Psychology Chapter 5

When researchers added a few drops of vinegar to a brand-name beer, the beer tasters disliked it only if they had been told they were drinking vinegar-laced beer. This best illustrated the impact of kinesthesia. interposition. perceptual set. the McGurk effect.

perceptual set

Which of the following represents the very first of three steps basic to all sensory systems? forming perceptual sets delivering neural information to the brain receiving sensory stimulation transforming stimulus energies into neural impulses

receiving sensory stimulation

The process of receiving and representing stimulus energies by the sensory receptors and the nervous system is called priming. synesthesia. psychokinesis. sensation.

sensation

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time is called retinal disparity. the absolute threshold. perceptual set. the just noticeable difference.

the just noticable difference

Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes is called prosopagnosia. sensory interaction. top-down processing. synesthesia.

top-down processing

The process by which our sensory systems transform stimulus energies into neural impulses is called priming. sensory adaptation. transduction sensory interaction.

transduction

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as the opponent-processing theory. Weber's law. feature detection. sensory interaction.

Weber's law

During a hearing test, many sounds were presented at such a low level of intensity that Mr. Antall could not detect them. These sounds were below Mr. Antall's perceptual set. absolute threshold. vestibular sense. difference threshold.

absolute threshold

The minimum stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time is called the critical period. just noticeable difference. perceptual set. absolute threshold

absolute threshold

Priming refers to the activation of certain blind spots. hair cells. nociceptors. associations.

associations

A softball may appear smaller to batters who are discouraged by their poor performance than to batters who are hitting well. This best illustrates that perceptions are influenced by Weber's law. emotion. sensory adaptation. the McGurk effect.

emotion

Three steps basic to all sensory systems include the ________ of information to the brain. proximity, closure, and continuity receiving, transforming, and delivering priming, grouping, and parallel processing feature detection, interposition, and sensory adaptation

receiving, transforming, and delivering

Sensory adaptation refers to the process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural impulses. reduced sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus. the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information. the ability to adjust to an artificially inverted visual field.

reduced sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.

Perception is the process by which stimulus energies are detected. stimulus energies are transformed into neural impulses. sensory input is organized and interpreted. nerve cells respond to specific features of a stimulus.

sensory input is organized and interpreted.

Bottom-up processing involves analysis that begins with the optic nerve. sensory receptors. cerebral cortex. feature detectors.

sensory receptors