AP Psych Unit 3. Sensation and Perception

When Rocco views the image below, he sees it as a 13 when it is part of a larger number but as a B when it is part of a word. Rocco's response shows the importance of what perceptual concept?

Context effects

Which of the following refers to the photoreceptors responsible for color vision?

Cones

The coiled tube in the inner ear that contains the auditory receptors is called the

Cochlea

22. The perceived pitch of a tone is largely determined by its

Frequency

The place in the retina where the optic nerve exits to the brain is called the

Blind spot

Dizziness is most closely associated with which of the following senses?

Vestibular

30. The intensity at which a sound becomes audible for a given individual is known as the individual's

Absolute threshold

Even though it was nearly dark outside, Kaci could still tell that the basketball she was playing with was orange. Which of the following concepts is best illustrated by this example?

Color constancy

In the figure above, what letter corresponds to the light-sensitive surface of the eye that contains photoreceptors?

D

A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring the individual's

Difference theshold

In the figure above, what letter corresponds to the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain?

E

Domingo has just hit Play to begin listening to a new song he bought. Based on the structure of the ear, what will the sound waves contact first after moving through Domingo's auditory canal?

Eardrum

If Carmelita stares at a red spot for one minute and then shifts her gaze to a white piece of paper, she is likely to experience an afterimage that is

Green

25. Receptors that are especially important for helping a person maintain balance are located in the

Inner ear

The fovea has the greatest visual acuity in bright light primarily because the fovea is

Made up of only cones

After Sharon stares at a patch of saturated green color for a brief period of time, she looks at a white surface and sees a red patch of color. This perceptual phenomenon is best explained by

Opponent-process theory

When his friend said a new movie was the funniest he had ever seen, Willard found himself laughing throughout the viewing, even though the movie was not very funny. What concept is Willard demonstrating?

Perceptual set

A person with sight in only one eye lacks which of the following visual cues for seeing depth?

Retinal disparity

Laura arrives at a park that is located very close to a factory that produces cookies. She immediately notices the strong odor of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects the smell of the cookies. This can best be explained by which of the following?

Sensory adaptation

Climbing an irregular set of stairs is more difficult for an individual who wears an eye patch over one eye primarily because

Some depth perception is lost

Gustatory receptors are sensitive to all of the following taste qualities EXCEPT

Spicy

A reason that one typically does not notice a blind spot in the visual field is that

The brain fills in the missing information so there is no awareness that the visual field is incomplete

Which of the following explains transduction?

The process by which sensory stimuli are converted into neural signals

Julia is practicing her trumpet and produces a loud sound. Which of the following is the best explanation for the loudness of the sound?

The sound has a high-amplitude sound wave

People listening to rock music played backward often perceive an evil message if specifically told what to listen for. That phenomenon best illustrates

Top-down processing

The tendency of most people to identify a three- sided figure as a triangle, even when one of its sides is incomplete, is the result of a perceptual process known as

closure

Which of the following is an example of shape constancy?

even though the angle from which she viewed the table had changed, Elise still perceived the table as rectangular

Visual acuity is best in the

fovea

15. The most common form of color blindness is related to deficiencies in the

red-green system

As you watch a friend walk away from you, your retinal image of your friend gets smaller. Despite this, you do not perceive him to be shrinking. This is an example of

size constancy

When a pair of lights flashing in quick succession seems to an observer to be one light moving from place to place, the effect is referred to as

the phi phenomenon