located in the
inner ear
semicircular canal
vestibular sacs
middle ear
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The study of the relationship between physical change and psychological experience is
phi phenomenon
parapsychology
psychophysics
gestalt
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The process by which our sensory systems convert stimulus energies into neural messages
transduction
sensory adaptation
priming
parallel processing
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A cheetah scrambling up a mountain in Montana is likely to be perceived as a mountain lion is
because camoflauge is ideal
because figure and group can be confused
because perception is guided by expectation
because contiguity is a powerful influence
13
The organiztion of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings
schemas
figure -ground
place theory
gestalt
14
Bottom-up processing involves analysis that begins with the
sensory receptors
occipital nerve
optic nerve
cerebral cortex
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Infromations processing that guided by your pre-existing knowledge or expectations
Olfaction
Perceptual Set
Weber's Law
Umami
16
The brain's release of endorphins reduces
tinnitus
sensation
prosopagnosia
pain
17
Humans experience the longest visible electromagnetic waves as
the color red and shorests as blue-violet
blue violet and shorest as green
the color red and shortest as white
the color blue and shortest as yellow
18
The fact that people who are colorblind to red and green may still see yellow:
gate control theory
opponent process theory
frequency theory
place theory
19
Bottom up processing involves analysis that begins with the
feature detectors
cerebral cortex
sensory receptors
optic nerve
20
The sense of smell is called
transduction
sniffles
olfaction
gustation
21
Bipolar cells are located in the
lens
retina
blind spot
optic nerve
22
A cochlear implant converts sound into
electrical signals
fluid vibrations
neurotransmitters
decibels
23
An illusion of motion created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick motion
gestalt theory
phi phenomenon
pop up phenomenon
post phenomenon
24
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.
Unintentional blindness
Inattentional blindness
just being blind
Noneattential blindness
25
The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by the
lens
iris
retina
optic nerve
26
Brightness is to light as ____ is to sound
pitch
frequency
loudness
wavelength
27
The number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time
localization
frequency
amplitude
transduction
28
The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts
sensorineural sense
vestibular sense
cerebral sensation
kinesthesis
29
Low pitched sounds are to high pitched sounds as ___ colors are to ___ colors.
red..blue
purple..green
yellow..red
green..orange
30
The part of the brain that is involved in balance and body position
parietal lobe
occipital lobe
cerebrum
cerebellum
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Our experience of pain may be intensified when we perceive others experiencing pain. This is
top-down processing
accomodation
sensory adaptation
kinesthesis
32
Christina lost all awareness of her body's movements and position which is known as
moveable sense
vestibular sense
proprioception
pository sense
33
The coil, fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called the:
auditory canal
eustachian tube
cochlea
vestibular apparatus
34
What gestalt principle does this image illustrate?
similarity
closure
continuity
proximity
