Ap psych Sens and Percept

Janice picks up her gym bag only to notice that it feels heavier than before, she is not sure because she can hardly detect a chance but investigates further, and she finds that her son has added a matchbox car to her workout gear.

• abosulte threshold

• just noticeable difference

• Weber's law

Knute has told his son to go and complete his homework in his bedroom and not to use any technology, ten minutes after his son goes upstairs Knute believes that he hears the faint buzz of the television.

• abosulte threshold

• just noticeable difference

• Weber's law

The server has placed one sugar cube in your tea as you requested, and you can just detect a hint of sweetness.

• abosulte threshold

• just noticeable difference

• Weber's law

Had he added another sugar cube when your back was turned, you would have just noticed that your tea was sweeter.

• abosulte threshold

• just noticeable difference

• Weber's law

Harold is training for the Olympics in the category of weight lifting, he does not notice when his trainer adds 10 more pounds to his 300-pound deadlift, but does notice when twenty pounds is added.

• abosulte threshold

• just noticeable difference

• Weber's law

What occurs when experiences influence our interpretation of data? 

• Selective Attention
• Transduction
• Bottom-up processing
• Top-down processing

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

• Transduction
• Perception
• Priming
• Threshold

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

• a subliminal stimulus
• an absolute threshold
• a difference threshold
• signal detection

Tyshane went swimming with friends who did not want to get into the pool because the water felt cold.  Tyshane jumped in and after a few minutes declared, "It was cold when I first go in, by now my body is used to it.  Come on in!"  Tyshane's body became accustomed tot he water due to 

• perceptual set
• absolute threshold
• difference threshold
• sensory adaptation

Information processed below the normal level of awareness is called

• adaptive
• subliminal
• psychophysical
• subnormal