Psych

The coiled tube in the in here that contains the auditory receptors is called the

Cochlea

People who are color blind, most likely have deficiencies in their

Cones

All summer, Thomas hears the sound of the ice cream truck approaching before his brother Oscar hears it Thomas most likely has which of the following

A lower absolute threshold for hearing then Oscar

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

context effects

Which of the following supports the opponent process theory of color vision?

Afterimages

One year old Marcus turns away in disgust if a bitter substance is placed on his tongue. The reason for such a reaction is most likely

An inborn distaste for better that protects us from potential poisons in the environment

Which of the following scenarios most clearly describes the effect of a strong kinesthetic sense

Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body

Photo receptors, relay, visual information to the brain, through which of the following cells

Bipolar and ganglion

When struck by light energy cones and rods in the retina generate neural signals that then activate the

Bipolar cells

Which part of the brain receives messages from the hair like receptors that are involved in the vestibular sense

Cerebellum

Even though it was nearly dark outside, Kacey 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

A researchers studied 30 people ages 20 to 4030 people age is 41 to 60, and 30 people ages 61 to 80. The researcher set up two rooms one with a fake roses, smell, and one with a fake lemon smell. Each participant was asked to enter each room and identify the smell in the room. What research method did the research you use and what outcome would be found?

Cross-sectional. As people age, their sense of smell diminishes, especially in older age.

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

Damage to the cerebellum

Eleanor Gibson and her colleagues have used the visual cliff to measure in infants, ability to perceive

Depth

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

Hey, subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that

Falls below the threshold for conscious detection

The reversible figure above illustrates the Gestalt organizing principle of

Figure ground

The place in the retina where the optic nerve exits the brain is called the

Fovea

The perceived page of a tone is largely determined by its

Frequency

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

If Carmelita stares at a red spot for one minute and then shifts her gaze to a white piece of paper she is likely to experience an afterimage that is

Green

Damage to which of the following best explains conduction deafness?

Hammer, anvil, and stirrup

The pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light

Hue

Receptors for olfaction are located

In the nasal cavity

Receptors that are especially important for helping a person maintain balance are located in the

Inner ear

It can be assumed that an individual described as a super taster

Is very sensitive to hot peppers

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates a context effect?

Jeanette does better on her exam when she takes it in the same room when she studies

Ana injured her eye in an accident and hast to wear a patch over the eye while it heals. Which of the following cues would Chivas be able to use to make judgments about the distance objects are from her?

Linear perspective

A sound is often detected by one ear, more intensely, and a fraction of a second earlier than it is detected by the other ear. These cubes help individuals determine the.

Location of the source

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

Longitudinal study on 100 smokers and a match to sample of 100 and non-smokers to determine whether the smokers' sense of smell declined more overtime than non-smokers' did

After staring at a green black orange American flag for about a minute and individual see a red, white and blue flag afterimage which of the following explains this phenomenon

Opponent-process theory

In visual perception, size constancy occurs as an object comes closer to the viewer because the

Perceive distance of the object becomes smaller

After his friend said, a new movie was the funniest he had seen in years. Willard found himself laughing throughout the viewing, even though the movie was not very funny. What concept is Willard demonstrating?

Perceptual set

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

Retinal disparity

Which of the following is the binocular cue for depth perception

Retinal disparity

An individual's ability to focus on a particular conversation in a noisy and crowded room is called

Selective attention

Jason is attending a parade that features the local high school band. Jason's friend Brent plays the trombone in the band. It is difficult for Jason to hear Brent play at the parade. Which of the following would best allow Jason to hear Brent's trombone?

Selective attention

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

Selective attention

Balance is influenced by the

Semicircular canals

When Rosa has a cold, she cannot taste the flavor of her pizza, which of the following psychological terms, describes Rosa's in ability to taste

Sensory interaction

As you watch a friend walk away from you, your retinal image of your friend gets smaller. Despite this, you do not perceive him to be shrinking. This is an example of

Size constancy

The thalamus processes information for all of the following senses, except

Smell

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

Some depth perception is lost

Gustatory receptors are sensitive to all of the following taste qualities except

Spicy

Luis constructed a flipbook with 30 different still images of a cartoon cat. When Luis quickly flipped through successive images of the cat, the cat appeared to move. Which of the following concepts does the example of the street

Stroboscopic movement, because the book is a series of images presented at separate time intervals

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 saving their attention

Ernst Webers, and Gustav Fechner's psychophysical laws concerning the relation between which of the following

The intensity of a stimulus in its corresponding psychological sensation

When a pair of lights, flashing in quick succession seems to an observer to be one light green from place to place the effect is referred to as

The phi phenomenon

The general function of the bones in the middle ear is to

Transfer sound information from the tympanic membrane to the oval window

Feature detectors are neurons that are turn on or off by specific features of visual stimuli, like edges and movement. Where in the visual system are these feature detectors located?

occipital cortex