AP Psychology Module 16

Although Robert was sitting right next to his wife, he smelled a skunk minutes before she did. Apparently, Robert has a lower ________ for skunk odor than his wife.

• absolute threshold

• tolerance level

• olfaction

• transduction level

Which scientist developed the idea of absolute thresholds?

• David Hubel

• Gustav Fechner

• Ernst Weber

• Torsten Wiesel

After feeling the cold water against your skin when you first jump into the pool, after a few minutes, you no longer feed cold. This best illustrates:

• Weber's Law

• Accomodation

• Tolerance Level

• Sensory Adaptation

The fact that we don't read the two "the's" in this image demonstrates how our expectations can override our sensory input. What is this process called?

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Selective Attention

• Inattentional Blindness

Alex is so focused on his homework that he doesn't realize it is now dark outside. What is this an example of?

• Selective Attention

• Top-Down Processing

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Change Blindness

What is the conversion of sensory energies (like sight and sound) into neural impulses?

• Transduction

• Priming

• Sensory Adaptation

• Neuroconversion

If Jimmy is testing John's sound absolute threshold, what percentage of the time must John hear the minimum stimulus in order for the absolute threshold to have been found?

• 95%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

What is priming?

• When associations created by past experiences influence one's perception.

• When the sensory input is lower than the absolute threshold, thus only being sensed less than 50% of the time.

• When one's absolute threshold is lowered due to conscious awareness of the environment around them.

• When one's attention is focused on one thing, allowing them to be blind to changes in their environment.

Sarah is given one 100-oz bottle and one 99-oz bottle. She says that they feel the same weight. Then, she is given a 100-oz bottle and a 97-oz bottle. This time, she notices a difference. This is an example of what?

• Difference Threshold

• Weber's Law

• Sensory Adaptation

• Conscious Awareness

Jake closes his eyes and tries a bite of food. His friend asks him what it tastes like. What is this an example of?

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Transduction

• Psychophysics