psych unit 3 practice Q's

Human sensory systems are designed to detect changes in stimulation rather than to detect constancies. This is demonstrated by the process of sensory _____.

adaptation

Relative size, interposition, relative motion, and relative height are examples of _____ cues to depth perspective.

monocular

Research on addictive drugs MOST clearly indicates that:

most of americas ex-smokers were able to kick the habit on their own

Which set contains a discrepant element? A) Sensation, registration, stimulation B) organization, sensation, identification C) perception, interpretation, organization D) identification, perception, interpretation

B) organization, sensation, identification

What effect is not associated with stimulants? A) increase in heart rate B) increase in blood sugar c) decrease in appetite D) decrease in respiration

D) decrease in respiration

Feelings of great happiness and well-being are described as a sense of:

Euphoria

To ensure he gets the most he can out of his cruise vacation tony stays up the night before in attempt to sleep all day but he cant reach REM sleep in the day because it was too loud what can tony expect to happen the next few times he sleeps?

REM rebound

Retinal disparity is an example of a(n) _____ cue to depth perception.

binocular

Alcohol initially produces feelings of euphoria, talkativeness, and outgoing behavior because it:

depresses activity in the brain regions involved with self-control and judgement, lowering our inhibitions

In the short-term, alcohol might appear to be a stimulant. However, this is only due to the _____ properties of alcohol.

disinhibiting

This drug is both a stimulant and a mild hallucinogen that can destroy serotonin-producing neurons with repeated use.

ecstasy

In large doses, barbiturate drugs can:

impair memory or judgement

Cleve intently watched the live tennis match and did not notice the bird that landed on the seat next to him this can be explained by:

inattentional blindness

Julio is working on a series of landscape paintings. He wants to create a realistic depiction of the English countryside. To turn the flat surface of the canvas into a three-dimensional painting, he might use the technique of:

linear perspective

Bees can see ultraviolet light, but cannot see the color red. This means that bees cannot see:

long wavelengths

Becky remembers a dream in which a car was parked in front of her house and a man with a baseball bat kept getting in and out of the car. According to Sigmund Freud's theory, the specific dream details that Becky remembers is called the _____ content.

manifest

Susan has been prescribed medication to keep her awake and less likely to fall asleep behind the wheel of her car. She MOST likely suffers from:

narcolepsy

Lou is worried that he will become addicted to the drug he has been taking to relieve his pain and anxiety. He is most likely taking a(n):

opiate

While surfing in Hawaii, Marcus was thrown by a huge wave that caused his surfboard to hit his head, causing him to temporarily lose consciousness and almost drown. After being revived by a fellow surfer, Marcus reported seeing a light in a tunnel that he felt impelled to enter. This experience can be explained as being caused by:

oxygen deprivation to the brain

Both _____ and _____ indicate how our experiences help us to construct perception

perceptual set, context

perceptual sets are the results of ______ which are the concepts that people form to organize and interpret new information

schemas

While reading a friend's status update on a social networking site, Cory ignores the scrolling newsfeed and the changing advertisements on the right-hand side of the screen. Cory is demonstrating:

selective attention

ecstasy interferes with the neurotransmitter:

serotonin

Studying the impact of boredom and fatigue on people's absolute thresholds would involve research based on:

signal detection theory

If the eye takes in an inverted image of the world, how do humans see the world correctly?

the brain reassembles it

A woman is at a large party and is in a conversation with one of her friends, she hears her name spoken softly from across the room and turns and immediately sees the person talking about her. This demonstrates what?

the cocktail party effect

Arnold goes to his psychotherapist and describes his recent dreams in which he flies like an eagle through the sky. His therapist listens and then offers the interpretation that this dream signifies Arnold's unconscious desires to be free of his family obligations. Arnold's therapist is displaying an interest in:

the latent content of his dream

With respect to the trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color perception, which statement is MOST accurate?

trichromatic theory describes color processing early in the visual system, opponent-process theory describes color processing later on in the visual system