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Intro to Psych Quiz 2 Revision

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 3575secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Minimum difference between any two stimuli that a person can detect 50% of the time.
a)
Weber's Law
b)
Absolute threshold
c)
Difference threshold
2.
The weakest level of a stimulus that can be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.
a)
opponent process theory
b)
absolute threshold
c)
perceptual constancy
3.
Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. 
a)
selective attention
b)
Weber's Law
c)
parallel processing
4.
Clues about distance based on the image of one eye.
a)
binocular depth cues
b)
monocular depth cues
c)
subliminal stimulation
5.
Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging. (nose blindness)
a)
absolute threshold
b)
schemas
c)
sensory adaptation
6.
Clues about distance requiring two eyes.
a)
monocular depth cues
b)
place theory
c)
binocular depth cues
7.
The sense of movement and body position
a)
Hearing
b)
Sight
c)
Kinesthesis
d)
Olfaction
e)
Touch
8.
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
9.
Which of the following is true about rods and cones?
a)
There are more cones in the retina than rods.
b)
Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not
c)
Rods are sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.
d)
Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.
10.
Vibration is crucial to which sense?
a)
sight
b)
hearing
c)
smell
d)
taste
11.
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
12.
A sensation may be combined with other sensations and past experiences to yield a
a)
constancy.
b)
perception.
c)
motion parallax.
d)
ratio.
13.

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.

14.

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.

15.

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

a)

colors

b)

shapes

c)

sizes

d)

distant objects

16.

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.

17.

Sensation

a)

opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye

b)

the tendency to perceive certain objects the same way despite changing conditions

c)

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

d)

contains light-sensitive receptor cells

18.

Absolute Threshold

a)

the weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time

b)

filling in the gaps in what our senses tell us

c)

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

d)

organization of sensory information

19.

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?

a)

Perceptual Set

b)

Selective Attention

c)

Absolute Threshold

d)

Change Blindness

20.

Gregory argued that to perceive the world we have to intepret it

a)

true

b)

false

21.

The "floating finger sausage" represents which concept?

a)

sensory adaptation

b)

difference threshold

c)

retinal disparity

d)

hallucinations

22.

Our sense of the position and movement of individual body parts is called

a)

kinethesis

b)

perception

c)

sensation

d)

retinal disparity

23.

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

a)

absolute threshold

b)

difference threshold

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

closure

24.

Problems with the vestibular system would likely cause a person to

a)

not recognize shapes or colors

b)

stumble or fall

c)

fail to identify sound locations

d)

not be bothered by touching hot objects

25.

A woman without sensory adaptation would

a)

not see different colors

b)

be continuously bothered by street noises outside her house

c)

find it impossible to distinguish light and sound waves

d)

not be able to distinguish between hot and cold sensations

26.

The sense of smell.

a)

sensation

b)

olfaction

c)

gustation

d)

smell neurons

27.

The process that occurs when special neuron receptor sites in the sense organs are activated, allowing various forms of outside stimuli to become neural signals in the brain.

a)

sensory adaptation

b)

transduction

c)

sensation

d)

trichromatic theory

28.

The process of converting outside stimuli, such as light, into neural activity.

a)

transduction

b)

sensation

c)

absolute threshold

d)

sensory adaptation

29.

The lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50 percent of the time the stimulation is present.

a)

pinna

b)

rods

c)

visual accommodation

d)

absolute threshold

30.

Visual sensory receptors found at the back of the retina, responsible for non-color sensitivity to low levels of light.

a)

rods

b)

cones

c)

sensation

d)

trichromatic theory

31.

Visual sensory receptors found at the back of the retina responsible for color vision and sharpness of vision.

a)

rods

b)

cones

c)

trichromatic theory

d)

sensation

32.
Which is True?
a)
There are an equal number of rods and cones.  Cones detect black and white
b)
there are an equal number of rods and cones.  Rods detect Black and White
c)
there are more cones than rods and cones detect black and white
d)
 There are more rods than cones and rods detect black and white
33.
The retina is 
a)
rectangular
b)
the clear tissue that covers the front of the eye
c)
the light sensitive inner surface of the eye containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information
d)
changes shape to help focus images on the retina
34.
What part of the eye allows us to see color?
a)
cones
b)
rods
c)
iris
d)
eyeball
35.
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.
a)
Rods; higher
b)
Cones; higher
c)
Rods; lower
d)
Cones; lower
36.
What is letter I?
a)
Cornea
b)
Lens
c)
Vitreous humor
d)
Optic nerve
37.
True
a)
Cone cells detect light and dark
b)
Rods focus light
c)
Cones detect color
d)
Rods detect color
38.
Where does the optic nerve take the visual information?
a)
To the Thalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
b)
to the Hippocampus and then to the Occipital Lobe
c)
to the Hypothalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
d)
to the Cerebellum and then to the Occipital Lobe
39.
Which part of the eye contracts and dilates based on the environment? 
a)
Pupil
b)
Cornea
c)
Sclera
d)
Iris
40.

The place where the optic nerve leaves the retina, where there are no light-sensitive cells is the ________________.

a)

lens

b)

cornea

c)

blind spot

d)

sclera

41.

An impression of a vivid image retained by the eye after the stimulus has ceased.

a)

Afterimage

b)

Blind spot

c)

Retina

d)

Cornea

42.

If you stare at a green bird for a while, once you move your eyes to a while background, you see the bird in

a)

green

b)

orange

c)

blue

d)

red

43.

Which sensory process are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup involved in?

a)

detecting intense colors

b)

processing sense of balance

c)

transmitting light energy to ganglion cells

d)

transmitting sound waves to the cochlea

e)

smelling foul odors in the locker room

44.

Which of the following might result from a disruption of your vestibular sense?

a)

Inability to detect the position of your arm without looking

b)

Loss of the ability to detect bitter tastes

c)

Dizziness and a loss of balance

d)

An inability to detect pain

e)

Loss of color vision

45.

Because of repeated exposure to loud noise they experience during their daily jobs, airport ground workers are most susceptible to damage of which of the following?

a)

Olfactory nerve

b)

Cochlea

c)

Ganglion cells

d)

Bipolar cells

e)

Hammer, anvil, stirrup

46.

To a person in a moving vehicle, the closer objects appear to move in the opposite direction due to a phenomenon called

a)

Selective attention

b)

Sensory adaptation

c)

Motion parallax

d)

Kinesthesis

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