Psychology quiz 6

Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth perception known as

linear perspective.

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 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

Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the

cerebellum

Grass seen through sunglasses appears equally as green as it does without glasses. This best illustrates

color constancy

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.

the wave length of light determines its

hue

The sensory experience of bending one's knees or raising one's arms exemplifies

kinesthesis.

The Moon illusion refers to our tendency to perceive the Moon as unusually

large when it is near the horizon

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

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.

Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by

Gestalt psychologists

Immanuel Kant and John Locke would have been most likely to disagree about the extent to which perception is influenced by

cultural experience

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.

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

The size of the difference threshold is greater for heavier objects than for lighter ones. This best illustrates

webers law