Psych Quizlet unit 3- Quiz
People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their A.) rods B.) cones C.) lens D.) optic nerve E.) occipital lobe
Cones
You are watching a group of people pass a basketball back and forth and you count the number of passes, as you count you fail to notice a person in a gorilla suit. Which of the following is the reason you don't notice the gorilla? A.) perceptual B.) inattentional blindness C.) the mere-exposure effect D.) bottom-up processing E.) sensory adaptation
Inattentional Blindness
Our 5 Senses take in 11,000,000 bits of information. We can only consciously process ..... bits of information A.) 70 B.) 35 C.) 40 D.) 27 E.) 83
40
Detecting a stimulus not only depends on its strength but also our psychological which includes A.) our experiences B.) expectations C.) motivation D.) level of fatigue E.) all of the above
All of the Above: our experiences, expectations, motivations, level of fatigue
Which of the following refers to the just-noticeable difference between two stimuli A.) absolute threshold B.) sensation C.) perception D.) difference threshold E.) subliminal stimulus
Difference Threshold
In the figure above, what letter corresponds to the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain A.) Pupil, A B.) Outer lens thing, B C.) In eye by pupil, C D.) Thing on outer eyeball, D E.) Back middle of eyeball, E
E, back middle of eyeball
A subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that A.) can be detected 5% of the time B.) activates unconscious associations that affect perceptions C.) has been transformed into neural impulses D.) falls below the threshold for conscious detection E.) triggers a diminished response due to constant activation
Falls below the threshold for conscious detection
In Vision, transduction occurs within the A.) optic nerve B.) visual cortex C.) retina D.) lens E.) cornea
Retina
An individual's ability to focus on a particular conversation in a noisy and crowded room is called A.) auditory localization B.) dichotic listening C.) deep processing D.) divided attention E.) selective attention
Selective Attention
Bottom-up processing involves interpreting raw.... data A.) Neurological B.) Cognitive C.) Sensory D.) Emotional E.) Perception
Sensory
Justine paints her room a bright electric blue. Which of the following describes the physical properties of the color's light waves A.) no wavelength; large amplitude B.) short wavelength; large amplitude C.) short wavelength; small amplitude D.) long wavelength; large amplitude E.) no wavelength; small amplitude
Short wavelength; large amplitude
Why might someone not notice a blind spot in their field of vision A.) the blind spot is very small no stimuli are likely to be so small B.) most visual stimuli affect only one visual hemisphere and one hemisphere can cover for the other C.) the brain fills in missing information so there is no awareness that the visual field is incomplete D.) visual stimuli usually affect the occipital cortex in both hemispheres E.) the blind spot habituates to a stimulus when the head is held still
The brain fills in missing information so there is no awareness that the visual field is incomplete
While in a crowded room, Zach notices that his attention was being drawn away from his conversation every time a person nearby said "exactly". His response is A.) the Gestalt principle B.) sensory adaptation C.) bottom-up processing D.) the cocktail party effect E.) just noticeable difference
The cocktail party effect
Negative afterimages are explained by A.) the opponent-process theory B.) the trichromatic theory C.) color detection by rods D.) a lack of adaptation E.) dichromatic color perception
The opponent-process theory
The process of converting incoming physical energy into a neural code that can be processed is called A.) sensory threshold B.) sensory adaption C.) parallel processing D.) transduction E.) transferred excitation
Transduction
