Unit 3 Psych Test

Which letter on the diagram indicates an individual's lens?

C

Which of the following play the biggest role in our feeling dizzy and unbalanced after a thrilling roller coaster ride?

semicircular canals

Our past experiences may trigger a perceptual set that influences what we perceive. This is an example of

top-down processing.

The area of the brain that receives information from the nose is directly connected with the limbic system. This connection may explain why smells are often involved in which of the following?

vivid memories

If a person has astigmatism, what is wrong with their vision?

There is an irregular curvature of the cornea, making everything blurry (especially at night)

Bill's bag of quarters is twice as heavy as Jim's. If it takes 5 extra quarters to make Jim's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra quarters to make Bill's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates

Weber's Law.

According to the gate-control theory, a back massage would most likely reduce your physical aches and pains by causing

activation of nerve fibers in your spinal cord.

Rods are

more light-sensitive and less color-sensitive than are cones.

Which part of the ear is the pinna?

outer ear

Which of the following does not correctly pair the sense with where transduction occurs?

Hearing - Ossicles

While playing tennis you need to know where your limbs are located so you can move them into the right positions to run or swing your racket. Which of the following senses provides this information? Touch

Kinesthetic

After staring at a green, black, and orange "American flag" for about a minute, an individual will see a red, white, and blue flag afterimage. Which of the following explains this phenomenon?

Opponent-process theory

What is the most common form of color blindness?

Red-green

When you close your left eye, the image is very different from when you close your right eye. What depth cue is this?

Retinal Disparity

While lining up a kick for a field goal, the kicker was able to block out all of the extraneous stimuli around them. This best illustrates which concept? Correct answer:

Selective attention

On his first day of work at the bakery, Brad was nearly overwhelmed by the sweet odor of the baked goods. However, by lunchtime, he did not even notice the smell. This is an example of

Sensory adaptation

Which of the following accurately describes the tastes that the human tongue perceives?

Sour, bitter, sweet, umami, salty

The figure above illustrates the Gestalt principle of

figure-ground

If we see a speaker mouthing day while actually hearing someone else saying may, we may perceive a third syllable bay that blends both inputs. This phenomenon is known as

sensory interaction.

Which theory can best explain why people respond differently to the same stimuli?

signal detection theory

A sound that is 60 decibels is _________ times louder than one that is 20 decibels.

10000

Which of the following theories most accurately explains pitch perception?

2 and 3 only

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 than Oscar

Researchers found that 40 percent of people focused on repeating a list of challenging words failed to notice a change in the person speaking. This best illustrates

change blindness.

The perceptual tendency to group together stimuli that are near each other is called

proximity.

When viewed from the window of a moving train, nearby objects seem to pass more quickly than do more distant objects. This cue for depth perception is called

motion parallax.

Charlie thinks dogs are terrifying creatures because he was attacked by one when he was younger. Dennis, however, loves dogs and thinks they are friendly. Their opposing viewpoints is most easily explained by differing

perceptual sets.

Hearing a sequence of sounds of different pitches is to ________ as recognizing the sound sequence as a familiar melody is to ________.

sensation; perception

After a small section of his basilar membrane was damaged, Jason experienced a noticeable loss of hearing for high-pitched sounds only. Jason's deafness is best described as

sensorineural hearing loss

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

the phi phenomenon.