Psych 2 Unit 1 Review

Awareness of self and the environment is called?

• dual processing

• consciousness

• meditation

• hypnosis

Juan tends to interpret current events the same way as his father. This indicates....

• Top-down processing

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold

• Bottom-Up Processing

Marin hears the music played by the ice cream truck when it is still several blocks away from her house. Her ability to relate to the faint sound relates to....?

• Absolute Threshold

• Just Noticeable Difference

• Sensory Adaptation

• Difference Threshold

The size of the pupil is regulated by the....

• Cornea

• Retina

• Ganglion Cells

• Iris

The optic nerve leaves the eye at the....

• Fovea

• Iris

• Cornea

• Blind Spot

Prolonged exposure to loud noise is most likely to damage the....

• Tympanic Membrane

• Ossicles

• Cochlea

• Hair Cells

We are able to localize sounds because....

• Sound in the closer ear is higher pitched than sound in the more distant ear.

• Sound reaches the closer ear faster than it reaches the more distant ear

• The cochlea is a slightly different shape in each ear.

• The tympanic membrane is a slightly different shape in each ear

We have taste receptors for...

• peppermint

• fruit flavors

• spice

• umami

Smell is dependent on...

• gate cells

• hair cells

• ganglion cells

• olfactory cells

The gate-control theory of pain says that pain perception depends on...

• bottom-up processing only

• both bottom-up and top-down processing

• top-down processing only

• neither bottom-up nor top-down processing