AP Psych: Unit 3 Review

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

• Sensation

• Perception

• Transduction

• Threshold

Jillian did not recognize her softball coach while on vacation in Florida. The fact that she would recognize her teacher when back in her hometown of Kalamazoo more easily than in Orlando, Florida best demonstrates what concept?

• Closure

• Change blindness

• Synesthesia

• Inattentional Blindness

• Perceptual Set

Mason perceived a shark instead of other animals when viewing an ambiguous image because he watched a documentary about sharks the previous night. Which of the following best explains why Mason perceived a shark?

• Bottom-up processing, because he constructed the image of the shark piece by piece, starting with his sensory receptors.

• Bottom-up processing, because his perception of the shark was influenced by past experience.

• Top-down processing, because he constructed the image of the shark piece by piece, starting with his sensory receptors.

• Top-down processing, because his perception of the shark was influenced by past experience.

Alfred was in pain from an ear infection, which his doctor said was in his inner ear, limiting his ability to fully process what he was hearing because of the pain. Which of the following is the most likely location of the infection?

• The pinna

• The cochlea

• The anvil

• The hammer

• The eardrum

The taste of umami is associated with foods that contain:

• acids

• sugar

• MSG

• spices

Which of the following is true in regard to taste and aging?

• As we age our number of taste buds increase and so does our ability to taste

• As we age we become more sensitive to different tastes.

• As we age their is no change in our ability to taste.

• As we age our taste buds decrease and so does our ability to taste.

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time.

• Absolute Threshold

• Signal Detection Theory

• Just Noticeable Difference

• Weber's Law

Diminished sensitivity to stimuli as a consequence of constant stimulation.

• Selective Attention

• Sensory Adaptation

• Subliminal Stimuli

• Signal Detection Theory

A Gestalt law of grouping that states we perceive smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones.

• Closure

• Continuity

• Proximity

• Similarity

Which of the following is NOT true of rods?

• Located along the retina’s outer periphery.

• Have 20 times less than cones.

• Are sensitive to dim light.

• No direct connection to the brain.