Sensation and Perception AP PSYCH review

What does JND stand for in psychology?

• Just Noticeable Distance

• Just Noticeable Difference

• Joint Nerve Discharge

• None of the above

What does the vestibular sense help us with?

• Balancing and maintaining body orientation

• Perceiving sounds

• Detecting taste

• None of the above

What is transduction?

• The process of transmitting neural impulses to the brain

• The perception of different wavelengths of light

• The ability to focus on one stimulus

• None of the above

What is olfaction?

• The sense of taste

• The sense of hearing

• The sense of smell

• None of the above

What are the three main parts of the ear?

• Cochlea, malleus, incus

• Pinna, tympanic membrane, cochlea

• Outer ear, middle ear, inner ear

• None of the above

What is selective attention?

• The ability to focus on a specific stimulus while ignoring others

• The ability to detect all stimuli equally

• The tendency to adapt to constant stimuli

• None of the above

What is signal detection theory?

• The theory that there is, regardless of time and place, a minimum level of a stimulus that can be detected

• The theory that explains how we detect stimuli based on factors such as attention and expectations

• The process of receiving sensory information

• The tendency to ignore unchanging stimuli

What does parallel processing refer to in vision?

• Processing different aspects of a visual stimulus simultaneously

• Focusing on one aspect of a stimulus

• Ignoring irrelevant stimuli and focusing on relevant stimuli

• None of the above

What is the difference between sensation and perception?

• Sensation is the process of interpreting sensory information, while perception is the process of receiving it.

• Sensation is the process of receiving sensory information, while perception is the process of interpreting it.

• Sensation and perception are the same processes.

• None of the above

What are the functions of rods and cones in the human eye?

• Rods detect color, cones detect motion

• Rods detect light intensity, cones detect color and detail

• Both detect color and detail

• Rods detect detail, cones detect light