Unit 4 AP Psych Quiz questions

Latisha noticed that in the early evening she begins to have difficulty seeing the vibrant colors in her artwork. Which of the following best explains her difficulty?

Her cones cannot detect color well in dim light.

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

afterimages

Our experiences, assumptions, and expectations may give us a perceptual set that influences what we perceive. This is an example of

top-down processing

My body's ability to take in molecules through my nose and its receptors and then convert those molecules into electrochemical signals falls under this term of Psychology.

cognition

The rupture of the eardrum can lead to

conduction hearing loss

The local fire department sounds the 12 o'clock whistle. The process by which your ears convert the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of

transduction

Interposition is a cue for depth perception in which closer objects

obstruct our view of distant objects.

example of sensory adaptation

when you jump into cold water at first you feel freezing, but after a few moments, the water does not feel as cold (sensory receptors are fatigued and do not detect the stimulus as strong as they first did)

When experiencing slight pain to his tum-tum, Connor has a tendency to be more irritable and respond more negatively and pessimistically, this can be explained by what psychological theory?

opponent process

The ability to simultaneously process the pitch, loudness, melody, and meaning of a song best illustrates

parallel processing

The process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called

perception

ESP refers to

perception that occurs apart from sensory input.

The perceptual tendency to group together stimuli that are near each other is called

proximity.

The adjustable opening in the center of the eye is the

pupil.

what are the three steps that are basic to all our sensory systems?

receive sensory stimulation often through receptor cells, transform that stimulation into neural processes, deliver the neural information to our brain

Trichromats can mix which three colors to perceive virtually any hue?

red blue green

3 colors our eyes are sensitive to

red, green, blue

A cochlear implant would be most helpful for those who suffer

sensorineural hearing loss

After listening to your high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This best illustrates

sensory adaptation

Feature detectors

are nerve cells in the brain's visual cortex that fire in response to specific edges, lines, and angles.

Hair cells line the surface of the

basilar membrane

Which of these has to do with Opponent-Process Theory

Your ability to make all of the colors by seeing Red, Green, & Blue

Standing atop a mountain on an utterly dark, clear night, most of us would see a candle flame atop another mountain 30 miles away. This best illustrates

absolute threshold

Which of the following is true about rods and cones?

Rods facilitate black-and-white vision and cones facilitate color vision.

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion (percentage) for their difference to be perceived is known as

Weber's Law

Some people are better than others at detecting slight variations in the tastes of various blends of coffee. This best illustrates the importance of

difference thresholds

Which of the following is the correct sequence of structures that sound waves pass through on the way to the auditory nerve?

eardrum, hammer, anvil, stirrup, cochlea

Clairvoyance refers to the

extrasensory perception of events that occur at places remote to the perceiver.

To those throwing a very heavy rather than a light object at a target, the target is likely to be perceived as

farther away

This part of the back of the retina contains many, many cone receptors and takes in the light that we want to focus the most on

fovea

Frequency theory best explains _______, while place theory best explains ________.

how we perceive low-pitched sounds; how we perceive high-pitched sounds

Movement of the hair cells along the basilar membrane

initiates transduction and the transmission of neural messages to the auditory cortex.

Amplitude determines what?

loudness

A perceptual set is a

mental predisposition that influences what we perceive

Sound wave vibrations are transmitted by three tiny bones located in the

middle ear

An exhausted forest ranger may notice the faintest scent of a forest fire, whereas much stronger but less important odors fail to catch her attention. This fact would be of greatest relevance to

signal detection theory

Psychologists are skeptical about ESP claims because

studies claiming to demonstrate such abilities fail at replication.

The pitch of a sound is determined by what?

the frequency of the sound wave

Frequency

the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time