AP Psych unit 4
Ms. Shields, a recent stroke victim, cannot consciously perceive the large book on the coffee table in front of her. Yet, when urged to identify the book, she correctly reads aloud the printed title on the book cover. Her response best illustrates
blindsight
The basilar membrane is located in the
cochlea
Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry teacher several times a week, she didn't recognize the teacher when she saw her in the grocery store. This best illustrates the importance of
context effects
Clairvoyance refers to the
extrasensory perception of events that occur at places remote to the perceiver
Which of the following types of cells are located in the brain's occipital lobe?
feature detectors
A floating sea vessel is to the ocean water as ________ is to ________.
figure, ground
After watching a scary television movie, Julie perceived the noise of the wind rattling her front windows as the sound of a burglar breaking into her house. Her mistaken interpretation best illustrates the influence of
perceptual set
In 1972, a British newspaper published pictures of a "Loch Ness Monster." Many people readily perceived photographs of a floating tree trunk as the partially submerged monster. This illustrates the powerful influence of
perceptual set
Stereotypes are mental conceptions that can strongly influence the way we interpret the behaviors of individuals belonging to specific racial or ethnic groups. A stereotype is most similar to
perceptual set
When informed that a brief imperceptible message would be flashed repeatedly during a popular TV program, many viewers reported feeling strangely hungry or thirsty during the show. Since the imperceptible message had nothing to do with hunger or thirst, viewers' strange reactions best illustrate
placebo effect
In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a masking stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effects of
priming
Complete sensation in the absence of complete perception is best illustrated by
prosopagnosia
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 detection and encoding of stimulus energies by the nervous system is called
sensation
The process of receiving and representing stimulus energies by the nervous system is called
sensation
Hearing a sequence of sounds of different pitches is to ________ as recognizing the sound sequence as a familiar melody is to ________.
sensation; perception
The perception that Bugs Bunny is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates
strophic movement
Opponent-process cells have been located in the
thalamus
Which theory best explains the occurrence of afterimages?
opponent-process
The ability to simultaneously process the pitch, loudness, melody, and meaning of a song best illustrate
parallel processing
The tendency to hear the steady drip of a leaky sink faucet as if it were a repeating rhythm of two or more beats best illustrates
perceptual organization
Rods are
more light-sensitive and less color-sensitive than are cones.
People who demonstrate blindsight have most likely suffered damage to their
visual cortex
An integrated understanding of perception in terms of our sensory capacities, cultural contexts, and Gestalt principles is most clearly provided by
biopsychosocial approach
The direct link between a single cone and a single ________ preserves the fine details in the cone's message
bipolar cell
While a man provided directions to a construction worker, two experimenters rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door. The student's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates
change blindness
Research participants picked one of two photographed faces as more attractive. When researchers cleverly switched the photos, participants readily explained why they preferred the face they had actually rejected. Their behavior illustrated choice blindness
choice blindness
Which of the following is the correct order of structures light passes through in the eye?
cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina
Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.
detection; interpretation
The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by the
iris
The greatest difficulty facing contemporary parapsychology is the
lack of a reproducible ESP phenomenon
Compared with rods, cones are
less sensitive to dim light and more sensitive to fine detail
The principles of continuity and closure best illustrate the importance of
top-down processing
Researchers 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 that
two separate brain regions process information about faces and objects