Our tendency to see faces in clouds and other ambiguous stimuli is partly based on what perception principle?
A.
Bottom-up processing
B.
Shape constancy
C.
Selective attention
D.
Perceptual set
2.
Which perception process are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup involved in?
A.
Transmitting sound waves to the cochlea
B.
Processing information related to our sense of balance
C.
Processing intense colors
D.
Supporting a structural frame to hold the eardrum
3.
Frequency theory relates to which element of the hearing process?
A.
Number of fibers in the auditory nerve
B.
Rates at which the basilar membrane vibrates
C.
Point at which the basilar membrane exhibits the most vibration
D.
Decibel level of a sound
4.
Neurons that fire in response to specific edges, lines, angles, and movements are called what?
A.
Rods
B.
Ganglion cells
C.
Feature detectors
D.
Cones
5.
Two monocular depth cues are most responsible for our ability to know that a jet flying overhead is at an elevation of several miles. One cue is relative size. What is the other?
A.
Retinal disparity
B.
Linear perspective
C.
Interposition
D.
Relative motion
6.
Which of the following is most closely associated with hairlike receptors in the semicircular canals?
A.
Touch
B.
Body position
C.
Pain
D.
Smell
7.
What type of hearing loss is due to the damage of the mechanism that transmits sound waves to the cochlea?
A.
Sensorineural
B.
Basilar
C.
Cochlear
D.
Conduction
8.
Which of the following explains reversed-color afterimages?
A.
Young-Helmogoltz trichromatic theory
B.
Hering's opponent-process theory
C.
Parallel Processing
D.
Blind spot
9.
What do we call a mental predisposition that influences our interpretation of a stimulus?
A.
A context effect
B.
Motivation
C.
Extrasensory perception
D.
Perceptual set
10.
Adrian is washing her hands and adjusts the faucet handle until the water feels just slightly hotter than it did before. Adrian's adjustment until she feels a difference is an example of
A.
an absolute threshold
B.
a subliminal stimulus
C.
Signal detection
D.
a difference threshold
11.
The point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a "blind" spot because no receptor cells are located there.
A.
Rods
B.
Cones
C.
Blind Spot
D.
Fovea
12.
Gestalt Psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
A.
Gestalt
B.
Perceptual constancy
C.
Perceptual adaption
D.
Grouping
13.
The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.
A.
Visual cliff
B.
Phi Phenomenon
C.
Figure-ground
D.
Grouping
14.
The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows to judge distance.
A.
Binocular cues
B.
Depth perception
C.
Color constancy
D.
Monocular cues
15.
What example is the awareness of the position of your arms when swimming the backstroke ?
A.
Taste
B.
Vestibular Sense
C.
Kinesthesia
D.
Embodied Cognition
16.
Which term best fits this example ?
A.
Cochlea
B.
Frequency
C.
Audition
D.
Gestalt
17.
Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation.
A.
Sensory adaption
B.
Vision
C.
Difference threshold
D.
Weber's law
18.
The study of paranormal phenomena including ESP and psychokinesis.
A.
Wavelength
B.
Accomodation
C.
Parapsychology
D.
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
19.
Which term best fits this example ?
A.
High-pitched
B.
Low-pitched
20.
Smell+texture+taste=flavor.
A.
Texture
B.
Taste
C.
Sensory interaction
D.
Touch
21.
Which of the following is most likely to influence our memory of a painful event ?
A.
The reason for the pain
B.
The intensity of pain at the end of the event
C.
The amount of rest you've had in the 24 hours preceding the event
D.
The specific part of the body that experiences the pain
22.
The principal that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount).
A.
Perceptual set
B.
Weber's law
C.
Sensory adaption
D.
Wavelength
23.
Retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones do not respond.
A.
Rods
B.
Cones
C.
Optic nerve
D.
Fovea
24.
The nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain.
A.
Optic nerve
B.
Feature detectors
C.
Opponent-process theory
D.
Grouping
25.
This is an example of what ?
A.
Monocular cues
B.
Retinal disparity
C.
Visual cliff
D.
Phi phenomenon
26.
Depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes.
A.
Visual cliff
B.
Retinal disparity
C.
Monocular Cues
D.
Binocular cues
27.
The theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling us to sense its pitch.
A.
Frequency theory
B.
Place theory
C.
Signal detection theory
D.
Psychophysics
28.
Failing to notice changes in the environment.
A.
Priming
B.
Transduction
C.
Change blindness
D.
Intentional blindness
29.
Below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness
A.
Sensory adaption
B.
Absolute threshold
C.
Subliminal
D.
Priming
30.
What do we call the conversion of stimulus energies, like sights and sounds, into neural impulses ?
