AP Psych Review - Unit IV - Sense and 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 coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

• eustachian tube

• auditory canal

• semicircular canal

• cochlea

• vestibular aparatus

a person typically fails to consciously perceive their own nose in their line of vision. This best illustrates...

• subliminal perception

• change blindness

• cocktail party effect

• selective attention

• visual cliff

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

• accommodation level

• absolute threshold

• tolerance level

• gustatory saturation level

• adaptation level

What three primary colors of light are detected by your cones?

• Green, red, and blue

• Black, gray, and white

• Blue, red, and yellow

• Blue, green, and purple

• Cyan, magenta, and yellow

Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by

• the opponent-process theory.

• frequency theory.

• place theory.

• the Young-Helmholtz theory.

Which Gestalt Principle?

• Figure Ground Perception

• Similarity

• Closure

• Proximity

Which image pertains to continuity?

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• closure
• figure-ground
• similarity
• proximity