Psychology Chapter 8, Quiz 2

Daryl is deaf. A structure in his inner ear does not convert sound vibrations into nerve impulses. what part of the ear is most likely not functioning appropriately?

• Cochlea

• Eardrum

• Eustachian Tube

• Semicircular Canals

• Uvula

Perception is the process by which

• sensory stimulation is made meaningful

• energy originating from stimuli is detected

• stimulus energy is transformed into neural energy

• specific features of objects are detected

• sensory adaptation occurs

The minimum amount of energy required to produce a sensation is called

• the just-noticeable difference

• the absolute threshold

• the difference threshold

• feature detection

• the energy threshold

The process of converting sound waves into neural impulses is called

• accommodation

• top-down processing

• parallel processing

• feature detection

• transduction

The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the

• optic nerve

• retina

• lens

• iris

• cochlea

Perceiving an object as distinct from its surroundings is called

• shape constancy

• figure-ground perception

• the phi phenomenon

• a peceptual set

• sensation

The extent to which your eys must turn inwaards(toward your nose) to view an object is called

• size constancy

• interposition

• convergence

• closure

• motion parallax

Students who thought they were pulling on a rope with three other people did'nt pull as hard as they did when they thought they were pulling alone. This illustrates

• groupthink

• social loafing

• the bystander effect

• group plarization

• social faciliation

Which of the following phenomena most cleaarly contributes to groupthink

• the mere-exposure efffect

• deindividuation

• the bystander effect

• social faciliation

• group polarization