Psych3

Which of the following explains transduction

the process by which sensory stimuli are converted into neural signals

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

size constancy

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

Which of the following supports the opponent-processing theory of color vision?

afterimages

a subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that

falls below the threshold for conscious detection

The reversible figure above illustrates the Gestalt organizing principle of

figure-ground

Which of the following describes the correct order of information processing in vision

Rods and cones, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, optic nerve

Which part of the brain receives messages from the hair-like receptors that are involved in the vestibular sense?

cerebellum

The psychological experience of pitch is related to a sound wave's what?

frequency

receptors for olfaction are located where?

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

in visual perception, size constancy occurs as an object comes closer to the viewer because the

perceived distance of the object becomes smaller

Using cell phones while driving increases the number of accidents because use of the phones requires

selective attention

When Rosa has a cold, she cannot taste the flavor of her pizza. Which of the following psychological terms describes Rosa's inability to tase?

sensory interaction

The table above is most likely to be used in a study investigating which of the following?

signal detection

Research has shown that a major reason for poor performance while multitasking us 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

While at a crowded gathering, Zach realized that his attentions being drawn away from his conversation every time a person nearby said the word "exactly". Zach's response is an example of

the cocktail party affect