AP Psych unit 4

Ms. Shields, a recent stroke victim, cannot consciously perceive the large book on the coffee table in front of her. Yet, when urged to identify the book, she correctly reads aloud the printed title on the book cover. Her response best illustrates

blindsight

The basilar membrane is located in the

cochlea

Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry teacher several times a week, she didn't recognize the teacher when she saw her in the grocery store. This best illustrates the importance of

context effects

Clairvoyance refers to the

extrasensory perception of events that occur at places remote to the perceiver

Which of the following types of cells are located in the brain's occipital lobe?

feature detectors

A floating sea vessel is to the ocean water as ________ is to ________.

figure, ground

After watching a scary television movie, Julie perceived the noise of the wind rattling her front windows as the sound of a burglar breaking into her house. Her mistaken interpretation best illustrates the influence of

perceptual set

In 1972, a British newspaper published pictures of a "Loch Ness Monster." Many people readily perceived photographs of a floating tree trunk as the partially submerged monster. This illustrates the powerful influence of

perceptual set

Stereotypes are mental conceptions that can strongly influence the way we interpret the behaviors of individuals belonging to specific racial or ethnic groups. A stereotype is most similar to

perceptual set

When informed that a brief imperceptible message would be flashed repeatedly during a popular TV program, many viewers reported feeling strangely hungry or thirsty during the show. Since the imperceptible message had nothing to do with hunger or thirst, viewers' strange reactions best illustrate

placebo effect

In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a masking stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effects of

priming

Complete sensation in the absence of complete perception is best illustrated by

prosopagnosia

As you look at an apple, its reflected light travels to the eye. The rods and cones absorb the light and help transmit the information to the brain. This process best illustrates

sensation

The detection and encoding of stimulus energies by the nervous system is called

sensation

The process of receiving and representing stimulus energies by the nervous system is called

sensation

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

sensation; perception

The perception that Bugs Bunny is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates

strophic movement

Opponent-process cells have been located in the

thalamus

Which theory best explains the occurrence of afterimages?

opponent-process

The ability to simultaneously process the pitch, loudness, melody, and meaning of a song best illustrate

parallel processing

The tendency to hear the steady drip of a leaky sink faucet as if it were a repeating rhythm of two or more beats best illustrates

perceptual organization

Rods are

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

People who demonstrate blindsight have most likely suffered damage to their

visual cortex

An integrated understanding of perception in terms of our sensory capacities, cultural contexts, and Gestalt principles is most clearly provided by

biopsychosocial approach

The direct link between a single cone and a single ________ preserves the fine details in the cone's message

bipolar cell

While a man provided directions to a construction worker, two experimenters rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door. The student's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates

change blindness

Research participants picked one of two photographed faces as more attractive. When researchers cleverly switched the photos, participants readily explained why they preferred the face they had actually rejected. Their behavior illustrated choice blindness

choice blindness

Which of the following is the correct order of structures light passes through in the eye?

cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

detection; interpretation

The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by the

iris

The greatest difficulty facing contemporary parapsychology is the

lack of a reproducible ESP phenomenon

Compared with rods, cones are

less sensitive to dim light and more sensitive to fine detail

The principles of continuity and closure best illustrate the importance of

top-down processing

Researchers found that if they temporarily disrupted one region of the visual cortex with magnetic pulses, people were unable to recognize faces but could still recognize houses. This suggests that

two separate brain regions process information about faces and objects