The weakest level of a stimulus that can be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. 

The study of paranormal events that investigates claims of ESP. 

Information processing that begins with sensory receptors and works up into the brain.

Receiving messages below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness.  

Difference thresholds increase in proportion to the size of the stimulus.

Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging. (nose blindness - like when you don't notice a musty smell after a few minutes)

information processing guided by your pre existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions.

The process by which your ears convert sound waves to neural impulses is called...

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

If you are expecting an important text message, you are much more likely to notice the sound as soon as the message arrives. This best illustrates...

Which of the following is a perception?

Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the

What is Sensation?

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

The cocktail party effect provides an example of:

Perceptual set is...

What factors may lead to someone forming a perceptual set or expectancy?

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 ____.

Which of the following processes has begun as soon as special receptor cells for the senses are activated?

A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond "same" or "different" by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the

A woman without sensory adaptation would

Juan's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Beth's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Beth's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Juan's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates

Depth cues, such as convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.

 Focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus and blocking out all other stimuli.

 The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.

 Retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray and that work best in dim light.

Perceiving objects as unchanging, even as illumination and retinal images change

Diminishing sensitivity to a constant, unchanging stimulus.

Theory that links the pitch we hear to the rate of the cochlea’s hair cell vibrations.

Principle that one sense may influence another.

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of them time.

Below one’s absolute threshold for conscious awareness.

A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.

The sense or act of hearing

Theory that the retina contains three different color receptors – red, green and blue.

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.

Our tendency to integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

What sense helps maintain balance?

The specialized cells in each of the sense organs that collect information to send to the brain are called...

Almost half the birds in the tree outside Brian's window were brown and the rest were red, so Brian perceived them as two different groups of birds. This best illustrates...

The area of the brain that receives information from the nose is directly connected to the limbic system, rather than relayed first through the thalamus. This connection may explain why smells are often involved in...

The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the...

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

What color afterimage would occur after viewing the color blue?

The process by which your ears convert sound waves to neural impulses is called...

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as...

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

If you are expecting an important text message, you are much more likely to notice the sound as soon as the message arrives. This best illustrates...

What three primary colors of light are detected by your cones?

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

The part of your eye that gives it its color.  It is a muscle that controls the size of your pupil.

Gathers information about color, shape, and size of eye and sends to the optic nerve.

Where does the optic nerve take the visual information?

Diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as

The organization of two-dimensional retinal images into three-dimensional perceptions is called

Which of the following is a binocular cue for the perception of distance?

The convergence of parallel lines provides the distance cue known as

Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry teacher several times a week, she didn't recognize the teacher when she saw her in the grocery store. This best illustrates the importance of

While singing to you on your birthday, your friends leave off the very last word of the song, “Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear David, Happy birthday to….” Your tendency to mentally fill in the last word best reflects which of the following Gestalt principles of organization?

Sensation is?

The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts is?

Ellis turns around and around in a circle. When he stops, he feels like his head is still spinning. What is responsible for this sensation?

What is it called when we construct perceptions based on experience and expectations?

Which one is NOT one of the 4 basic tastes?

What is an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick seccession?

What does this picture show?

What is it called when an object is higher in our field of vision so it seems farther away?

If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates: 

As we look at a flower, the intensity of the color we see is related to the light wave’s:

The eye’s “blind spot” is related to:

The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are found in the:

Makers of 3-D movies rely most heavily on:

In the same football game, we watch as a team attempts a field goal.  Since the goal posts are distant and the time to make a decision is short, the referee must use many perceptual cues to decide whether the kick is good or not.  One important ability is depth perception.  Which of the following cues might be most helpful in deciding whether the field goal is successful?

Which of the following correctly lists the order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear?

Tamika hates the bitter taste of her cough syrup. Which of the following would she find most helpful in minimizing the syrup’s bad taste?

The process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called

The detection and encoding of stimulus energies by the nervous system is called

Trying to see a hidden representational image in a piece of abstract art by looking carefully at each element in the picture and trying to form an image employs which kind of perceptual process?

Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Schultz didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates

In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a videotape of men tossing a basketball remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman sauntering across the screen. This illustrated

Although Manuel was sitting right next to his parents, he smelled a skunk minutes before they did. Apparently, Manuel has a lower ________ for skunk odor than his parents have.

Which theory emphasizes that personal expectations and motivations influence the level of absolute thresholds?

Audiotapes of soothing ocean sounds accompanied by faint and imperceptible verbal messages designed to increase a desire to lose weight best illustrate

Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of

The amplitude of electromagnetic waves determines the ________ of light.

The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by the

Accommodation refers to the

Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?

Feature detectors

Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by

The basilar membrane is located in the

The cochlea is a

According to frequency theory

The semicircular canals are most directly relevant to

Taste and smell are both what kind of senses?

The convergence of parallel lines provides the distance cue known as

The sequentially flashing Christmas tree lights appeared to generate pulsating waves of motion. This best illustrates

Renny knew the red tulip was closer to her than the yellow tulip because the red one cast a larger retinal image than the yellow one. This illustrates the importance of the distance cue known as

1.       Sensation is to __________ as perception is to __________.

Given normal sensory abilities, a person standing atop a mountain on a dark, clear night can see a candle flame atop a mountain 30 miles away. This is a description of vision's:

Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?

Wavelength is to ___________ as ___________ is to brightness.

Nearsightedness is a condition in which the:

The size of the pupil is controlled by the:

Which of the following is the correct order of the structures through which light passes after entering the eye?

The brain breaks vision into separate dimensions such as color, depth, movement and form, and works on each aspect simultaneously. This is known as:

The Young-Helmholtz Theory proposes that:

Most color-deficient people will probably:

Which of the following correctly lists the order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear?

The Frequency Theory of hearing is better than Place Theory at explaining  the sensation of:

Tamika hates the bitter taste of her cough syrup. Which of the following would she find most helpful in minimizing the syrup’s bad taste?

The principle that one sense may influence another is:

Kinesthesis involves:

Which of the following enables you to feel yourself wiggling your toes even with your eyes closed?

The historical movement associated with the statement “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:

________________ processing refers to how the physical characteristics of stimuli influence their interpretation.

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:

Weber’s Law states that:

  The process by which sensory information is converted into neural energy is:

Assuming that the visual systems of humans and other mammals function similarly, you would expect that the retina of a nocturnal mammal (one active only at night) would contain:

As the football game continued into the night, Leondre noticed that he was having difficulty distinguishing the colors of the players' uniforms. This is because the _______________, which enable color vision, have a _______________ absolute threshold for brightness than the available light intensity.

The inner ear contains receptors for:

Of the four distinct skin senses, the only one that has definable receptors is:

The study of perception is primarily concerned with how we:

Which of the following statements is consistent with the Gestalt theory of perception?

________________ processing refers to how the physical characteristics of stimuli influence their interpretation.

Concepts or frameworks that organize and interpret information.

Proposed theory for color vision with cones that are differentially sensitive to different wavelengths of light. 

Minimum difference between any two stimuli that a person can detect 50% of the time.

The weakest level of a stimulus that can be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.

The study of paranormal events that investigates claims of ESP. 

The idea that pain can only be experienced if pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their way to the brain.

Clues about distance based on the image of one eye.

Receiving messages below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness.  

Proposed theory for color vision with opposing retinal process for red-green, yellow-blue, white-black.

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as...

A person's diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as...

a person typically fails to consciously perceive their own nose in their line of vision. This best illustrates...

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

If you are expecting an important text message, you are much more likely to notice the sound as soon as the message arrives. This best illustrates...

Minimum difference between any two stimuli that a person can detect 50% of the time.

The weakest level of a stimulus that can be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. 

Information processing that begins with sensory receptors and works up into the brain.

Receiving messages below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness.  

Difference thresholds increase in proportion to the size of the stimulus.

Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging. (nose blindness)

information processing guided by your pre existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions.

5. When a stimulus activates a receptor.

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.

Racial and ethnic stereotypes can sometimes bias our perceptions of other's behavior. This best illustrates the impact of:

If you move your watchband up your inch or so, you will feel it only for a few moments. This best illustrates:

Texting and driving is a major cause of car accidents in the modern day. Which academic term that we discussed defines this inability to focus on texting and driving at simultaneously?

The cocktail party effect provides an example of: