Intro Basics
Vision Sensation
Vision Percp.
Influences on Perception
The Other Senses
100
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 the individual's ____________________.
Difference Threshold
100
Which part of the eye is the SPECIFIC location for the beginning of visual transduction?
Rods and Cones
100
Perceiving depth in this image is due largely because of the monocular cue ________________
Linear Perspective
100
After his friend said a new movie was the funniest he had seen in years, Willard found himself laughing throughout the viewing, even though the movie was not very funny. What two word concept is Willard demonstrating?
Perceptual Set
100
What is umami?
One of the five basic tastes, sensed by specific receptors on the tongue.
200
Laura arrives at a park that is located very close to a factory that produces cookies. She immediately notices the strong odor of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects the smell of the cookies. This can best be explained by _________________.
Sensory Adaptation
200
Perceiving both the white animals or the dimly lit people demonstrate which gestalt principle?
Figure and Ground
200
Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates a context effect?
A. Carol performs better in her recital when she practices in short sessions, several times a day.
B.Edgar solves his jigsaw puzzles faster when he completes the edges first.
C.Rosemarie shoots more accurately at her archery competition when other people are around.
D. Vernon is more social at parties when he has had caffeine.
E. Jeannette does better on her exam when she takes it in the same room where she studies.
E. Jeannette does better on her exam when she takes it in the same room where she studies.
200
Dizziness is most closely associated with which sense?
Vestibular
300
Observers watch a group of people passing a basketball back and forth. A researcher asks the observers to count the number of passes made. As they count passes, many of the observers fail to notice a person in a gorilla costume walking through the basketball court. Which term is the best (most specific) explanation for this?
Inattentional Blindness
300
Order the following parts of the eye in the sequence in which they experience light waves...
Bipolar Cells
Cornea
Ganglion Cells
Iris/Pupil
Lens
Optic Nerve
Rods & Cones
Cornea
Iris/Pupil
Lens
Rods & Cones
Bipolar Cells
Ganglion Cells
Optic Nerve
300
The ability to see a cube in the diagram above is best explained by which gestalt principle?
Closure
300
Which sense is the only one that does not get routed in the thalamus of the brain?
Smell (olfaction)
400
Which term is this graph depicting?
Absolute Threshold
400
Explain the Young-Helmholtz Theory.
Trichchromatic Color Theory= All humanly perceived hues are a combination of RED, BLUE, GREEN cone activation.
400
Eleanor Gibson and her colleagues have used the visual cliff to measure an infant's ability to perceive _______________.
Depth
400
What is the primary function of the ear canal?
To help cary sound waves into the ear.
500
Explain subliminal stimulation.
Sensory stimuli that is below human thresholds being subconsciously processed and therefore potentially influencing our behavior. Dual Processing Theory.
500
Order the following in the correct sequence of vision..
Feature Detectors
Parallel Processing
Occipital Lobe/Visual Cortex
Retinal Response Scene
Thalamus
Visual Perception
Retinal Réponse
Thalamus
Occipital Lobe/ Visual Cortex
Feature Detectors
Parallel Processing
Visual Perception