PSY- Learning Curves + such

violet is to red as _____ is to ______

400 nanometers to 700 nanometers

_____ is an altered state of consciousness reported by people after they have a close brush with death (such as after cardiac arrest); it is often similar to drug-induced hallucinations.

A near-death experience

Jesse was in a serious car accident and is having a hard time recongizing familar faces. She MOST likely suffered from damage to her _____ lobe, just behind her right side

Temporal

Antonio failed to notice when his girlfriend Rosa got her hair cut because he wasn't paying attention to her hair. Not noticing that Rosa had cut her hair is an example of:

change blindness.

Of the thousands of studies conducted to date on claims of ESP, what is the general consensus regarding its existence?

There is no evidence to support such claims.

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage, rather than a constant amount, in order to be perceived as different is called:

Weber's law.

Two TSA officers are scanning bags at the airport. One of the officers lets a bag go through when the other officer yells, "Wait, didn't you see that?" Why one officer saw a weapon and the other did not is BEST explained by:

the signal detection theory.

At his last visit to the optometrist, Lou had failed to distinguish colored numbers within the designs shown to him. Lou is most likely:

colorblind.

Every night, Sasha has a late dinner and then a strong cup of coffee before working out at the gym. On her way home, she likes to stop for a double-chocolate frozen yogurt. Finally, at home, she watches the late news and drinks two glasses of red wine because she has heard that red wine is good for you. Based on this routine, sleep experts might predict that Sasha would be likely to:

complain of insomnia.

Relative size, interposition, relative motion, and relative height are examples of ______cues to depth perspective

monocular

You read about an accident at a railroad crossing and wonder about the cause. Perhaps the car's driver overestimated the distance of the train because the parallel tracks stimulated the _____depth cue of linear perspective

monocular

Eleanor suffered severe stroke damage near the rear of both sides of her brain. Based on the case study of "Mrs. M." described in the textbook, the stroke is MOST likely to impair Eleanor's ability to perceive:

motion

Emotions produce opposing emotions, which tend to linger after the original emotion disappears. With that in mind, which of the following patterns can explain both tolerance and withdrawal symptoms?

More of the drug is needed for the desired effect, which causes a worsening of aftereffects in the absence of the drug.

It is at the end of this stage of sleep that children may wet the bed or begin walking in their sleep.

NREM-3

Gretta is 85 years old and having trouble with her hearing. She worked in a factory for many years during a time when there were no regulations against too-high noise levels. The most likely reasons for her sensorineural hearing loss are normal aging and:

Several days ago, Ravi fell and hurt his ankle. Although it bothered him a little, he continued to walk on it. When he finally went to the doctor for X-rays, he found that he had a broken bone. It is likely that Ravi carries a gene that boosts the availability of:

All of the following are possible explanations of consciousness that are found by cognitive neuroscientists EXCEPT:

a weak stimulus that is below conscious perception will trigger areas of the brain in the same way as a stronger stimulus that is consciously perceived.

Nerves called _____ in the brain respond to specfici aspects of a stimulus, such as edges, lines, and angles

feature detectors

Which of the following are we NOT likely to dream about?

images of future events

Corey is trying to cut back on his consumption of caffeinated beverages. When he does cut back, he will experience all of the following EXCEPT:

increased energy.

Malik knows that a passing bus is nearer than a parked car because the bus momentarily blocks his view of the car. This example illustrates the depth cue of:

interposition

As you walk into a brightly lit room, the black structure in the center of your eye seems to shrink to a tiny black dot. This response is caused by the action of the eye structure called the:

iris

Jason is completely disgusted by pineapples. When he smells pineapple, his:

irises constrict.

We recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of how the viewing angle changes. This fact illustrates:

perceptual constancy.

John moves his watchband up his wrist an inch or so; he will feel it for only a few moments. This BEST illustrates:

sensory adaptation.

Stacey has been challenged to pat the top of her head and rub her belly counterclockwise at the same time. Regardless of how hard she tries to do this, she simply can't. This is because both of these tasks require:

sequential processing.