AP Psychology Sensation and Perception Test

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

• Auditory localization

• Dichotic listening

• Deep processing

• Divided attention

• Selective attention

Ana injured her eye in an accident and has to wear a patch over the eye while it heals. Which of the following cues would she best be able to use to make judgments about the distance objects are from her?

• Convergence

• Binocular disparity

• Linear perspective

• Similarity

Ana is instructed by her doctor to wear a patch over one eye while an infection heals. While wearing the patch, Ana will lose her ability to use which of the following depth perception cues?

• Retinal disparity

• Texture gradient

• Interposition

• Relative size

While attending a concert, Anthony finds that he can clearly recognize the melody coming from the lead violin above all the other instruments playing in the orchestra, even though the other instruments may be louder. Gestalt psychologists would explain Anthony’s ability using the principle of

• Closure

• Figure ground

• Simplicity

• Proximity

Balance is influenced by the

• Cochlea

• Semicircular canals

• Eardrum

• Basilar membrane

If Carmelita stares at a red spot for one minute and then shifts her gaze to a white piece of paper, she is likely to experience an afterimage that is

• Green

• Red

• Blue

• Violet

The change in the curvature of the lens that enables the eye to focus on objects at various distances is called

• Adaption

• Conduction

• Convergence

• Accommodation

Climbing an irregular set of stairs is more difficult for an individual who wears a patch over one eye primarily because

• Some depth perception is lost

• Half of the visual field is missing

• The ability to perceive interposition is lost

• The patch disrupts the functioning of the vestibular system

People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their

• Rods

• Cones

• Lens

• Optic nerve

The process of converting incoming physical energy into a neural code that can be processed is called

• Sensory threshold

• Sensory adaptation

• Parallel processing

• Transduction