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Psychology- Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Alice is eating a piece of fruit. After a while, she notices that the fruit tastes less sweet and tangy than it did when she first bit into it. Alice is experiencing ____.
a)
habituation
b)
accommodation
c)
sensory adaptation
d)
subliminal perception
2.
Which of the following processes has begun as soon as special receptor cells for the senses are activated?
a)
perception
b)
adaptation
c)
habituation
d)
sensation
3.
The point at which a change in sensory stimulation is detected is called the
a)
absolute threshold
b)
psychological equation
c)
just noticeable difference 
d)
Weber effect
4.
Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.
a)
encoding; detection
b)
detection; interpretation
c)
interpretation; organization
d)
threshold; transduction
5.
Which of the following is a perception?
a)
noting a change in temperature
b)
hearing an increase in volume
c)
recognizing an object as a car
d)
viewing a decrease in brightness
6.
Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the
a)
absolute threshold for human vision
b)
difference threshold for human vision.
c)
perceived threshold for human vision
d)
ratio threshold for human vision
7.
A sensation may be combined with other sensations and past experiences to yield a
a)
constancy.
b)
perception.
c)
motion parallax.
d)
ratio.
8.

If a dog hears a whistle that a person cannot hear, this suggests that dogs and humans have different

a)

kinesthesis systems.

b)

Gestalt ratios.

c)

absolute thresholds

d)

vestibular systems.

9.

A psychologist studying signal detection theory would be most interested in

a)

subliminal advertising

messages.

b)

the ability of a person to gain information without using the five senses

c)

the minimum amount of light a person can see.

d)

how a radio operator distinguishes between blips on a radar screen.

10.
A principle that states, for any change in a stimulus to be detected, a constant proportion of that stimulus must be added or subtracted.  
a)
Gate-Control Theory
b)
Weber's Law
c)
Difference Threshold
d)
Multiple constant 
11.

What is Signal Detection theory?

a)

Ability to detect various sounds and colors

b)

Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

c)

Ability to see traffic signals

12.

Top down processing refers to

a)

refers to the information coming from a height like top of a table

b)

refers to the use of contextual information in pattern recognition.

c)

refers to the information coming down from a height

13.

The word Gestalt means

a)

Whole/shape/form

b)

Psychonanalysis

c)

mind

d)

behaviour

14.

The fact that we don't read the two "the's" in this image demonstrates how our expectations can override our sensory input. What is this process called?

a)

Bottom-Up Processing

b)

Top-Down Processing

c)

Selective Attention

d)

Inattentional Blindness

15.

If Jimmy is testing John's sound absolute threshold, what percentage of the time must John hear the minimum stimulus in order for the absolute threshold to have been found?

a)

95%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

16.

Sarah is given one 100-oz bottle and one 99-oz bottle. She says that they feel the same weight. Then, she is given a 100-oz bottle and a 97-oz bottle. This time, she notices a difference. This is an example of what?

a)

Habituation

b)

Weber's Law

c)

Sensory Adaptation

d)

Conscious Awareness

17.

Jake closes his eyes and tries a bite of food. His friend asks him what it tastes like. What is this an example of?

a)

Bottom-Up Processing

b)

Top-Down Processing

c)

Transduction

d)

Psychophysics

18.

Kira is listening to music when her brain recognizes the song playing as her favorite song. What is this an example of?

a)

Perception

b)

Sensation

c)

Familiarity

d)

Sensory Interpretation

19.

What is Signal Detection theory?

a)

Ability to detect various sounds and colors

b)

Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

c)

Ability to see traffic signals

20.
The sense of movement and body position
a)
Hearing
b)
Sight
c)
Kinesthesis
d)
Olfaction
e)
Touch
21.
Vibration is crucial to which sense?
a)
sight
b)
hearing
c)
smell
d)
taste
22.
If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?
a)
a decline in his or her kinesthetic senses
b)
a decline in his or her cochlea
c)
a decline in his or her vestibular system
d)
a decline in her or his olfaction
23.
When a person rubs an elbow after smacking it into a table, that person is
a)
creating competition between pain and nonpain impulses
b)
focusing attention toward the pain.
c)
decreasing nonpain impulses in the area.
d)
increasing pain impulses in the area
24.

If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see

a)

colors

b)

shapes

c)

sizes

d)

distant objects

25.

Damage to the olfactory nerve might prevent a person from

a)

seeing a traffic light change.

b)

hearing birds chirp.

c)

smelling freshly baked bread.

d)

feeling the texture of

a curtain.

26.

Since the image of a person approaching grows larger in our eyes, why do we not perceive that person turning into a giant?

a)

We perceive that distance is decreasing.

b)

Brightness constancy reveals the true size of the person

c)

We unconsciously move our head to apply the motion parallax cue.

d)

Our eyes recognize that images of giants are illusions.

27.
Where are the olfactory receptor cells located?
a)
around the nostrils
b)
in the auditory cortex
c)
on the roof of the mouth
d)
at the tops of the nasal passages
28.
The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time is called
a)
absolute threshold
b)
difference threshold
c)
sensory adaptation
d)
subliminal perception
29.
Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?
a)
bipolar cells
b)
rods and cones
c)
subliminal cells
d)
feature detectors
30.
A reversible figure, such as the vase/face figure, makes use of which principle of perception?
a)
closure
b)
proximity
c)
similarity
d)
figure-ground relationship
31.
Depth cues that only require one require one eye are
a)
Binocular Cue
b)
Trichronocular Cue
c)
Monocular Cue
d)
Single Vision Transparency
32.

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

a)

retina

b)

rods and cones

c)

olfactory bulb

d)

cochlea

33.

What is the first part of the eye that light hits?

a)

lens

b)

cornea

c)

pupil

d)

retina

e)

iris

34.

Which of the following are chemical senses?

a)

touch

b)

smell

c)

taste

d)

vision

e)

hearing

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