AP Psychology Unit 4 Need-to-Know
Vestibular Sense
The sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance
Olfaction
The sense of smell
ESP (Extrasensory Perception)
The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepathy
Retinal disparity
A 3-D movie enhances our sense of depth perception b stimulating the effects of ______________
Wavelength
Brightness is to intensity as hue is to __________
Objects are perceived to be the same color even if the light they reflect changes
Color constancy refers to the fact that ____________
Umami
Flavor of protein
Weber's Law
Giulio's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Jim's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Jim's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Giulo's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates __________
Basilar Membrane
Located in the cochlea
Bipolar Cells
Located in the retina
Gate-Control Theory
Located in the spine; controls pain
Perceptual set
Maria thought a cloud in the sky looked like a duck while her little brother thought it looked more like a dinosaur. Which concept best explains their different interpretations of the same ambiguous stimuli?
Stroboscopic Movement
Motion produced by a rapid succession of slightly varying images ("flip book")
Many apparent demonstrations of ESP have been shown to be staged illusions
Psychologists are skeptical about the existence of ESP because ___________
Chemical
Taste and smell are both what kind of senses?
The misperception of distance
The Ames illusion involving two girls who are perceived as very different in size can best be explained in terms of
Blind Spot
The area of the retina where the optic nerve leaves the eye
Context effects
The horizon Moon appears to shrink in size if it is viewed through a narrow tube that eliminates the perception of distance cues. This best illustrates the importance of _______________
sensation
The process of receiving and representing stimulus energies through the nervous system is called ___________
Rods are more light-sensitive than cones
Under very dim levels of illumination, ______________
Retreating
We compute motion based on the assumption that shrinking objects are ______________
Absolute thresholds
Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of _________
Sensation
What is the detection and encoding of stimulus energies by the nervous system called?