AP PSYCH Quiz #15 Intro to Sensation and Perception

Brightness is to intensity // hue is to _____

? color???? (wrong on quiz)

Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry professor several times a week, she didn't recognize the professor when she saw her in the grocery story. This best illustrates the importance of

Context effects

Which process allows more light to reach the periphery of the retina?

Dilation of pupil

To those throwing a very heavy rather than a light object at a target, the target is likely to be perceived as

Farther Away

According to the opponent-process theory, cells that are turned "on" by

Green light turned "off" by red light.

Rods are ___

More light sensitive and less color sensitive

The tendency to perceive a moving light in the night sky as belonging to an airplane rather than a weather balloon best illustrates the impact of

Perceptual Set

In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a masking stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effects of

Priming

Normal visual sensation in the absence of complete visual perception is best illustrated by

Prosopagnosia

After listening to your high-volume stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This best illustrates

Sensory Adaption

Nociceptors trigger neural impulses in response to a sprain or a burn. This illustrates

Transduction

Giulio's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Jim's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Jim's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Giulio's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates

Websters Law

Which of the following strategies best illustrates the use of subliminal stimulation?

a store plays a musical soundtrack in which a faint and imperceptible verbal warning against shoplifting is repeated frequently.

The feature detectors identified by Hubel and Weisel consist of

nerve cells in brain

Which theory emphasizes that personal expectations and motivations influence the level of absolute thresholds?

signal detection theory

area of brain dedicated to specialized task of recognizing faces is located in the right ____ lobe

temporal

Evidence that some cones are especially sensitive to red light, others to green light, and still others to blue light is most directly supportive of

the Young-Helmholtz theory