Psychology Chapter 8 Review

What is the weakest amount of a stimulus needed for detection called?

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Sensory adaptation

• Perceptual set

What does the vestibular system in the inner ear regulate?

• Smell

• Taste

• Balance

• Vision

What is the term for the sense of movement and body position?

• Kinesthesis

• Somesthesis

• Vestibular sense

• Proprioception

What is the organization of sensations into meaningful experiences called?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Cognition

• Intuition

What is the ability to detect specific stimuli among a background of competing stimuli?

• Sensory adaptation

• Selective attention

• Signal detection

• Sensory overload

What do Gestalt psychologists explain about the brain?

• It uses principles of proximity, similarity, closure, continuity, and simplicity to organize perceptions.

• It processes stimuli automatically without any principles.

• It relies solely on sensory input without organization.

• It perceives everything as separate and unrelated.

What occurs beneath the absolute threshold?

• Subliminal perception

• Supraliminal perception

• Conscious perception

• Hyperliminal perception

What is the term for receiving information through channels other than the normal senses?

• Extrasensory perception

• Sensory overload

• Multisensory integration

• Sensory deprivation

What is the process by which we see images with retinal disparity but perceive a single image?

• Binocular fusion

• Monocular vision

• Depth perception

• Visual convergence

What are disorders of vision mentioned in the text?

• Blindness and color deficiency

• Myopia and hyperopia

• Astigmatism and presbyopia

• Cataracts and glaucoma