Psychology quiz 6
Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth perception known as
linear perspective.
Nociceptors initiate the sensation of
pain
Psychics are unable to make millions of dollars betting on horse races. This undermines their claims to possess the power of
precognition.
The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of
proximity
The opponent-process theory is most useful for explaining a characteristic of
afterimages
Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to affect one's
audition
A subliminal message is one that is presented
below one's absolute threshold for awareness
Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the
cerebellum
Grass seen through sunglasses appears equally as green as it does without glasses. This best illustrates
color constancy
Which of the following types of cells are located in the brain's visual cortex?
feature detectors
The cochlea is a
fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses.
The central focal point in the retina where cones are heavily concentrated is known as the
fovea.
the wave length of light determines its
hue
The sensory experience of bending one's knees or raising one's arms exemplifies
kinesthesis.
The Moon illusion refers to our tendency to perceive the Moon as unusually
large when it is near the horizon
The distance between our right and left eyes functions to provide us with a cue for depth perception known as
retinal disparity
Multiple ________ send combined messages to a bipolar cell, whereas a single ________ may link directly to a single bipolar cell.
rods;cone
If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates
sensory adaptation.
A drink's strawberry odor enhances our perception of its sweetness. This best illustrates
sensory interaction.
A door casts an increasingly trapezoidal image on our retinas as it opens, yet we still perceive it as rectangular. This illustrates
shape constancy.
Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by
Gestalt psychologists
Immanuel Kant and John Locke would have been most likely to disagree about the extent to which perception is influenced by
cultural experience
Holding a heavy rather than a light clipboard leads people to perceive job candidates as more important. This best illustrates
embodied cognition.
Some stroke victims lose the capacity to perceive motion but retain the capacity to perceive shapes and colors. Others lose the capacity to perceive colors but retain the capacity to perceive movement and form. These peculiar visual disabilities best illustrate our normal capacity for
parallel processing.
After some practice, Carol was able to read books while holding them upside down. This best illustrates
perceptual adaptation
The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing viewing angles illustrates
perceptual constancy
After hearing that Bryce had served a prison sentence, Janet began to perceive his friendly behavior as insincere and manipulative. This best illustrates the impact of
perceptual set
Interpreting new sensory information within the framework of a past memory illustrates
top-down processing.
The local fire department sounds the 12 o'clock whistle. The process by which your ears transform the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of
transduction
The size of the difference threshold is greater for heavier objects than for lighter ones. This best illustrates
webers law