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AP PSYCH Unit 3 Test
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Our sense of taste originally was thought to involve only the following 4 sensations
sweet, salty, starch, & bitter
bitter, sweet, sour, & salty
fruity, fatty, silky, & coarse
salty, fatty, bitter, & sweet
2
Which of the following is the correct order of structures light passes through in the eye?
lens, cornea, pupil, retina, iris
retina, lens, cornea, rods, cones
cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina
pupil, optic nerve, retina, lens, rods
3
To those throwing a very heavy rather than a light object at a target likely to be perceived as
softer
larger
slower moving
farther away
4
The axons of ganglion cells converge to form the
bipolar cells
auditory nerve
optic nerve
basilar membrane
5
We tend to perceive more pain when others around us also feel pain, indicating pain perception is affected biological &
hormonal
genetic
social-cultural
humanistic
6
After listening to high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you'll fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This
accommodation
sensory adaptation
Weber's law
transduction
7
Experiment 1, most of the ppl who viewed a videotape of men tossing a basketball remained unaware of the umbrella woman
figure-ground
blind spot
inattentional blindness
visual cliff
8
A time lag between left & right auditory stimulation is important for accurately
determining frequency
detecting pitch
locating sounds
judging amplitude
9
Dilation & constriction of the pupil are controlled by the
iris
optic nerve
retina
cornea
10
Hearing a sequence of sounds of different pitches is to _________ as recognizing the sound sequence as a familiar melody
the just noticeable difference; accomodation
absolute threshold; difference threshold
sensation; perception
feature detection; sensory interaction
11
When given a placebo that is said to relieve pain, we are likely to be soothed by the brain's release of
endorphins
umami
synapses
nociceptors
12
Closing your eyes & thinking about your favorite foods while getting an injection illustrates...
blindsight
perceptual adaptation
distraction
subliminal stimulation
13
Trying to see a hidden image in abstract art by looking carefully at each element & trying to form an image is
top-down processing
selective attention
bottom-up processing
interposition
14
When you close your eyes & plug your nose, your unable to taste the diff between 2 foods. This best illustrates
accommodation
sensory interaction
subliminal stimulation
sensory adaption
15
Which of the following senses is best described as a chemical sense?
audition
touch
vision
smell
16
Cones & rods are to vision as _________ are to audition
eardrums
oval windows
cochleas
hair cells
17
The minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50% of the time is called the
absolute threshold
change threshold
difference threshold
subliminal threshold
18
Light-wave amplitude determines the
curvature & thickness of the lens
parallel processing of a sense
firing of rods in the retina
intensity of colors
19
Sensory adaptation refers to
diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus
the process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural impulses
the process of organizing & interpreting sensory information
increasing perception of a constant, annoying stimuli
20
The pitch of a sound is determined by what?
the loudness of the sound wave
the decibel level of the sound wave
the amplitude of the sound wave
the frequency of the sound wave
21
Parapsychology refers to the
direct transmission of thoughts from one mind to another
study of phenomena such as ESPN & psychokinesis
study of phenomena such as ESP & psychokinesis
study of phenomena such as ESP & psychotherapy
22
An exhausted forest ranger may notice the faintest scent of a forest fire, whereas much stronger than other odors
place theory
signal detection theory
frequency theory
the Young-Helmholtz theory
23
The constant quivering movements of our eyes enable us to
adjust the size of the pupil
perceive speed more accurately
see in low levels of light
minimize sensory adaptation
24
The ability to simultaneously process the pitch, loudness, melody, & meaning of a song best illustrates
parallel processing
subliminal perception
accommodation
sensory adaptation
25
The cochlea is a
specific area of the auditory cortex
set of three tiny bones that amplify the vibrations of the eardrum
fluid-filled tube that provides a sense of upright body position
fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses
26
Alexia tickles her sister by stroking adjacent _________ spots on her skin.
pressure
kinesthesis
warmth
pain
27
Perceiving the color, motion, & form of a bird in flight illustrates
opponent-process theory
serial processing
parallel processing
trichromatic theory
28
As a door opens, it cast an increasingly trapezoidal shape on our retinas; however, we still perceive it as rectangular
shape constancy
figure & ground
perceptual adaptation
retinal disparity
29
Sound wave vibrations are transmitted by three tiny bones located in the... HINT: HAS
middle ear
vestibular sacs
semicircular canals
cochlea
30
The process by which your ears convert the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of
transduction
parallel processing
accommodation
sensory adaptation
31
When most ppl stare at a red square & then shift their eyes to a white surface, the afterimage of the square is
green
red
blue
yellow
32
The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by the
retina
iris
optic nerve
lens
33
Our experiences, assumptions, & expectations may give us a perceptual set that influences what we perceive. This is
top-down processing
bottom-up processing
sensory adaptation
accommodation
34
What's the tendency to mentally fill in the last word of a phrase. HINT: Gestalt principles of organization
closure
connectedness
proximity
figure & ground
35
You typically fail to consciously perceive that your own nose is in your line of vision. This best illustrates
change blindness
fovea
selective attention
subliminal perception
36
Manuel smelt that a skunk had been there minutes before his parents did, meaning he has a lower _______ for skunk odor
subliminal threshold
absolute threshold
difference threshold
change threshold
37
The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the rods & cones, is the...
lens
iris
optic nerve
retina
38
Joe Wilson, 55, has been told by experts that a hearing aid would restore his lost sense hearing. This involves problems
w/in the inner ear
w/in the basilar membrane
w/in the auditory nerve
w/in the middle ear
39
Researchers believe that pleasing tastes attracted our ancestors to energy, or protein-rich food that helped survival
neuropsychologists
evolutionary psychologists
behavior geneticists
behaviorists