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Unit 3 AP Psychology: Sensation and Perception
Unit 3 AP Psychology: Sensation and Perception
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You expected your operation to go well, so you have very little pain after. What explains this?
sensory adaptation
top-down processing
bottom-up processing
transduction
2
Which of the following is the best way to characterize perception?
accommodation
interpretation
encoding
transduction
3
Which theory explains afterimages?
Young-Helmholtz theory
opponent-process theory
place theory
gate-control theory
4
The retina is to the eye as the _________ is to the ear
cochlea
eardrum
auditory nerve
auditory canal
5
What allows you to know if your body is horizontal or vertical?
vestibular sense
accommodation
kinesthetic sense
olfactory sensors
6
The lens of your eye changing shape in order to focus an image on the retina is known as
transduction
impulse
accommodation
threshold
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What is kinesthesis?
quivering eye movements
diminished sensitivity to unchanging stimulus
sensing the position and movement of muscles
process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
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What neurotransmitter is related to the opening of the pain "gate" in gate control theory
acetylcholine
substance P
endorphins
dopamine
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the term that refers to the level of stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time
adaptation threshold
absolute threshold
difference threshold
change threshold
10
What condition is responsible for someone seeing the color blue when they read the number 2
color blindness
sensory adaptation
synthesthesia
prosopagnosia
11
Which theory could explain a loss of hearing for high pitched sounds only?
gate-control theory
place theory
opponent-process theory
frequency theory
12
What best explains you not being able to feel the clothes your are wearing anymore?
Weber's Law
habituation
accommodation
sensory adaptation
13
Which Gestalt Principle would lead you to conclude two people walking arm in arm are a couple?
figure-ground
continuity
simplicity
proximity
14
what explains a tired person not noticing the loud siren of an ambulance?
signal detection theory
place theory
opponent process theory
frequency theory
15
What is the non psychophysics word that corresponds to the amplitude of electromagnetic waves?
color
wavelength
brightness
hue
16
What impairment can be treated by a cochlear implant?
conductive deafness
damage to associative areas
nerve deafness
middle ear damage
17
Which of the following is related to savoriness and texture of meat?
umami
salty
sour
spicy
18
Which cells of the retina are most responsible for receiving stimuli?
rods and cones
bipolar cells
feature detectors
ganglion cells
19
If you understand Weber's law then you would understand...
parallel processing
absolute thresholds
sensory adaptation
difference thresholds
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How do endorphins do their job?
over-stimulate the brain
over-stimulate the pleasure center of the brain
switch off pain centers deep in the brain
block pain signals in the spinal cord
