AP Psychology - Sensation & Perception Vocabulary

AP Psychology - Sensation & Perception Vocabulary

12th Grade

20 Qs

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AP Psychology - Sensation & Perception Vocabulary

AP Psychology - Sensation & Perception Vocabulary

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which theory suggests that our perception is influenced by our expectations and prior knowledge?
Weber's law
Subliminal processing
Top-down processing
Signal detection theory

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the process of detecting and encoding sensory information from the environment?
Sensation
Perception
Transduction
Psychophysics

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for stimuli that are below our absolute threshold and therefore we are unable to consciously perceive them?
Ultraliminal
Infraliminal
Subliminal
Supraliminal

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the phenomenon in which we fail to notice changes in a visual stimulus because our attention is focused elsewhere?
Transduction
Inattentional blindness
Selective attention
Change blindness

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the study of the relationship between physical stimuli and our psychological experiences of them?
Sensation
Psychophysics
Perception
Transduction

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one is an illusion of movement that arises when stationary objects are placed side by side and illuminated rapidly one after another?

perceptual constancy

visual cliff

phi phenomenon

depth perception

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the process by which our sensory receptors become less responsive to a constant stimulus?
Sensory adaptation
Perceptual set
Weber's effect
Priming

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