5th Psychology Test study
The taste of umami is a ________ taste.
meaty
Nociceptors initiate the sensation of
pain
Psychics are unable to make millions of dollars betting on horse races. This undermines their claims to possess the power of
precognition
The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of
proximity
The size of the difference threshold is greater for heavier objects than for lighter ones. This best illustrates
Weber's law
The opponent-process theory is most useful for explaining a characteristic of
afterimages
Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to affect one's
audition
A subliminal message is one that is presented
below one's absolute threshold for awareness.
Compared with the entire range of visible light waves, those that are highest in frequency are most likely to be experienced as
blue
Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the
cerebellum
Grass seen through sunglasses appears as green as it does without glasses. This best illustrates
color constancy
Receptor cells in the human eye that are the most sensitive to fine detail are called
cones
Farouk insists that by intense mental concentration he can actually influence the mechanically generated outcomes of casino slot machines. Farouk is claiming to possess the power of
psychokinesis
Which of the following types of cells are located in the brain's visual cortex?
feature detectors
The cochlea is a
fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses
The central focal point in the retina where cones are heavily concentrated is known as the
fovea
Dissociation has been used as an explanation for
hypnotic pain relief
Pedro recognized that his son was closer to him than his daughter because his son partially blocked his view of his daughter. Pedro's perception was most clearly influenced by a distance cue known as
interposition
The sensory experience of bending one's knees or raising one's arms exemplifies
kinesthesia
The Moon illusion refers to our tendency to perceive the Moon as unusually
large when it is near the horizon
Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth perception known as
linear perspective
The distance between our right and left eyes functions to provide us with a cue for depth perception known as
retinal disparity
Multiple ________ send combined messages to a bipolar cell, whereas a single ________ may link directly to a single bipolar cell.
rods; cone
Normal vision accompanied by prosopagnosia best illustrates the distinction between
sensation and perception
If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates
sensory adaptation
A drink's strawberry odor enhances our perception of its sweetness. This best illustrates
sensory interaction
A door casts an increasingly trapezoidal image on our retinas as it opens, yet we still perceive it as rectangular. This illustrates
shape constancy
A person with normal color vision sees ________ when both _________ cones are stimulated at the same time.
?
Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by
Gestalt psychologists
When holding a gun themselves, people become more likely to perceive another person as gun-toting rather than as simply holding a phone or wallet. This best illustrates that perceptions are influenced by
context effects
Immanuel Kant and John Locke would have been most likely to disagree about the extent to which perception is influenced by
cultural experience
Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of
difference thresholds
Holding a heavy rather than a light clipboard leads people to perceive job candidates as more important. This best illustrates
embodied cognition
Some stroke victims lose the capacity to perceive motion but retain the capacity to perceive shapes and colors. Others lose the capacity to perceive colors but retain the capacity to perceive movement and form. These peculiar visual disabilities best illustrate our normal capacity for
parallel processing
After some practice, Carol was able to read books while holding them upside down. This best illustrates
perceptual adaptation
The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing viewing angles illustrates
perceptual constancy
After hearing that Bryce had served a prison sentence, Janet began to perceive his friendly behavior as insincere and manipulative. This best illustrates the impact of
perceptual set
Interpreting new sensory information within the framework of a past memory illustrates
top-down processing
You are more likely to feel tickled by a good friend's touch than when the very same touch is initiated by someone you don't know. This best illustrates that our experience of touch is influenced by
top-down processing
The local fire department sounds the 12 o'clock whistle. The process by which your ears transform the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of
transduction