AP/IB Psychology Unit 3 Test Review

People who are color blind have deficiencies in their ______.

• rods

• cones

• optic nerve

• lens

Dizziness is most closely associated with which sense?

• vestibular

• kinesthetic

• auditory

• olfactory

If you are listening to a podcast, what will the sound waves hit first after moving through your auditory canal?

• cochlea

• stirrup

• ear drum

• auditory nerve

The Gestalt principle that refers to an individual's tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as a whole is called:

• proximity

• shape constancy

• figure-ground

• closure

You are attending the Christmas chorus concert and want to make sure you can hear your best friend sing. Since there are so many participants, it is difficult to hear her voice above the others. Which of the following would best allow you to hear her voice?

• sensory adaptation

• selective attention

• perceptual constancy

• Weber's Law

Which of the following phenomena can the opponent-process theory of color vision explain that the trichromatic theory cannot?

• negative afterimages

• accommodation of the lens

• the detection of white light

• light and dark adaptation

The perceived pitch of a tone is largely determined by its:

• loudness

• timbre

• frequency

• complexity

In Language Arts class, you are assigned to create a children's book with 25 different still images (one on each page). When the pages are quickly flipped through, your book tells the story of a dog chasing a bone. This is an example of:

• perceptual constancy

• stroboscopic movement

• color constancy

• interposition

The place where the optic nerve leaves the brain is called a blind spot. Why do we not typically notice the blind spot?

• the brain fills in the missing information where the blind spot is located

• the blind spot is so small that there are no visual stimuli small enough to notice the blind spot

• most visual stimuli only affect one visual hemisphere, and one hemisphere covers for the other, even with a blind spot

• you only notice the blind spot when you hold your head still

A sound is often detected by one ear earlier and more intensely that it is detected by the other ear. These cues help individuals determine:

• pitch of the sound wave

• timbre of a sound wave

• absolute threshold

• location of source