Psychology Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception

Suppose you are watching a movie on a large screen. For a fraction of a second, the words "Drink Cola" flash on the screen. You do not perceive the words "Drink Cola" because it is beyond your absolute threshold. In this example, the message "Drink Cola" is an example of ________. Correct!

A subliminal message

Which of the following exemplifies gustation?

tasting freshly caught salmon

What is a binaural cue?

two-eared cue to localize sound

In addition to sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, what other taste groupings do we possess?

umami and fat content

Which field of psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?

Gestalt

Two lines appear to be a different length, though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the ________ illusion.

Müller-Lyer

Sariah enters a room with several chirping crickets in it. Upon first entering the room, Sariah can hear the chirping; however, as she begins to talk to her friends, she is no longer aware of the chirping even though it is still there. The fact that Sariah no longer perceives the chirping sound demonstrates sensory ________.

adaptation

________ disparity refers to the slightly different view of the world that each eye receives.

binocular

Which is responsible for color vision?

cones

Ravon was born deaf, so he is diagnosed with ________ deafness.

congenital

________ is another term for the malleus.

hammer

What is described by the concept of perception?

how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

What concept is illustrated by the following study? Participants were instructed to focus on either white or black objects, disregarding the other color. When a red cross passed across the screen, about one third of the subjects did not notice it.

inattentional blindness

Which of the following describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli?

just noticeable

Our vestibular sense contributes to our ability to ________.

maintain balance and body posture

Felicia smacks her thumb with a hammer while building a doghouse. The sense of ________ provides her brain with information about the pain she feels.

nociception

What allows Nancy to run without watching her feet and hit a baseball without focusing on the bat?

proprioception

Which of the following exemplifies olfaction?

smelling cookies in the oven

The minimum amount of stimulation energy needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time is referred to as:

Absolute threshold

____ allows us to focus our attention on one aspect of our environment, while screening out all other stimuli.

Selective attention