Psy150 - Chapter 5 - Reading Quiz

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?

Perceptions are influenced by implicit prejudice and sterotypes

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "The frequency theory of pitch perception asserts that frequency is coded by the activity level of a sensory neuron."

The word "frequency" should be changed to the word "temporal."

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "The central tenet of Gestalt psychology is that the pattern is different from the sum of its parts."

The word "pattern" should be changed to the word "whole"

Sarit is at a bar full of music, chatter, and laughter. He gets involved in an interesting conversation with a woman named Mona, and he tunes out all the background noise. Sarit's friend, Karen, taps him on the shoulder and asks what song just played on the jukebox. Sarit says he doesn't know, even though he is sitting right next to the jukebox and is familiar with popular music. This illustrates the role that ________ plays in what is sensed versus what is perceived.

attention

Akeelah extended her arm in front of her and then extended one of her fingers. She focused on that finger. Next, she closed her left eye without moving her head; then she opened her left eye and closed her right eye without moving her head. She noticed that her finger seemed to shift as she alternated between the two eyes because of the slightly different view each eye had of her finger. What is illustrated by this example?

binocular disparity

What kind of processing is exemplified by the following scenario? Esther's mother offers her a new dish she's been working on--a raisin-jalapeno quiche. Ester's body responds first: Esther eyes the content of the skillet, and smells the mix of raisins, jalapenos and eggs. Her stomach churns and she looks away. Feeling disgust and disappointment, she says "I'm not hungry."

bottom-up

Ravon was born deaf, so he is diagnosed with _______ deafness.

congenital

What is described by the concept of perception?

how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

What was the original focus of the Swets' (1964) signal detection theory?

improving the sensitivity of air traffic controllers to plane blips

What concept is illustrated by the following study? 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 subjects did not notice it.

inattentional blindness

Which of the following describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli?

just noticeable

Felix is riding his bicycle. His ability to sense how his torso is adjusting to the speed of his cycling and how his legs are pumping up and down is called ___________.

kinesthesia

Longer wavelengths will have ___________ frequencies, and shorter wavelengths will have _________ frequencies.

lower; higher

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

optic

___________ is exemplified by stroking the hand of another person.

somatosensation

What is vertigo?

spinning

Suppose you are watching a movie on a large screen. For a fraction of a second, the words "Drink Cola" flash on the screen. You do not perceive the words "Drink Cola" because it is beyond your absolute threshold. In this example, the message "Drink Cola" is an example of ________.

subliminal message

What is amplitude?

the height of a wave

Individuals suffering from congenital analgesia have a shorter life span due to __________.

their injuries and secondary infections of injured sites

What kind of processing is exemplified by the following scenario? Shimon offers Mouin some salmon. Mouin thinks, "How nice. My friend is offering me fish. I wonder where he got it." This thought leads Mouin to feel happy, appreciative, and curious; he responds with a smile and an extended hand.

top-down