Vision
People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their:
Rods, Cones, Lens, or Optic Nerve
Cones
Ana injured her eye in an accident and has to wear a patch over the eye while it heals. Which of the following cues would she best be able to use to make judgements about the distance objects are from her?
Convergence, Binocular Disparity, Linear Perspective, or Closure
Linear Perspective
Balance is influenced by the:
Cochlea, Basilar Membrane, Eardrum, Semicircular Canals
Semicircular Canals
Bob is concerned because his children have been eating too much of an expensive breakfast cereal, so he brings home a less expensive version that looks and tastes exactly the same to him. His children immediately notice that the new cereal is less sweet. Which of the following concepts best explains the conflicting perceptions of Bob and his children?
Perceptual Adaptation, Sensory Adaptation, Difference Threshold, Signal-detection Theory
Difference Threshold
It can be assumed that an individual described as a supertaster:
Is a man
Represents a majority of the US population
Has a low density of taste buds on the tongue
Is very sensitive to hot peppers
Is very sensitive to hot peppers
In vision, transduction occurs within the:
Optic Nerve, Visual Cortex, Retina, or Cornea
Retina
Ana is instructed by her doctor to wear a patch over one eye while an infection heals. While wearing the patch, Ana will lose her ability to use which of the following depth perception cues?
Relative size, Interposition, Linear Perspective, or Retinal Disparity
An individual's ability to focus on a particualr conversation in a noisy and crowded room is called:
Auditory Localization, Dichotic Listening, Divided Attention, or Selective Attention
Selective Attention
A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring which of the following?
Sound Localization Ability, Hemispheric Lateralization, Just-Noticeable Difference, or Echoic Memory
Just-Noticeable Difference
The Gestalt principle that refers to an individual's tendency to percieve an incomplete figure as a whole is called:
Figure-ground, closure, proximity, shape constancy
Closure
Damage to the occipital lobe would most likely affect a person's:
Balance, vision, fine motor movements, or language processing
Convergence is a binocular depth cue that is based on which of the following?
Change in the size of the pupil
Muscular tension that leads to the lens changing shape
Muscular tension that occurs when the eyes turn inward
Fact there there are more rods on the periphery of the retina
Muscular tension that occurs when the eyes turn inward
All summer Thomas hears the sound of the ice cream truck approaching before his brother Oscar hears it. Thomas most likely has which of the following?
A lower absolute threshold for hearing than Oscar
A greater difference threshold for hearing than Oscar
A deficit in a sensory system other than hearing
A greater amount of experience with approaching ice-cream trucks than Oscar
A lower absolute threshold for hearing than Oscar
When Kaylee's friends discovered she was going to have her tonsils removed, they told her she was going to be in a great deal of pain. After the surgery, Kaylee reported that she was in a lot of pain, although most of her pain should have been alleviated by her pain medication. Given this scenario, which of the following best explains Kaylee's reporting of pain?
Top-down Processing, Change Blindness, Biological Preparedness, or Sensory Adaptation
Top-down Processing
Darby had damage to his brain that resulted in impairment of multiple senses. He most likely experienced damage to which brain structure?
Thalamus, Amygdala, Cerebellum, Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye?
It occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
It is caused by an excess of bipolar cells in the retina
It is most apparent in low levels of illumination
It is stimulated only by high levels of illumination
It occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
Valerie's eyes focus on her notebook when she is taking notes in class, and the image of her writing appears clear and distinct. When she looks up at the instructor standing in the distance, her eyes focus on her instructor. Which of the following accurately depicts why this change in focus occurs at different distances?
Valerie's change in selective attention
The Gestalt principle of figure-ground
The accomodation processes of the lenses in Valerie's eyes
Sensory interaction between vision and audition
The accomodation processes of the lenses in Valerie's eyes
Julia is practicing her trumpet and produces a loud sound. Which of the following is the best explanation for the loudness of the sound?
The sound has a long wavelength
The sound has a short wavelength
The sound has a high-amplitude sound wave
The sound has a low-amplitude sound wave
The sound has a high-amplitude sound wave
Naveen is handed two envelopes, one in each hand. Only one envelope has a coin inside. Naveen can easily tell which envelope weighs more. then, Naveen is handed a pair of shoes, one in each hand. Inside of each shoe is an envelope, and only one of the envelopes has a coin in it. Naveen cannot tell which shoe weighs more because of the addiition of the coin to th eenvelope in the shoe. Which of the following psychological principles best explains why Naveen cannot tell which shoe weighs more?
The Absolute Threshold, Sensory Adaptation, Weber's Law, The All-Or-None Principle
Weber's Law
Even though it was nearly dark outside, Kaci could tell that the basketball she was playing with was orange. Which of the following concepts is best illustrated in this example?
Shape constancy, Color constancy, Percpetual Adaptation, or Absolute Threshold
Color constancy
In the dark, an object is more clearly seen when viewed in peripheral vision than when viewed directly. This phenomenon occurs because the rods located in the retina are:
More sensitive in the dark than cones and are not found in the fovea
Less sensitive in the dark than cones and are not found in the fovea
As sensitive in the dark as cones and are few in number in the fovea
More numerous than cones are in the fovea
More sensitive in the dark than cones and are not found in the fovea
In visual perception, perceptual constancy occurs as an object comes closer to the viewer because the:
Perceived distance of the object becomes smaller
Perceived distance of the object becomes greater
Image on the retina remains constant in size
Perceived distance of the object remains constant
Image on the retina remains constant in size
Hyrum is at a concert when a flute player hits a very high note at the end of a song. Which of the following best explains why the pitch of the note sounds so high?
It has a long wavelength and high frequency
It has a short wavelength and high frequency
It has a long wavelength and low frequency
It has a large amplitude
It has a short wavelength and high frequency
After his friend said a new movie was the funniest he had seen in years, Williard found himself laughing throughout the viewing, even though the movie was not very funny. What concept is Williard demonstrating?
Functional fixedness, Perceptual set, Bottom-up processing, Context-dependent memory
Perceptual set
Which of the following scenarios most clearly describes the effects of a strong kinesthetic sense?
Developing a craving for a food after smelling it
Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body
Being able to locate where a sound is coming from
Balancing oneself on a ladder
Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body