Psych. ch 3+6

sensory adaptation

After listening to your high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This best illustrates A) Weber's law. B) accommodation. C) sensory adaptation. D) subliminal stimulation.

phantom limb sensations

After losing his left hand in an accident, Jack continued to experience pain in his nonexistent hand. His experience illustrates A) bottom-up processing. B) sensory adaptation. C) phantom limb sensations. D) the vestibular sense.

decrease; increase amphetamines = stimulants

Amphetamines ________ appetite and ________ self-confidence. A) decrease; increase B) increase; decrease C) increase; increase D) decrease; decrease

sleep apnea

An air pump that keeps the sleeper's airway open and breathing regular is often prescribed for serious cases of what?

similarity

Because the two teams wore different-colored uniforms, Cheri perceived the 10 basketball players as two distinct groups. This best illustrates the principle of A) proximity. B) closure. C) similarity. D) relative luminance.

psychoactive

Chemical substances that alter perceptions and moods are called ________ drugs. A) neuroadaptive B) disinhibition C) psychoactive D) neurotransmitter

latent content

Greg remembered a recent dream in which his girlfriend suddenly grabbed the wheel of his speeding car. Greg's therapist suggested that the dream might be a representation of the girlfriend's efforts to avoid sexual intimacy. According to Freud, the therapist was attempting to reveal the ________ of Greg's dream.

stage 1

Hypnagogic sensations are most closely associated with ________ sleep. A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4

sensory input is organized and interpreted

Perception is the process by which A) stimulus energies are detected. B) stimulus energies are transformed into neural activity. C) sensory input is organized and interpreted. D) nerve cells respond to specific features of a stimulus.

sensation

The process of receiving and representing stimulus energies by the nervous system is called A) priming. B) adaptation. C) accommodation. D) sensation.

disinhibitor

The reckless aggressive behavior that may follow alcohol consumption best illustrates that alcohol may act as a(n) A) methamphetamine. B) disinhibitor. C) hallucinogen. D) stimulant.

perceiving distance

Retinal disparity is an important cue for A) perceiving color. B) shape constancy. C) perceiving distance. D) lightness constancy.

C) diminish immunity to disease.

Sleep deprivation has been shown to A) increase attentiveness to highly motivating tasks. B) reduce hypertension. C) diminish immunity to disease. D) decrease narcolepsy.

the perceived whole differs from the sum of its parts

The organizational rules identified by Gestalt psychologists illustrate that A) perception is the same as sensation. B) we learn to perceive the world through experience. C) the perceived whole differs from the sum of its parts. D) sensation has no effect on perception.

where the optic nerve leaves the eye

The blind spot is located in the area of the retina A) called the fovea. B) that contains rods but no cones. C) where the optic nerve leaves the eye. D) where bipolar cells connect with ganglion cells.

spinal cord

The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the A) brain. B) semicircular canals. C) olfactory bulb. D) spinal cord.

D) hypnotized people can endure pain without experiencing emotional distress.

The divided-consciousness theory of hypnosis receives support from evidence that A) hypnosis can block sensory input. B) hypnosis can affect voluntary but not involuntary behaviors. C) hypnotized people are simply playing the role of "good hypnotic subjects." D) hypnotized people can endure pain without experiencing emotional distress.

tolerance

The need to take larger and larger doses of a drug in order to experience its effects is an indication of A) withdrawal. B) dependence. C) tolerance. D) reuptake.

smell

Which of the following senses is best described as a chemical sense? A) kinesthesis B) touch C) the vestibular sense D) smell

circadian rhythm

With the approach of night, our body temperatures begin to drop. This best illustrates the dynamics of the A) hypnagogic state. B) circadian rhythm. C) alpha wave pattern. D) REM rebound.