ap psych practice questions unit 3

Question Which of the following is true regarding visual information processing?

Bipolar cells relay information to ganglion cells that form the optic nerve.

Question Which of the following is the correct path a neural impulse will follow through the different layers of the retina?

Bipolar cells, ganglion cells, rods and cones, optic nerve

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

selective attention

Even though it was nearly dark outside, Kaci could still tell that the basketball she was playing with was orange. Which of the following concepts is best illustrated in this example?

Color constancy

Which of the following phenomena can the opponent-process theory of color vision explain that the trichromatic theory cannot?

Negative afterimages

The intensity at which a sound becomes audible for a given individual is known as the individual's

absolute threshold

A developmental psychologist who is using a visual cliff is most likely studying which of the following?

depth perception

A subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that

falls below the threshold for conscious detection

Visual acuity is best in the

fovea

In the dark, an object is more clearly seen when viewed in peripheral vision than when viewed directly. This phenomenon occurs because the rods located in the retina are

more sensitive in the dark than cones and are not found in the fovea

The most common form of color blindness is related to deficiencies in the

red-green system