Psych Exam 2

afterimage

what term describes the continuation of a visual sensation after removal of the stimulus?

red

A relative sensitive response to long wavelength cones helps us to see which color?

increase the amplitudes

As you are talking to a friend on your phone, you might find that you can't hear them because they are speaking very softly. If you as them to "speak up" from a physical perspective you are asking them to _________ of the sounds waves they are producing.

figure-ground

If you watch a flock of birds flying overhead each very close to the next one, you may perceive them as all being part of the same group. If they were all spaced very much apart however, you may see them as individual birds. This distinction takes advantage of which Gestalt principle?

red

If you were to stare at a green dot for a relatively long period of time and then shift your gaze to a white wall, you would see a __________ negative afterimage.

lens; forvea

In a person whose eyes work in the usual fashion the _________ will focus images perfectly on a small indentation in the back of the eye known as the _____________

similarity

Nikki was walking around a department store shopping one day and did not realize the shirt she was wearing looked just like the shorts worn by employees. A stranger asks "do you work here?" The other customer's assumption that Nikki was a store employee demonstrates the Gestalt principle of ______________.

inattention blindless

Participants were instructed to focus on either white or black objects disregarding the other color. When a red cross passed across the screen about one third of the the subjects did not notice it. This research protocol demonstrates which concept?

Carcadian Rhythm

biological rhythm that occurs over approximately 24 hours.

psychological dependence

emotional need for the drug

physiological dependence

involves changes in normal bodily functions and withdrawal upon cessation of use

sensory adaption

not perceiving stimuli that remain relatively constant over prolonged periods of time

signal detection theory

our ability to differentiate stimuli from background noise

cones

petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment?

Muller-Lyer

two lines appear to be a different length though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the _______ illusion.

optic

which nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain?

Gastalt

which school of thinking in psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship law of continuity and principle of closure?

transduction

your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of _______.

binaural

Cues that require two ears are referred to as ________ cues.

temporal

Some neurons can only generate action potentials up to a certain speed and no faster. The fact is a limitation of the _________ theory of pitch perception.

temporal

The auditory cortex in which sound stimuli are processed for perception is located in the __________ lobe.

rods

Wesley is in a movie theater with no windows-the only light is low illuminating the emergency lights on the floor. Which photoreceptors will be most useful to Wesley as he attempts to leave the theater?

Different amplitudes of the basilar membrane are sensitive to the sounds of different waves.

What does the place theory of pitch perception suggest?

binocular

______ depth cues require the use of both eyes.

higher; louder

_______ amplitudes are associated with _______ sounds.

perception; sensation

________ refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced. _________ refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory neuron.