unit 4 ap psych review test

if jared watches a nurse give him an injection he experiences more pain than if he closes his eyes during the procedure and thinks about his favorite food. This illustrates the vaule of ____ pain control.

distraction

a floating sea vessel is to the ocean water as ____ is to ___

figure; ground

imagine your friend walking toward you in the hall at school. as your friend gets closer the image cast on your retina

gets larger

a gestalt is best discribed as an

organized whole

knowing about the effects of the percieved distance of objects on their perceived size helps us to understand

all of the alternative

after losing his left hand in an accident, jack continued to experience pain in his nonexsistent hand. His experience illustrates

phantom limb sensations

the process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called

preception

the perceptual tendency to group together stimuli that are near each other is called

proximity

a football player was tackled hard during a very physical game, but he did not feel any pain until the post game celebration party. which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

psychological factors, such as distraction, can dimish pain sensations

In University of Utah driving- simulation experiments, students conversing on cell phones were slower to detect and respond to traffic signals. This best illustrates

selective attention

because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mr. Jay didnt percieve a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates

selective attention

which of the following play the biggest role in our feeling dizzy and unbalanced after a thrilling roller coaster ride?

semicirular canals

the perception that bugs bunny is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates

stroboscopic movement

experiments with the visual cliff suggest that

the ability to percieve depth is at least party innate

when two adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession, we percieve a single light moving back and forth between them. this is called

the phi phenomenon

our experence of pain may be intensified when we percieve that others are experiencing pain. this best illustrates the importance of

top down processing

patients' negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrates the importance of

top down processing

which basic taste attracts us to protein-rich foods

unami

the area of the brain that recieves information from the nose is directly connecte with the limbic system. This connection may explain why smells are often involved in which of the following

vivid memories

mr. kims experience of chronic back pain is influeneced by his cultural background, his attentioanl processes, and nerve damage caused by an automobile accident. An intergrated understanding of mr.kim's suffering is most clearly provided by

a biopsychosocial approach

the minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time is called the

absolute threshold

if an adult developes cataracts, his or her

absolute threshold for light is likely to increase

our senses of taste originally was thought to involve only the following four sensations

bitter,sweet,sour,and salty

when jack briefly turned to summon water, his wife quickly sqitched her glass of red wine with his glass of white whine. jack's failure to notice that his chosen wine had been replaced best illustrates

change blindness

researchers found that 40 percent of people focused on repeating a list of challenging words failed to notice a change in the person speaking. this best illustrates

change deafness

taste and smell are both what kind of senses

chemical

while singing to you on your birthday, your friends leave off the very last word of the song, " happy birthday to you , happy birthday to you , happy birthday dear jason, happy birthday to ..." your tendenceyto mentally fit in the word best reflects which of the following gestalt principles of organization

closure

standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, brittany kept looking at his watch to see the time. As a result, he failed to see that a store employee was being robbed by a person just in front of him. brittany most clearly suffered

inattentional blindness

With her eyes closed, sierra can accurately touch her mouth,nose, and chin with her index finger. Sierra's accuracy illustrates the importance of

kiesthesis

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 . why? . because it is the process where sensory receptors and nervous systems take in stimulus from environment

bottom-up processing involves analysis that begins with the

sensory receptors

hearing a sequence of different pitches is to ___ as recognizing the sound sequence as a familiar melody is to _____

sesation, perception