AP Psychology: Unit 3

The smell of the sea vividly reminds me being sunburned as a kid because

What is the ring of muscle tissue that controls the size of the pupil called?

In the visual cortex, cells that respond to specific parts of a stimulus (lines, color, motion) are found are called

Damage in the mechanics of the outer or middle ear impairs conduction of sound waves to cochlea

The process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina is called ______________.

Provides information on the location of a sound along a horizontal axis by relying on how each ear hears a stimulus.

Amplitude is to loudness as _____ is to _____?

The MSG in the ramen noodles broth give it the taste sensation of...

Place theory argues that _____________ impacts what part of the basilar membrane reacts to a given sound wave?

Experiences, expectations, and prior knowledge provide contextual information for you to process any sensory inputs

Which sense goes directly to the cortex without passing through the thalamus?

You know where your arms are while playing basketball because of your

The sense of balance

What are the receptors in the eye that are used for low-light and peripheral vision?

Theory that the spinal cord, where pain signals are sent, has a neurological door that lets pain through or blocks it

Which part of the ear is made up of the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Light rays reflecting from objects converge before striking the retina, making it difficult to see things far away

___________ is when you experience one of your senses through another. Example, you hear the number 5 and see green.

To be able to tell the difference between degrees of stimulation, 2 stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage

You put on a bandaid, you’ll feel it for a few minutes, but soon forget it. This supports ____?

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.

Face blindness is also known as __________________.

According to this gestalt theory, the image below represents what principle?

What is the optic nerve?

Our tendency to view things only in a certain way that can be influenced by experiences, expectations, beliefs, emotions

Sensory Adaptation is ______.

Which of these is related to the vestibular sense?

The conversion of physical stimuli into electrochemical messages that the brain understands

trichromatic theory of color vision says, our cones are individually designed to see all but one specific color.

The abililty to percieve familiar objects as having the same color, even in changing light envirnonments.

Parts of the outer ear include

Which of the following is not one of the four distinct skin senses?

Organizing information by grouping nearby figures together is known as

The Opponent-Process theory states that the pairs of processes are _____

Retinal disparity is a ______ cue for depth perception

Type of psychologist interested in, how an organized whole is formed out of its components

Which of the following correctly traces the path of light as it goes through the eye?

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive a stimulus from our environment.

1 indicates what part of the wave form?

The point at which you can sense a stimulus at least 50% of the time.

messages that are presented below the threshold for conscious awareness—these are called ______________.

The processing of several aspects of our environment simultaneously such as, color, motion, form, depth

Your taste being influenced by your smell is an example of ____

What is the cluster of cones at the back of your eye?

Aspect of cognitive psychology that describes the influence of environmental factors on one's perception of a stimulus

A _________ is a mental representation that enables us to organize our knowledge into categories.

The transparent layer in front of the eye that bends light and serves as a protective layer is called the ___________

What is the correct order of auditory transduction?

These cells in your retina work well in ample light and the center of your visual field?

According to this gestalt theory, the image below represents what principle?