AP Psych Sensation & Perception

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

• light/ color

• color/ light

• monochromat/ dichromat

• dichromat/ monochromat

• lens/ iris

What sense helps maintain balance?

• Vestibular

• Kinesthetic

• Proprioception

• Audition

• Olfaction

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

• sensory cells

• sensory nuerons

• bipolar cells

• ganglion cells

• sensory receptors

The phenomenon of color constancy best demonstrates that...

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

• the retina has three types of color receptors

• the brain processes information about color and shape simultaneously

• quivering eye movements help to maintain the perception of color

• color vision depends on pairs of opposing retinal processes

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...

• proximity

• closure

• similarity

• connectedness

• disparity

The area of the brain that receives information from the nose is directly connected to the limbic system, rather than relayed first through the thalamus. This connection may explain why smells are often involved in...

• pain sensations

• altered states of consciousness

• subliminal messages

• vivid memories

• retinal disparity

The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the...

• basilar membrane

• spinal cord

• semicircular canal

• olfactory bulbs

• fovea

A psychologist believes her patient's chronic pain is influenced by his obsessive thoughts and unnecessary concern that he might be injured again in the future. What school of thought is this psychologist likely from?

• Gestalt

• Humanist

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Socio-Cultural

Where is the basilar membrane located?

• middle ear

• auditory canal

• semicircular canal

• cochlea

• feature detected

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

• eustachian tube

• auditory canal

• semicircular canal

• cochlea

• vestibular aparatus