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AP PSY - Unit 3 (Sensation & Perception)
AP PSY - Unit 3 (Sensation & Perception)
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Perceptual phenomenon that shows an interaction between hearing & vision in speech perception.:
Olfactory Effect
Accomodation
JND
McGurk Effect
2
What is the name of the NBA team in Sacramento, California?
The Supersonics
The Thunder
The Kings
The Celtics
3
When we automatically tend to separate the elements of a scene into an object & its background:
Ground-Figure Relationship
Size Constancy
Figure-Ground Relationship
Law of Closure
4
Different pitches cause larger vibrations at different locations along the basilar membrane
Cochlear Implant Theory
Frequency Theory
Ponzo Illusion
Place Theory
5
Two current NBA players went to Chaminade High School in St. Louis. One is Bradley Beal, the other is:
Luka Dončić
Devin Booker
Jayson Tatum
Trae Young
6
When physical energy, such as light, is converted into a neural signal the brain can understand
Transduction
Gate-Control Theory
Accomodation
Pain
7
Which of the following IS located within the Middle Ear?
Oval Window
Pinna
Tympanic Membrane (Ear Drum)
Ossicles (Bones)
8
7-time all-star and 3-time NBA Champion, Steph Curry, attended this University:
Mizzou
Davidson
Kansas
Murray State
9
Which of the following is NOT one of the five tastes?
Sweet
Bitter
Umami
Spicy
10
Which of the following can be explained by the opponent-process theory of color vision?
Hallucinations
Color Blindness
Afterimages
Blind Spot
11
What cue shows parallel rails of a train track appear to come together & meet in the distance?
Relative Clarity
Convergence
Relative Size
Linear Perspective
12
Clear membrane that covers the outside of the eye and helps gather and direct incoming light:
Iris
Fovea
Lens
Cornea
13
Who is the EHS girls head basketball coach?
Coach Herbert
Coach Daffron
Coach Baremore
Coach Menchella
14
Expectations & predispositions that tend to influence perceptual interpretations are:
Mental Set
Perceptual Set
Perceptual Constancy
Bottom Up Processing
15
What is NOT found within the Inner Ear?
Hair Cells
Ear Drum/Tympanic Membrane
Basilar Membrane
Cochlea
16
Changes in your body position are sensed by specialized receptors in your muscles and joints:
Olfactory Cilia
Substance P
Vestibular Canals
Proprioceptors
17
Damage to the hair cells (within the Cochlea) will cause:
Conduction Deafness
Nerve Deafness
Loss of Balance
Male Pattern Baldness
18
What university did Michael Jordan attend?
Wake Forest
Duke
University of Illinois
North Carolina
19
What was the name of the band that was sued because of supposed subliminals in their music?
Wu Tang Clan
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
20
The process of the lens changing shape to focus light on the retina is called:
Assimilation
Accomodation
Transduction
Persistence of Vision
21
What is the name of this illusion?
Sensory Adaptation Room
Muller-Lyer Room
Figure/Ground Room
Ames Room
22
What NBA all-star's nickname is "The Beard?"
James Harden
Kevin Durant
Kyrie Irving
Klay Thompson
23
This thickens or thins in order to focus incoming light onto the retina:
Iris
Pupil
Cornea
Lens
24
What is the job of the middle ear?
Locate sounds
Amplify sounds
Transduce sounds
Collect sounds
25
Who is the EHS boys basketball coach?
Coach Kirby
Coach Herbert
Coach Wunderlich
Coach Lamason
26
This is the view of someone who has:
an astigmatism
farsighted vision
nearsighted vision
a vaping addiction
27
The smallest possible stimulus that can be detected:
JND
Absolute Threshold
Difference Threshold
Weber's Law
28
What team won the most recent NBA Championship (2022)?
Los Angeles Lakers
Denver Nuggets
Milwaukee Bucks
Golden State Warriors
29
Which of the following phenomena can be explained by the trichromatic theory of color vision?
Blind Spot
Overactive Bladder
Color Blindness
Afterimages
30
The 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies, moved to this US City:
Oklahoma City, OK
Memphis, TN
Brooklyn, NY
San Antonio, TX
31
The tendency to group objects that are close to one another as a single unit is called:
Law and Order
Law of Closure
Law of Proximity
Law of Continuity
32
Sensory receptor cells for COLOR vision:
Ganglion Cells
Rods
Bipolar Cells
Cones
33
How many consecutive NBA Championships did the Lakers win with Shaq & Kobe (early 2000s)?
3
They went to the finals 4 times in a row, but never won a championship.
4
2
34
The flow of sensory data from the sensory receptors to the brain is called:
Binocular Cues
Monocular Cues
Top-Down Processing
Bottom-Up Processing
35
The central section of the retina:
Ganglion Cells
Optic Nerve
Blind Spot
Fovea
36
What are CHEMICAL MESSENGERS that are picked up through the sense of smell?
Optic Chiasm
Pheromones
Bipolar Cells
Semicircular Canals
37
When we draw on our knowledge, experiences, & expectations to arrive at meaningful perception:
Monocular Cues
Binocular Cues
Bottom-Up Processing
Top-Down Processing
38
What is the name of this apparatus which tests for depth perception?
Minecraft Builders & Biomes
Drop Cliff
Visual Cliff
Waterboarding
39
Which team has Lebron James NOT played for?
Cleveland Cavs
Chicago Bulls
Miami Heat
Los Angeles Lakers
40
Receptor cells for taste?
Olfactory Bulb
Gustation Cells
Taste Buds
Olfactory Cilia
41
Light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye & contains sensory receptors for light:
Blind Spot
Fovea
Retina
Ganglion Cells
42
After rods/cones transduce light, it next goes to...
Ganglion --> Bipolar --> Optic Nerve
Bipolar --> Ganglion --> Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve --> Bipolar --> Occipital Lobe
Blind Spot --> Fovea --> Bipolar Nerve
43
2 stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage to be perceived as different (light 8%)
Semicircular Canals
Stimulus Threshold
Absolute Threshold
Weber's Law
44
You are able to maintain your equilibrium and balance because of the:
Kinesthetic Sense
Gustatory Sense
Vestibular Sense
Olfactory Sense
45
The ability to fill in missing or blocked information, is an example of what Gestalt rule?
Law of Similarity
Law of Connectedness
Law of Closure
Law of Proximity
46
The muscle that controls the amount of light entering the pupil is the:
Iris
Lens
Fovea
Biceps
47
What do smell & taste receptors respond to?
Chemicals
Electricity
Light
Sound
48
What sense is NOT processed by the Thalamus?
Touch
Hearing
Vision
Smell
49
Effect wherein a person perceives a rapid series of images as one continuous moving image.
Relative Motion
Phi Phenomenon
Stroboscopic Motion
Retinal Disparity
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What COLOR is NOT taken in by your cones according to the Trichromatic theory of color vision?
Blue
Green
Yellow
Red