Psych Exam 2
afterimage
what term describes the continuation of a visual sensation after removal of the stimulus?
red
A relative sensitive response to long wavelength cones helps us to see which color?
increase the amplitudes
As you are talking to a friend on your phone, you might find that you can't hear them because they are speaking very softly. If you as them to "speak up" from a physical perspective you are asking them to _________ of the sounds waves they are producing.
figure-ground
If you watch a flock of birds flying overhead each very close to the next one, you may perceive them as all being part of the same group. If they were all spaced very much apart however, you may see them as individual birds. This distinction takes advantage of which Gestalt principle?
red
If you were to stare at a green dot for a relatively long period of time and then shift your gaze to a white wall, you would see a __________ negative afterimage.
lens; forvea
In a person whose eyes work in the usual fashion the _________ will focus images perfectly on a small indentation in the back of the eye known as the _____________
similarity
Nikki was walking around a department store shopping one day and did not realize the shirt she was wearing looked just like the shorts worn by employees. A stranger asks "do you work here?" The other customer's assumption that Nikki was a store employee demonstrates the Gestalt principle of ______________.
inattention blindless
Participants were instructed to focus on either white or black objects disregarding the other color. When a red cross passed across the screen about one third of the the subjects did not notice it. This research protocol demonstrates which concept?
Carcadian Rhythm
biological rhythm that occurs over approximately 24 hours.
psychological dependence
emotional need for the drug
physiological dependence
involves changes in normal bodily functions and withdrawal upon cessation of use
sensory adaption
not perceiving stimuli that remain relatively constant over prolonged periods of time
signal detection theory
our ability to differentiate stimuli from background noise
cones
petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment?
Muller-Lyer
two lines appear to be a different length though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the _______ illusion.
optic
which nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain?
Gastalt
which school of thinking in psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship law of continuity and principle of closure?
transduction
your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of _______.
binaural
Cues that require two ears are referred to as ________ cues.
temporal
Some neurons can only generate action potentials up to a certain speed and no faster. The fact is a limitation of the _________ theory of pitch perception.
temporal
The auditory cortex in which sound stimuli are processed for perception is located in the __________ lobe.
rods
Wesley is in a movie theater with no windows-the only light is low illuminating the emergency lights on the floor. Which photoreceptors will be most useful to Wesley as he attempts to leave the theater?
Different amplitudes of the basilar membrane are sensitive to the sounds of different waves.
What does the place theory of pitch perception suggest?
binocular
______ depth cues require the use of both eyes.
higher; louder
_______ amplitudes are associated with _______ sounds.
perception; sensation
________ refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced. _________ refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory neuron.