AP Psych Unit 1B (Sens and Perc)

The Trichromatic Theory proposes that:

• There are three types of color-sensitive cones: for red, blue, and green

• Retinal cells are excited by one color and inhibited by its complementary color

• There are three types of color-sensitive cones: for red, yellow, blue

• A triad of rods accounts for our visual acuity

Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?

• Not noticing a lavender-scented calendar after a few minutes

• Developing an increased sensitivity to salt the more you use it in foods

• Becoming very irritated at the continuous sound of a dripping faucet

• Adjusting to distorted visual information, as when wearing impairment goggles

Which of the following correctly lists the order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear?

• Auditory canal, eardrum, middle ear, cochlea
• Eardrum, auditory canal, middle ear, cochlea
• Eardrum, middle ear, cochlea, auditory canal
• Auditory canal, middle ear, eardrum, cochlea

Kinesthesis involves:

• Being able to detect faint sounds as long as they are familiar

• One's sense of where one's limbs are located without having to look at them

• One's ability to adjust to a distorted visual field

• The body's sense of balance (position relative to gravity)

The ___ of soundwaves are key to the pitch that we hear.

• amplitude

• force

• frequency

• angle

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the Gestalt principle of:

• Closure
• Proximity
• Continuity
• Similarity

A ___ is a depth cue that only requires one eye, and an example would be ____.

• binocular cue; retinal disparity

• monocular cue; convergence

• monocular cue; linear perspective

• binocular cue; interposition

The impact of experience and expectations on what we perceive when looking at something ambiguous:

• Perceptual organization

• Perceptual adaptation

• Perceptual constancy

• Perceptual set

Rather than saying a person is “colorblind,” it would be more accurate to say that the person:

•  has a blind spot.
•  lacks red- or green-sensitive cones.
•  is experiencing an overstimulation of the red- and green-sensitive cones.
• has an excess of blue-sensitive cones.  

A binocular cue that allows for depth perception when images from the two eyes differ

• Relative size

• Color Constancy

• Linear perception

• Retinal Disparity