AP Psych Final Review

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What is the difference between sensation and perception?

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Sensation is the raw data information from the sensory receptors, while perception is the process of interpreting information from the five senses.

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What is top-down processing?

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The process of interpreting information using prior knowledge and past experiences.

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According to gestalt psychology, what is the principle of closure?

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The idea that when something is incomplete, our mind will fill in the missing information.

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What is the principle of proximity?

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The position of different objects that are close to each other creates a relationship between them.

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What is the monocular cue of relative size?

Back

Objects that are closer appear larger.

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What is the difference threshold?

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The minimum change between two stimuli that causes an individual to detect the change.

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What is sensory adaptation?

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The process of becoming less responsive to a continuous stimulus.

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What is the signal detection theory?

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The process of predicting if an individual will perceive a weak signal near a threshold level.

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What is the difference between sensory adaptation and habituation?

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Sensory adaptation is the process of becoming less responsive to a continuous stimulus, while habituation is the process of learning from a repeated stimulus.

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What is Weber's Law?

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The idea that for us to notice a difference between two stimuli, the two stimuli must differ by a constant percent.