Psychology Vocabulary Review (Sensation and Perception)

What is the height of a wave?

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Crest

• Upscale

What is the minimum amount of stimulus energy that must be present for the stimulus to be detected 50% of the time?

• Absolute Threshold

• Total Measurement

• Absolute Reading

• Human Experience

What is the point where we cannot respond to visual information in that portion of the visual field?

• Blind Spot

• Missing Idea

• Hidden Thought

• Blind Vision

What is the system in which perceptions are built from sensory input?

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Human Visual Processing

• Memory Based Processing

What is the ability to perceive depth?

• Depth Perception

• Visual Perception

• Depth Awareness

• Depth Acknowledgement

What is all the electromagnetic radiation that occurs in our environment?

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Visible Light Spectrum

• Human Emotion Spectrum

• Action Potential Spectrum

What is number of waves that pass a given point in a given time period?

• Frequency

• Consistency

• Measurement

• Total Passage

What is field of psychology based on the idea that the whole is different from the sum of its parts?

• Gestalt Psychology

• Total Psychology

• Social Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

What is failure to notice something that is completely visible because of a lack of attention?

• Inattention Blindness

• Carelessness

• Invisible Blindness

• Equal Perception

What is the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli?

• Just Noticeable Difference

• Major Threshold

• Adaptive Threshold

• Adaptive Difference