ap psych unit 3
when rosa has a cold, she cannot taste the flavor of her pizza. which of the following psychological terms describe Rosa's inability to taste?
sensory interaction
which of the following scenarios best demonstrates a context effect
Jeannette does better on her exam when she takes it in the sam room where she studies.
ernst weber's and gustav fechner's psychophysical laws concern the relation between which of the following?
The intensity of a stimulus and its corresponding psychological sensation.
The intensity at which a sound becomes audible for a given individual is known as the individual's
absolute threshold
which of the following scenarios most clearly describes the effects of a strong kinesthetic sense
being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body
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 in this example?
interposition
which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye
it occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
in visual perception, size constancy occurs as an object comes closer to the viewer because the
perceived distance of the object becomes smaller
in vision, transduction occurs within the
retina
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
The thalamus processes information for all of the following senses EXCEPT
smell
climbing an irregular set of stairs is more difficult for an individual who wears a patch over one eye primarily because
some depth perception is lost
Gustatory receptors are sensitive to all of the following taste qualities EXCEPT
spicy
research has shown that a major reason for poor performance while multitasking is that while multitasking, people
switch their attention rapidly from task to task, so they miss critical information associated with a task that is not receiving their attention
a reason that one typically does not notice a blind spot in the visual field is that
the brain fills in missing information so there is no awareness that the visual field is incomplete
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?
the eardrum
which of the following refers to the transformation of stimulus energy into neural impulses?
transduction
The general function of the bones in the middle ear is to
transfer sound information from the tympanic membrane to the oval window
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.
Latisha noticed that in the early evening she begins to have difficulty seeing the vibrant colors in her artwork. Which of the following best explains her difficulty?
Her cones cannot detect color well in dim light.
Hyrum is at a concert when a flute player hits a very high note at the end of a song. Which of the following best explains why the pitch of the note sounds so high?
It has a short wavelength and high frequency.
Which of the following is the correct path a neural impulse will follow through the different layers of the retina?
Rods and cones, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, optic nerve
drugs that block the reabsorption of serotonin neurotransmitters in the synapse during neural transmission are
SSRIs
the change in curvature of the lens that enables the eye to focus on objects at various distances is called
accommodation
When struck by light energy, cones and rods in the retina generate neural signals that then activate the
bipolar cells
how the human eye detects the color red?
it relies on only cones
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
the gestalt principle that refers to an individuals tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as a whole is called
closure
The coiled tube in the inner ear that contains the auditory receptors is called the
cochlea
which of the following refers to the photoreceptors responsible for color vision
cones
Eleanor Gibson and her colleagues have used the visual cliff to measure an infant's ability to perceive
depth
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 threshold
Ana injured her eye in an accident and has to wear a patch over the eye while it heals. Which of the following cues would she best be able to use to make judgments about the distance objects are from her?
linear perspective
The reversible figure above illustrates the Gestalt organizing principle of
figure-ground
Which of the following is the best example of the opponent process theory?
fred stares at a green book for a minute, and then when he looks at a white page, he sees the color red.
damage to which of the following best explains conduction deafness?
hammer, anvil, and stirrup
the pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light
hue
Receptors for olfaction are located
in the nasal cavity
A sound is often detected by one ear more intensely and a fraction of a second earlier than it is detected by the other ear. These cues help individuals determine the
location of the source
The fovea has the greatest visual acuity in bright light because the fovea is
made up of only cones
David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel's research on responses of the brain to visual stimuli showed that
many cortical cells respond most strongly to specific visual information
which of the following in a binocular cue for depth perception
retinal disparity
An individual's ability to focus on a particular conversation in a noisy and crowded room is called
selective attention
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 adaption
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
Luz, a math major, sees the drawing above as a Venn diagram. Her brother, an art major, sees it as two circles. The difference in perception is an example of
top-down processing