AP Psych 3.1

_____________ is the process of selecting and identifying information from the environment.

• Sensation

• Perception

____________ is the process by which we receive information from the environment.

• Sensation

• Perception

What we perceive is absolute reality.

• True

• False

. Distinguishing between two shades of red is an example of

• absolute threshold

• sensory adaptation

• difference threshold

• afterimage

The way we perceive objects is determined by

• our emotional state

• our expectations and attitudes about what we see

• learning and past experiences

• all of the above

Bottom-up processing is

• Parts to whole

• Whole to parts

• Processing from the bottom and moving to the top

• Processing from the top and moving to the bottom

Top-down processing is...

• Parts to whole

• Whole to parts

• Processing from the bottom and moving to the top

• Processing from the top and moving to the bottom

Minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus is

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Signal detection theory

• Sensory Adaptation

Minimum difference between two stimuli that a subject can detect is

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Signal detection theory

• Sensory Adaptation

This predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise).

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Signal Detection Theory

• Sensory Adaptation