AP Psych U4 Test

When most people stare at a red square and then shift their eyes to a white surface, the afterimage of the square is:

green

The ability to simultaneously recognize the color, shape, size, and speed of an oncoming automobile best illustrates

parallel processing

Although he was wearing a pair of glasses that shifted the apparent location of objects 20 degrees to his right, Lars was still able to play tennis very effectively. This best illustrates the value of

perceptual adaptation

Which if the following is the correct order of structures light passes through in the eye?

Cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina

Who emphasized that the whole may exceed the sum of its parts?

Gestalt psychologists

Researches found that if they temporarily disrupted one region of the visual cortex with magnetic pulses, people were unable to recognize faces but could still recognize houses. This suggests the

Two separate brain regions process information about faces and objects

Margo insists that her dreams frequently enable her to perceive and predict future events. Margo is claiming to possess the power of

precognition

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

Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?

rods and cones

Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Schultz didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates

selective attention

As you look at an apple, its reflected light travels to the eye. The rods and cones absorb the light and help transmit the information to the brain. This process best illustrates

sensation

The quick succession of briefly flashed images in a motion picture produces

stroboscopic movement

According to the Young-Helmholtz theory

the retina contains three kinds of color receptors

Which of the following is true of psychics who have worked with police departments in an effort to solve difficult crimes

they have reported visions that are no more accurate than guesses

If we could stop our eyes from quivering as we stared at a stationary object, the object would probably

vanish from sight

Brightness is to intensity as hue is to

wavelength

The minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time is called the

absolute threshold

The retina is to the eye as the ________ is to the ear.

cochlea

As your teacher dims the lights to show a movie clip, you still perceive your friend's shirt as red. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

color constancy

The rupture of the eardrum can lead to

conduction hearing loss

Which receptor cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?

cones

Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, Jerry kept looking at his watch to see the time. As a result, he failed to see that a store employee was being robbed by a person just in front of him. Jerry most clearly suffered

inattentional blindness

If we see two of the same object but one of them appears to be dimmer, we will interpret the dimmer object as farther away. What is this monocular cue for depth called?

light and shadow

Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to result in

nerve deafness

Hearing a sequence of sounds of different pitches is to ________ as recognizing the sound sequence as a familiar melody is to ________.

sensation, perception

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

The McGurk effect best illustrates

sensory interaction

As a door opens, it casts an increasingly trapezoidal shape on our retinas; however, we still perceive it as rectangular. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

shape constancy

Which theory emphasizes that personal expectations and motivations influence the level of absolute thresholds?

signal detection theory