psych exam chapter 5

signal detection

Catherine is at a crowded baseball game when she loses track of her son, Nick. Despite the loud cheering and noise of the crowd, she can pinpoint his location when he calls for her because she can distinguish the sound of his voice from the all the other voices. This illustrates ________ theory.

deafness from birth

Congenital deafness refers to deafness ________.

Motivation

Derek wants to win the student of the year award so badly that when the name of the award winner is announced, he is convinced that he hears his name. He stands up and begins to leave the aisle when his friend grabs his hand. Someone else won the award. This illustrates how ________can affect perception.

Unltraviolet

Honeybees can see light in the ________ range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

after image

Kimya stares at a bright light and then looks away. After she looks away, she perceives a spot. What is this spot?

cornea, pupil

Light waves are transmitted across the ________ and enter the eye through the ________.

lower, higher

Longer wavelengths will have ________ frequencies, and shorter wavelengths will have ________ frequencies.

perceptions are influenced by implicit prejudice and stereotypes.

Several studies have suggested that non-Black participants identify weapons faster and are more likely to identify non-weapons as weapons when the image of the weapon is paired with the image of a Black person. What does this imply about perception?

incus

The ________is also known as the anvil.

Different portions of the basilar membrane are sensitive to sounds of different frequencies.

What does the place theory of pitch perception suggest?

how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

What is described by the concept of perception?

Gestalt

Which field of psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?

optic nerve

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

smelling cookies in the oven

Which of the following exemplifies olfaction?

bottom-up

Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts?

longer wavelength

Within the visible spectrum, our experience of red is associated with ________.

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 ________.

high, low

________-frequency sound waves are perceived as high-pitched sounds, while ________-frequency sound waves are perceived as low-pitched sounds.