AP Ch 4 Review

Our kinesthetic sense allows us to:

This assumes that detecting a stimulus depends on intensity and various psychological factors.

Taste is primarily processed in the __________ lobe.

The ______________ cells form the optic nerve.

The colored muscle that controls the pupil is called the:

Structural or mechanical damage to the ear may cause:

The frequency of a lightwave determines:

Transforming outside energy into a neural impulse is called:

Which sense SKIPS the thalamus?

Afterimages are best explained by the ___________ theory.

The minimum level of sound that a person can hear 50% of the time is called their

Only listening to one person at the lunch table demonstrates:

Nerve cells in the visual cortex that respond to shapes and angles.

In which part of the ear does transduction occur?

When surrounding objects influence your perception of something, this is called:

A monocular cue in which parallel lines converge to show distance.

Loudness of sound is determined by the ______ of a soundwave.

"Feature analysis" is another name for this type of processing.

The following is a picture of the:

The process of receiving outside stimuli is called:

Our ability to see the grass as being green regardless of the lighting is called:

Which of the following is a chemical sense?

Katie can tell that her brother put a book in her backpack. This demonstrates:

When our two eyes move together to see an object get closer we are using:

Which of the following is the best example of sensory habituation?

If Jody wears her glasses to see distance, she is most likely:

The semicircular canals in the ear are related to our:

Which of the following is not one of the main taste sensations?

Smell is processed in the:

The process of organizing and interpreting incoming energy and signals is called:

The process where the lens changes shape in order to focus on an object is called:

Organization of a visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings is known as:

Weber's law computes our:

Advertisers may try to use stimuli that are beneath our absolute threshold.  This is called:

Which of the following cells are most important in seeing color and sharp detail?

Which type of processing is quicker?

Human factors psychology explores how people:

When we form "wholes" out of various parts, we use:

Our two eyes detect depth by the difference of how an image is projected onto the retinas.

Parallel processing occurs when our brains ________ process various aspects of a picture.

Soundwave collect in the pinna, go down the ear canal and then vibrate the:

In which of the following processes can you recapture a stimulus with conscious effort?

The part of the eye that focuses on incoming light rays is called the:

When motion is perceived because of a series of still pictures shown at a fast rate.

The theory that color is perceived by three distinct cones in the retina is called:

The number of organ of corti that are activated will determine the ____ of a sound.

Giving more detail to objects in a picture that you want to appear closer is called:

The gate-control theory hypothesizes that _______ signals can be blocked from the brain.

The theory that pitch is determined by the location of the cochlea that is stimulated is called

A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.