AP Psychology Review Sensation and Perception

Jillian smells pumpkin she immediately associates that with pleasant memories of being at her grandmothers house. This connection is being processed in what two brain regions? 

• prefrontal cortex and thalumus 
• amygdala and thalamus 
• prefrontal cortex and amygdala
• prefrontal cortex and hypthalamus

Absolute threshold refers to the point that the change in a stimulus can be detected.

• True 
• False 

Which of the following statements about how brain imaging can help pain treatment? 

• TMS is used to desensitize the pain areas of the brain 
• With an EEG, we can alter the brains response reducing pain 
• fMRI distinguishes those people from painful experiences 
• Patients engage in mental activities that reduce the activity in the brain that associates pain 

As Jimmy got older he had trouble with focusing on objects close to his eyes. What was the problem?

• accomodation
• optic nerve
• place vision
• absolute threshold 

Ajah heard a very annoying beeping sound in the beginning of class but after awhile it became unnoticeable. This demonstrates: 

• sensory adaptation 
• difference threshold 
• response bias 
• absolute threshold

Bob loves to play Grand theft Auto and he loves how real it looks especially when drives under a tunnel. What type of cues are used to make the video game seem so real?

• binocular depth cues
• cones
• monocular depth cues 
• rods 

The four principles of grouping include closure, similarity, proximity, and continuity.

• Trueeeeeeeeeee *2 chainz voice*
• False

We use monocular cues to determine closeness and binocular cues to determine farness.

• True 
• False 

What are rods responsible for?

• seeing best in bright light; chiefly responsible for viewing color; greatest density in the fovea
  
• chiefly responsible for night vision and perception of brightness
  
• electromagnetic energy; eyes are sensitive to this energy
  
• physical energy 
  

Sensation is?

• Process of neuronal activity traveling from our fingers to our brain.
• Process by which our sensory receptors take in stimulus energy from our environment.
• Process by which our brain organizes and interprets information