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AP Psychology Sensation and Perception Myers textbook
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This was debunked in the field of psychology due to no scientific evidence.
ultrapsychology
supernatural studies
parapsychology
psychophysics
2
Our rods and cones ________ electromagnetic energy into neural messages.
transduce
parallel process
accomodate
adapt
3
Which senses process chemical information?
Hearing and Taste
Sight and Smell
Touch and Hearing
Taste and Smell
4
When vibrating in response to sound, the ________ lining the cochlea make an electrical signal
semicircular canals
anvil
hammer
hair cells
5
Which is necessary for peripheral and twilight vision?
Retina
Rods
Optic Nerve
Cones
6
What is the idea that we "see what we want to see" based on context and expectations?
schema
perceptual set
bias
stereotypes
7
_____________: For difference to be perceptible, 2 stimuli must differ by a constant proportion
Extrasensory perception
Weber-Fechner's Law
Difference threshold
Theory of mind
8
According to relative height, distant objects are portrayed as being larger and lower.
True
False
9
What is the definition for Vestibular Sense?
Senses of one that may influence another.
Sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance.
Influence of body sensation, gesture, and cognitive preference/judgement
Sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.
10
Signal detection theory is most closely associated with
Vision
Sensory adaptation
Hearing
Absolute thresholds
11
The smaller the stimulus the larger the change required for people to notice a difference.
False
True
12
The primary auditory receptor cells in the cochlea are the:
rods and cones
tympanic membranes
hair cells
ossicles
13
Who came up with the idea of tabula rasa?
Wilhelm Wundt
Aristotle
G. Stanley Hall
John Locke
14
The lens in the eye does all of the following EXCEPT
contains receptor cells
focuses light on the retina
uses the process of acommodation
changes shape to focus on objects
15
Responsible for sending pain signals in our body
reflexes
nociceptors
motor neurons
Substance P
16
Which of the following are all part of the middle ear?
Cochlea, oval window, and basilar membrane
Hammer, stirrup, and anvil
Semicircular canals, anvil, and papillae
Vestibular sacs, cochlea, and hammer
17
Colorblindness is a sex-linked trait passed on from your mom.
False
True
18
Gustav Fechner
law of specific energies & perception is through the nervous system!
Just-noticable differences, Weber-Fechner Law
Visual psychophysicist! Unconscious inference (details filled in by mind)
19
What part of the eye controls the opening and closing of the pupil?
retina
cornea
lens
iris
20
A small amplitude signifies
reddish colors
dull colors
bright colors
bluish colors
21
What is gestalt psychology?
interest in how people naturally organize their perception through pattern
interest in how people unaturally organize their perception through pattern
22
Which allows for the ability to see objects in three dimensions and judge distance?
Spidey senses
Depth Perception
perceptual sets
The Visual Cliff
23
The JND in stimulation that you can detect 50% of the time is called
Weber's Law
aerial perspective
difference threshold
absolute threshold
24
___________: If one object partially blocks the view of another, we perceive it as closer.
Interposition
Relative Motion
Relative Size
Linear Perspective
25
Which sense has the most direct route to the brain?
vision
olfactory
gustation
haptic
26
Which of the following might result from a disruption of your vestibular sense?
Dizziness and a loss of balance
An inability to detect pain
Loss of color vision
Inability to detect the position of your arm without looking
27
What type of hearing loss can be resolved with a cochlear implant?
conductive
sensorineural (nerve)
conduction
mechanical
28
What is Binocular disparity?
difference in the images seen by the left and right eye
images in the dark and side of perceptive
two separate thoughts looking into the eye glass
images seen only from the left eye
29
Visual afterimages are a result of
brightness oversensitivity
opponent-processes
spatial summation
color intensity
30
the gate control theory attempts to explain
differing regions of the tongue are more sensitive
how the brain analyzes patterns through brightness
filtering access information to reduce stimulation
nervous system blocking/allowing pain signals to the brain
31
There are three types of cones and they correspond with which three colors?
blue; orange; yellow
red; yellow; green
red; blue; yellow
red; blue; green
32
Theory states that we hear different pitches due to vibrations in specific parts of the basilar membrane of the cochlea.
location theory
frequency theory
place theory
membrane theory
33
Which part of the ear are the vestibular sacs located?
outer ear
inner ear
middle ear
34
Which theory explains afterimages?
Transduction
opponent prcoesss
Trichromatic
Place theory
35
Clear and textured objects appear farther away in a picture.
True
False
36
Which unit measures the frequency of sound waves or cycles per second?
Centimeters
Hertz (Hz)
Millimeters
Decibels (dB)
37
Pitch is primarily determined and measured by which of the following aspects of a sound wave?
wavelength
number of auditions
frequency
amplitude
38
What is bottom-up processing?
Information processing guided by higher mental processes
The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength
Analysis that begins w/ sense receptors & requires no previous knowledge
The process of organizing and interpreting information
39
Ganglion cells forming the optic nerve run to the ___________, then to the visual cortex.
hypothlamus
limbic system
brain stem
thalamus
40
What is the theory that the retina contains green, red, and blue color receptors?
Opponent-process theory
Gate-control theory
Parallel processing
Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory
41
What is signal detection theory?
The Human brain detects false signals while looking for one.
Signals cause brain to falsely detect a stimulus.
A signal is detected but is not always processed.
How well we can detect signals in our environment amongst a lot of stimuli
42
Where in the ear does transduction takes place to send signals to the temporal lobe?
cochlea
olfactory bulb
pinna
auditory nerve
43
_____________ is when we group nearby figures together.
Continuity
Closure
Proximity
Connectedness
44
Which taste was added later?
Umami
Bitter
Salty
Sweet
45
Rods help us to detect color
True
False
46
Liz noticed that her lamp made buzzing noises. After a while, she no longer heard it because of
sensory adaptation
threshold detection
just noticeable difference
response bias
47
_________ is when we perceive smooth, flowing patterns rather than discontinuous ones.
Similarity
Closure
Connectedness
Continuity
48
The lens focuses its rays by changing the curvature in a process called
assimilation
accommodation
fovea
parallel proccessing
49
Sensory adaptation _____ our sensitivity, yet it offers freedom to focus on informative changes
reduces
increase
maintains
50
Which one of these ideas is Ernst Weber best known for?
Top-down Processing
Absolute Threshold
Subliminal Messages
Difference Threshold
51
Which eye part allows us to have visual acuity?
fovea
retina
cones
lens
52
What is backmasking?
Hiding a stimulus through interference.
Backwards stimulus.
A technique used for distorting a stimulus.
Supposed hidden messages recorded backwards in music.
53
Illusion of apparent movement cause by flashing lights is called
stroboscopic effect
phi phenomenon
convergence
perceptual illusion
54
Amplitude of electromagnetic waves determines the brightness of light
True
False
55
Prolonged exposure above ________ decibels produces hearing loss.
70
80-85
140
120
56
What is kinesthetic sense?
Part of the inner ear
Perception of the movements of our bodies and limbs
Sense located in the arm
A short wavelength
57
What are the functions of the Pons?
Language comprehension
Regulate relaxation, breathing, taste, and autonomic functions
Regulate motor behavior
Promotes desire
58
Another name for the eardrum is the basilar membrane.
True
False
59
What is used to test depth perception in babies?
visual tests
binocular cues
visual cliff
monocular cues
60
____________ is when we fill in gaps to create a complete, whole object.
Similarity
Proximity
Continuity
Closure
61
Parallel processing involves all of the following sub-dimensions EXCEPT
Brightness
Form
Motion
Color
62
Somesthetic senses are touch, pressure, temperature, and pain
False
True
63
The place on the retina where there are no receptors is called
ganglion cell
blind spot
optic nerve
fovea
64
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.....
psychophysics
Holistic psychology
Gestalt
parapsychology
