AP Psychology- Perception Scenarios

Experiment which was aimed to test infant ability to detect depth using a glass platform with a checkerboard underneath at different heights. Majority of the infants refused to cross the cliff.

• Infant Perception Task

• Visual Cliff Experiment

• Visual Acuity Analysis

• Perception Challenge

This German Psychologist was known for his work on sensory response to weight, temperature, and pressure. They discovered that discovered that the experience of differences in the intensity of sensations depends on percentage differences in the stimuli rather than absolute differences.

• William Ernst

• Eric Weston

• Ernst Weber

• Emerson West

This German physicist believed that the mind is mind is capable of measurement using perception and sensation and that psychology could be a quantified science. They were responsible for creating a formula to show Just Noticeable Difference.

• Gustav Freud

• Carl Fechner

• Piaget

• Gustav Fechner

Founding figure in Gestalt Psychology that contributed to the the study of sensation and perception using Gestalt principles describing the complex world around us. Responsible for Phi Phenomenon. 

• Walter Sebastion

• Jonas Erikson

• Henry Steinburg

• Max Wertheimer

This Swedish neurobiologist was known for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. One of the publishers of “Brain and Visual Perception”. 

• Torsten Weisel

• Emilio Lundgren

• Anders Johanssen

• Henri Erico

This American Canadian neurophysiologist was noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. One of the publishers of “Brain and Visual Perception”.

• David Hubel

• Samuel MacDonald

• Liam Thompson

• Nathen Patel

Dr. Schneck is a psychologist which emphasizes the importance of whole patterns and not their individual components. The movement in psychology that Shneck subscribed to started in Germany, and provided the foundation for the modern study of perception.

• Perspective Psychology

• Gestalt Psychology

• Framework Psychology

• Model Psychology

Answer explanation

Gestalt Psychology is defined as "a school of psychology and a theory of perception that emphasizes the processing of entire patterns and configurations"

In the scenario in which someone is whispering twenty feet away, and they are heard half the time

• Absolute Threshold

• Complete Threshold

• Relative Threshold

• Conditional Threshold

Answer explanation

Absolute Threshold is defined as "the minimum amount of stimulation required to trigger a reaction or produce a sensation usually defined as half the time"

The feeling of a new sensory input such as feeling the first drops of rain or the hum of the air conditioner.

• Response

• Reaction

• Conclusion

• Stimulus

In the scenario where it is harder to detect a candle flame 30 miles away half the time in the case of fatigue or distress, they are proving…

• Cognitive Processing Model

• Behavioral Response Theory

• Signal Detection Theory

• Sensation Discrimination Theory

Answer explanation

Signal Detection Theory is defined as "human performance in many tasks is limited by variability in the internal representation of stimuli due to internal or external distraction"