AP Psych Sensation & Perception (Part 1)

Front

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

Back

light/ color

Front

What sense helps maintain balance?

Back

Vestibular

Front

The specialized cells in each of the sense organs that collect information to send to the brain are called...

Back

sensory receptors

Front

The phenomenon of color constancy best demonstrates that...

Back

an object's perceived color is influenced by its surrounding objects

Front

Almost half the birds in the tree outside Brian's window were brown and the rest were red, so Brian perceived them as two different groups of birds. This best illustrates...

Back

similarity

Front

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as...

Back

Weber's law

Front

A person's diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as...

Back

sensory adaptation

Front

A person typically fails to consciously perceive their own nose in their line of vision. This best illustrates...

Back

change blindness

Front

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

Back

inattentional blindness

Front

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

Back

absolute threshold