AP PSYCH

When Rocco views the image above, he sees it as a 13 when it is part of a larger number but as a B when it is part of a word. Rocco's response shows the importance of what perceptual concept?

Context effects

Climbing an irregular set of stairs is more difficult for an individual who wears a patch over one eye primarily because..

some depth perception is lost

Which of the following is the best example of the opponent process theory?

Fred stares at a green book for a minute, and then when he looks at a white page, he sees the color red.

Which of the following is an example of shape constancy

Even though the angle from which she viewed the table had changed, Elise still perceived the table as rectangular.

to study the effects of smoking on sense of smell, a researcher would most likely conduct a

Longitudinal study on 100 smokers and a matched sample of 100 non-smokers to determine whether the smoker sense of smell declined more overtime done the nonsmokers did

Laura arrives at a park that is located very close to a factory that produces cookies. She immediately notices the strong odor of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects the smell of the cookies. This can best be explained by which of the following?

Sensory adaptation

which of the following explains transduction

The process by which sensory stimuli areconverted into neural signals

all summer thomas hears the sound of ghe ice-cream truck approachinh before his brother Oscar hears it. thomas most likely had a lower ________ for hearing than his brother

a lower absolute threshold for hearing than his brother

The tendency of most people to identify a three-sided figure as a triangle, even when one its side is incomplete, is the result of a perceptual process known as

closure

The coiled tube in the inner ear that contains the authority receptors is called the

cochlea

Using cell phones while driving increases the number of accidents because..

selective attention

Research has shown that a major reason for poor performance while multitasking is that while multitasking, people

switch their attention rapidly from task to task, so they miss critical information associated with a task that is not receiving their attention

which of the following refers to the photoreceptors responsible for color vision

cones

A reason that one typically does not notice a blond spot in the visual filed is that...

d) the brain fills in

After spending hours in her kitchen preparing dinner, Rebecca no longer notices the strong smell of garlic until her guests arrive and mention the smell. Her failure to notice the smell of garlic illustrates

sensory adaptation

Domingo has just Play to begin listening to a new song he bought. Based on the structure of the ear what will the sound waves contact first after moving through Domingos auditory canal ?

the eardrum.

While at a crowded gathering, Zach realized that his attention was being drawn away from his conversation every time a person nearby said the word "exactly." Zach's response is an example of

cocktail part effect

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 consesntacy

People who are color blind are most likely to have deficiency's in their?

cones

Term 1 / 6 Which of the following refers to the just-noticeable difference between two stimuli?

difference threshold

the reverse figure above illustrates the gestalt principle of?

figure-ground

Martin fell off his skateboard and badly bruised his elbow. He immediately began rubbing the area around the bruise until the pain subsided. This method of reducing pain can be explained by which of the following?

gate-control theory

The ability to see a cube in the diagram is best explained by

gestalt principles of closure and continuity

which of the dept cues is illustrated my the figure above

linear perception

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

A person with sight in only one eye lacks which of the following visual cues for seeing in depth?

retinal disparity

an individuals ability to focus on a particular conversation in a noisy crowded room is called

selective attention

Luz, a math major, sees the drawing below as a Venn diagram. Her brother, an art major, sees it as two circles. The difference in perception is an example of

top down processing

Tina is reading an important letter when she accidentally splashes water on the paper. The water has smudged a few words, but she is still able to understand what the letter says. This can be explained by

top-down prosseing

Scott lost his vision at a young age. When he was much older, he received a corneal transplant that allowed him to see again. After so many years of not being able to see, he had a very difficult time interpreting visual information such as faces and expressions. His visual problems most likely came from processing difficulties in the:_________

visual cortex

Which of the following scenarios is most likely to result in impairment of the kinesthetic sense?

damage to cerebellum