AP Psych Units 1-3 Review

Proposed theory for color vision with opposing retinal process for red-green, yellow-blue, white-black.

• opponent process theory
• tri-chromatic theory
• frequency theory

Where does the optic nerve take the visual information?

• To the Thalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
• to the Hippocampus and then to the Occipital Lobe
• to the Hypothalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
• to the Cerebellum and then to the Occipital Lobe

theory that the retina contains three different color receptors- Red, Green, and Blue

• Young Helmholtz Trichromatic  Theory
• Gate control Theory
• Place Theory
• Tri Hue Theory

Which of the following is the correct order of the structures through which light passes after entering the eye?

• Lens, pupil, cornea, retina
• Pupil, cornea, lens, retina
• Cornea, retina, pupil, lens
• Cornea, pupil, lens, retina

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

• light/ color

• color/ light

• monochromat/ dichromat

• dichromat/ monochromat

• lens/ iris

What three primary colors of light are detected by your cones?

• Green, red, and blue

• Black, gray, and white

• Blue, red, and yellow

• Blue, green, and purple

• Cyan, magenta, and yellow

The process where stimuli is converted into a neural signal, then send to the brain:

• perception
• sensation
• conduction
• transduction

What occurs when experiences influence our interpretation of data?

• Selective attention
• transduction
• bottom up processing
• top down processing

What principal states to be perceived as different two stimuli must differ by a minimum percentage rather than a constant amount?

• Absolute threshold
• Different threshold
• Weber's law
• Priming

Diamond went swimming with friends who did not want to get into the water because it was cold. Diamond jumped in and after a few minutes declared it was cold when she first got in but then her body got used to it.Diamond's body got accustomed to the water due to....

• perceptual set
• absolute threshold
• selective attention
• sensory adaptation