AP Psych Final Review Chapter 4

What occurs when experiences influence our interpretation of data

• Selective attention

• Bottom-up Processing

• Top-down processing

• Signal Detection theory

What principle states that to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a minimum percentage rather than a constant amount?

• Absolut threshold

• Different threshold

• Priming

• Weber's Law

What do we call the conversion of stimulus energies, like sights and sounds, into neural impulses?

• Transduction

• Percpetion

• Priming

• Threshold

Natalia is washing her hands and adjusts the faucet handle until the water feels just slightly hotter than it did before. Natalia's adjustment until she feel a difference is an example of

• A subliminal message

• An absolute threshold

• A difference threshold

• Signal detection

What do we call a mental predisposition that influences our interpretation of a stimulus?

• Context effect

• Perceptual Set

• Extrasensory perception

• Motivation

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment

• Sensation

• Perception

• Selective Attention

• Inattentional Blindness

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize objects and events that were meaningful

• Sensation

• Bottom-up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Perception

Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors anworks up to the brain's integration of sensory information (Lines, colors, angle)

• Top-down Processing

• Bottom-up Processing

• Absolute threshold

• Sensory adaptation

The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus (50% of the time)

• Absolute threshold

• Sensory adaption

• Weber's Law

• Transduction

Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation

• Mere-Exposure Effect

• Top down perceptions

• Difference theshold

• Sensory adaptation