AP Psych Unit 2 Review Game 2 Dummy 2

Karolina is a ballerina who does not get dizzy when she performs spins. Which part of her brain receives messages from the hair-like receptors that are involved in the vestibular sense?

• Frontal lobes

• Cerebellum

• Medulla

• Hypothalamus

Visual acuity is best in the

• lens

• pupil

• fovea

• cornea

When Rosa has a cold, she cannot taste the flavor of her pizza. Which of the following psychological terms describes Rosa’s inability to taste?

• Vestibular sense

• Just-noticeable difference

• Feature analysis

• Sensory interaction

The intensity at which a sound becomes audible for a given individual is known as the individual's

• absolute threshold

• response threshold

• critical frequency

• just noticeable difference

Which of the following is an explanation of why travelers suffer from jet lag?

• They experience an increase in REM rebound.

• There is a decrease in the duration of brain waves in sleep.

• They experience excess amounts of NREM sleep.

• There is a disruption in their circadian rhythm.

Which of the following is true of how the human eye detects the color red?

• It relies on only cones.

• It relies on only rods.

• It relies on both rods and cones.

• It occurs at the level of the pupil.

Which of the following is a circadian rhythm?

• The ebb and flow of an individual’s emotions during a 48-hour period

• Jet lag experienced after an airline flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo

• A cycle of biological functioning that lasts about 24 hours

• The series of five stages that people go through during a normal night’s sleep

Which of the following supports the opponent-process theory of color vision?

• Color constancy

• Feature detection

• Afterimages

• Elaborative processing

Which of the following theories most accurately explains pitch perception?

• I. Opponent process

• II. Frequency

• III. Place

Which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye?

• It occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye.

• It is caused by an excess of bipolar cells in the retina.

• It is most apparent in low levels of illumination.

• It is stimulated only by high levels of illumination.