AP Psychology Module 16 Retake

Which of the following refers to the just-noticeable difference between two stimuli?

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Sensation

• Perception

• Transduction

A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring the individual's

• dichotic listening ability.

• difference threshold.

• absolute threshold.

• echoic memory.

• attention span.

After spending hours in her kitchen preparing dinner, Rebecca no longer notices the strong smell of garlic until her guests arrive and mention the smell. Her failure to notice the smell of garlic illustrates

• anosmia

• accomodation

• synesthesia

• sensory adaptation

• habituation

The fact that we don't read the two "the's" in this image demonstrates how our expectations can override our sensory input. What is this process called?

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Selective Attention

• Inattentional Blindness

• good proofreading

An individual’s ability to focus on a particular conversation in a noisy and crowded room is called

• selective attention

• auditory localization

• bottom-up processing

• deep processing

• ADHD

The moment of conversion of sensory energies (such as light and sound) into neural impulses is called

• transduction.

• priming.

• sensory adaptation.

• neuro-conversion.

• subliminal messaging.

James is making chili and is adding cayenne pepper slowly. When he reaches his absolute threshold for tasting cayenne pepper, this means he can taste it _____ of the time.

• 95%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

• 25%

What is priming?

• When associations created by past experiences influence one's perception.

• When the sensory input is lower than the absolute threshold, thus only being sensed less than 50% of the time.

• When one's absolute threshold is lowered due to conscious awareness of the environment around them.

• When one's attention is focused on one thing, allowing them to be blind to changes in their environment.

Ernst Weber’s and Gustav Fechner’s psychophysical laws concern the relation between which of the following?

• The perceived uniformity and size of a stimulus.

• The intensity of a stimulus and its corresponding psychological sensation.

• The darkness of a room and the time needed for the rods to adjust.

• The perceived sizes of afterimages projected across different distances.

• The quality of a stimulus and the likelihood that it is perceived as pleasurable.

Jake closes his eyes and tries a bite of new food. His friend asks him what it tastes like. What is this an example of?

• bottom-up processing

• top-down processing

• transduction

• psychophysics

• a future food critic