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WorksheetsPsychology Module 3
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 38mins
This means something that we actually use our senses for...
thought
comprehension
feeling
sensation
perception
Cells that are stimulated by green but inhibited by red would be an example of:
parallel-processing
perceptual adaptation
figure-ground theory
opponent-process theory
relative luminance
You made a flipbook from post-it notes in 5th grade. This series of still pictures look like someone is moving when you flip through it. This is an example of:
Phi Phenomenon
Selective Attention
Stroop Effect
Parallel Processing
Depth Perception
Besides experience, our ______ can heavily influence our perception.
language
vision
culture
hearing
taste
These two psychologists discovered visual cortex responses.
Fechner and Weber
Fechner and Hubel
Fechner and Wiesel
Hubel and Weber
Hubel and Wiesel
On Election Day, reporters and poll-takers interview voters as they leave precincts. What are these polls called?
Push Polls
Straw Polls
Exit Polls
Precinct Polls
Which of the following is a psychological factor that influences voting behavior?
Party Identification
Income
Family
Education
Most Americans hold a fundamental belief in which of the following:
more laws are necessary
liberty
equality of results
all policy is good
What part of the eye is responsible for receiving light energy and transforming it into neural signals?
The Retina
The Cornea
The Lens
The Iris
The Pupil
When understanding an optical illusion, we use:
parallel-processing
top-down processing
both top-down and bottom-up processing
bottom-up processing
vision only
These can all apply to more than one sense.
Amplitude, Equilibrium, Wavelength
Cochlea, Audition, Basilar Membrane
Rods, Retina, Cornea
Hue, Olfactory, Iris
These apply only to vision:
Hue, Olfactory, Iris
Amplitude, Equilibrium, Wavelength
Rods, Retina, Cornea
Cochlea, Audition, Basilar Membrane
These apply only to hearing:
Cochlea, Audition, Basilar Membrane
Hue, Olfactory, Iris
Amplitude, Equilibrium, Wavelength
Rods, Retina, Cornea
Signal detection theory means a stimulus that may cover another stimuli but is noticed anyway.
True
False
Sensory adaptation is when sensitivity increases due to stimulation.
True
False
Top-down processing:
Begins with our senses then goes to our brain.
Begins at the top of an image and flows downward.
Begins with out brain then goes to our senses.
Begins with the outward part of an image.
This is an example of how culture impacts our perception.
People have tattoos.
Your mom brings cupcakes from your classroom.
One person extends their hand while the other bows.
A rental car is filled with gasoline.
This depends on one eye only.
Monocular Cue
Binocular Cue
Acuity
Perception
Phi Phenomenon is when one light blinks and gives the perception of movement.
True
False
Parallel processing means processing one aspect of a problem at a time.
True
False
We don’t tend to read each letter of a word. Rather, we scan over words and sentences to infer overall meaning. When we read, our brains often fill in gaps, and scan for reading rather than pausing on each letter, comma, etc. This is an example of
Bottom Up Processing
Top Down Processing
Binocular Cues
Inattentional Blindness
Twinkling lights on your neighbor's house catches your eye. They look like the same light is traveling around the entire strand then back to the beginning. However, this is not true as there is a series of lights. What is this?
Parallel Procesing
Phi Phenomenon
Stroop Effect
Selective Attention
Depth Perception
Sarah sees an optical illusion that appears to have moving parts, even though this is a still image. This demonstrates
Parallel-Processing
Vision Only
Both Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing
Bottom-Up Processing
Top-Down Processing
Order is brought together and forms stimuli according to the
Gestalt Principle of Depth Perception
Gestalt Principle of Retrieval Cues
Gestalt Principle of Grouping
Gestalt Principle of Binocular Cues
Gestalt Principle of Monocular Cues
Conduction loss is caused by damage to this system.
Olfactory
Nervous System
Mechanical
Retinal
Sensorineura
A sleep cycle lasts about:
60 minutes
30 minutes
6 hours
90-120 minutes
8 hours
During this stage of sleep, people feel disoriented if awakened.
Stage 3
Stage 2
REM
Stage 4
Stage 1
Brain damage that leaves a person able to speak language, but unable to comprehend language would suggest damage to the:
Broca's Area
Thalamus
Sensory Cortex
Angular Gyrus
Wernicke's Area
Sophia suffered from a stroke and is unable to move the left side of her body and recognize pictures of friends. Which part of her brain was affected by the stroke?
The Amygdala
The Brain Stem
The Right Hemisphere
The Cerebellum
The Left Hemisphere
Danielle is able to complete her dance routine as she leaps and jumps around the dance studio because of voluntary movements directed by which nervous system?
Central Nervous System
Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
Sympathetic Nervous System
Cerebral Cortex
B. F. Skinner would most likely say
that society affects who you are as a person.
that if the rat pushed the button and food came out, it would more than likely keep pushing the button.
say that events in your childhood and society impacts who you are as a person.
to strengthen behavior, it is most effective to use schedules of reinforcement.
say that unless your basic needs are met, you will not reach self-actualization.
E. Titchener worked under Wilhelm Wundt and is best known for what school of psychology?
Functionalism
Psychodynamic
Structuralism
Empiricism
Humanism
Most infants have been shown to have:
Depth Perception
Vision Impairment
Taste Impairment
Hearing Loss
Olfactory Loss
The intensity of a sound or light is determined by:
Hearing
Wavelength
Audition
Vision
Energy
The difference of what both your eyes see is:
Retinopathy
Binocular Cues
Monocular Cues
Depth Perception
Retinal Disparity
David Hubel's research on responses of the brain to visual stimuli showed that
pattern recognition is better in normal-sighted individuals than in near-sighted or far-sighted.
patterns are recognized by template matching.
pattern recognition occurs in the lateral geniculate nucleus.
cortical cells respond most to specific visual information.
In terms of perception, at a concert, the orchestra would be considered:
Continuity
Figure
Ground
Proximity
Closure
________ is considered to be the lead person on ESP research.
Sigmund Freud
Daryl Bem
Ernst Weber
Tornsten Weisel
Wiliam James
__________ constancy depends on the context.
All
None
Luminance
Shape
Brightness
Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color even if illumination changes is called:
Color Blindness
Relative Luminance
Perceptual Constancy
Continuity
Color Constancy
Illusions, such as image, can give us a false sense of perception due to this organ's interpretation.
Lungs
Heart
Ears
Eyes
Brain
An example of clairvoyance is:
moving objects with your mind
controlling someone's movements
guessing
reading a person's mind
perceiving something from a distance
These two senses depend on cilia-tiny hair like organelles-to transmit information.
Auditory and Visual
Smell and Visual
Smell and Hearing
Vestibular and Touch
Kinesthetic and Pain
Cells that are stimulated by green but inhibited by red would be an example of:
Opponent-Process Theory
Relative Luminance
Perceptual Adaptation
Parallel-Processing
Figure-Ground Theory
People watching while on vacation and determining if each person is male or female is an example of:
Stroop Effect
Top-Down Processing
Parallel Processing
Opponent Processing
Bottom-Up Processing
In terms of perception, in a classroom, the teacher would be considered:
Figure
Continuity
Proximity
Ground
Closure
These two psychologists discovered visual cortex responses.
Fechner and Hubel
Fechner and Wiesel
Fechner and Weber
Hubel and Wiesel
Hubel and Weber
The only sensory process that doesn't get processed in the brain first:
Olfactory
Vestibular
Kinesthesis
Visual
Auditory
Sensory transduction is when
signals are sent to our senses.
the nervous system converts physical signals to the environment.
our spinal column feels tingly.
energy is converted from one form to another.
we sense movement.
The best explanation of psychophysics is
the study of deviant behavior in humans.
the study of physics in bodily sensation.
the science of explaining paranormal activity with psychology.
the study of abnormal behavior in humans.
the study of the mind as a qualified science.
Change is proportional to stimulus was discovered by:
Eleanor Gibson
Gustav Fechner
David Hubel
Ernst Weber
Tornsten Weisel
Seeing a small light on our computer in an otherwise dark room demonstrates:
Absolute Threshold
Difference Thresholds
Audition
Senses
Signal Detection Theory
This allows you to tune out sensation and perception.
Processing
Depth Perception
Phi Phenomenon
Attention
Stroop Effect
In transduction, the final step is
receiving sensory information.
the brain sending out signals.
delivery of information to the brain.
sending information to the cell receptors.
transforming information.
Absolute threshold was first named by:
Ernst Weber
David Hubel
Tornsten Weisel
Eleanor Gibson
Gustav Fechner
More research into parapsychology has
led to published examples of increased accuracy.
confirmed this field.
shown more results.
garnered fame and increased respect for psychologists in this field.
not led to definitive results.
Billy stared at a red dot for one minute and then looked at a white wall. He is likely to experience an afterimage that is
Blue
Black
Green
Red
Selective attention is based on this view of psychology.
Humanistic
Behavioral
Biological
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Hubel and Wiesel discovered:
Depth Perception
Just Noticeable Difference
Top Down Processing
Parallel Processing
Visual Feature Detectors
Gustav Fechner is the founder of:
Parapsychology
Sensory Disorders
Opponent Processing
Psychophysics
Depth Perception
The sense that has over 10,000 microscopic microvilli.
Auditory
Taste
Olfactory
Touch
Vision
An example of signal detection theory would be
missing an important phone call while studying.
hearing a hallway door close when music is blasting in your bedroom.
hearing a hallway door close when the house is silent.
not hearing your parent ask you to take our the garbage while playing a video game.
falling asleep while your TV is on.
Maria wears an eye patch due to a prior injury. She encounters an even set of stairs that she has difficulty climbing. What is the most likely issue for he issue with climbing the stairs?
The patch disrupts the functioning of the vestibular system.
Half of the visual field is missing.
Some depth perception is lost.
The ability to perceive interposition is lost.
An example of just noticeable difference threshold would be
A car horn beeps outside.
The baby starts crying after you fall asleep.
Your parents arriving home while you are talking on the phone
The light on your computer screen gets brighter.
The dog's barking can be heard over your YouTube video.
A stroke can damage different parts of the brain affecting not our eyes but our
Vision/Perception
Eye Lids
Optic Nerve
Retinas
Fovea
ESP or extrasensory perception is sometimes used to explain:
Lottery Winnings
Precognition
Intelligence
Guessing
Prophecy
You watch your dog walk away to go outside. Your dog is getting smaller. Despite this, you do not perceive him to be shrinking. This is an example of
size constancy
motion parallax
continuity
retinal disparity
Phi Phenomenon is an example of a(n):
Depth Perception
Optical illusion
Visual Cliff
Selective Attention
Stroop Effect
When struck by light energy, cones and rods in the retina generate neural signals that then activate the
Optic Nerve Fibers
Ganglion Cells
Parietal Lobe
Bipolar Cells
Parapsychology is the study of:
Attention
Psychology without a license
Parallel Processing
Psychiatry
Unexplainable Phenomenon
In the long term, ____________ account(s) for how an individual votes most of the time, but in a given election, ____________ may be more important.
Geographic Location, Family Loyalty, Economic Interests
Economic Interests, Party Identification
Party Identification, Candidates and Issues
Candidates and Issues, Political Socialization
The gender gap refers to
split-ticket voting.
comparison of the number of women versus male voters.
membership to a political party.
the differences in the voting patterns of men and women.
People are more likely to vote
in a statewide race than in a race for county office.
in off-years than in presidential years.
for governor than for president.
when the weather is bad.
The most accurate means of assessing public opinion is through
Election Results
Personal Contacts
Straw Votes
Scientific Polling Techniques
Which common disorder is a significant hearing loss?
Deafness
Amputee
Autism
Blindness
Numbness
What stage of sleep do sleep spindles occur in?
Stage 1
Stage 4
Stage 2
REM
NREM
