Sensation & Perception (AP Psych)

cones are the special cells responsible for

color vision

amber can hear the horn from the train that runs 20 miles away from her house 50% of the time that the horn toots. If she were any further away from the train, her chances of hearing the horn would decrease. In this situation, which of the following concepts is being demonstrated?

absolute threshold

which of the following is considered a monocular cue for depth

convergence

a researcher is studying the effects of alcohol consumption on driving ability. In this experiment, alcohol consumption is the

independent variable

the research of Ernst Weber led to the formation of a theory of -

just noticeable difference

a person will perceive a coin as a circle, even if it held at an angle to appear to the eye as an oval, because of -

shape constancy

the tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color, or form is known as

similarity

blind spot in the eye is due to

a hole in the retina where ganglion cells become the optic nerve

in the figure-ground relationship, one has a tendency to perceive objects -

as existing on a background

which of the following statements indicate a negative correlation

as healthy eating increases, high blood pressure decreases

experiments involving infants' perception of 3d figures, when combined with visual cliff data, suggest that

at least some level of depth perception is innate

closure is the tendency to -

complete figures that are incomplete

the olfactory bulbs are located

directly below the frontal lobes

the point at which a change in sensory stimulation is detected is called the

just noticeable difference

you're in your car driving down the highway and you notice that as you look down the straight road, the sides of the road seem to merge together at some point. Which cue of depth perception best relates to this visual experience.

linear perspective

which would represent the greatest loss of a professional wine taster or chef

olfactory loss

the fact that we see afterimages supports which theory of color

opponent-process

one's tendency to perceive things in a certain way because of previous experience or expectation is called -

perceptual set

the frequency of a sound determines its

pitch

which part of the eye receives sensory signals and relays that information to the brain

retina

all of the following are examples of sensation except -

sleeping in a bed

olfaction is another name for the sense of -

smell

thomas young's theory of color vision -

suggested that color vision is made possible by red blue and green cones

darius has been diagnosed with a tumor that affects the right side of the visual field. The tumor is most likely in which lobe of darius's brain?

the left occipital lobe

kinesthetic sense involves -

the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other

sound waves and light waves share -

the properties of wavelength, amplitude, and purity

lindemann proposed that the most recent taste to be identified should be called

umami

____ sense is the body process that is mostly to blame if you become dizzy after a long carousel at the amusement park

vestibular

scott lost his vision at a young age. When he was much older he recieved a corneal transplant that allowed him to see again. After so many years of not being able to see, he had a very difficult time interpreting visual information such as faces and expressions. His visual problems most likely came from processing difficulties in the

visual cortex

the idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a JND is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called

weber's law