A researcher conducts studies to try to determine

A researcher conducts studies to try to determine the absolute threshold of a given sensory modality. The branch of psychology that would be most relevant to this research would be_______.

1. Psychoanalysis

2. Signal detection analysis

3. psychophysics

__________occurs when molecules in the air interact with olfactory receptors causing them to send action potentials to the part of the brain that processes olfactory information.

1. Perception

2. Sensation

3. Signal detection

Understanding that the high pitch noise that you hear is your kitchen timer alerting you to the fact that your dinner is done is an example of_________.

1. Perception

2. Signal detection analysis

3. Sensation

Placing a salty solution on the surface of the tongue would cause taste buds to begin to produce neural impulses. This process is referred to as_________.

1. Perception

2. Transduction

3. Signal detection analysis

When transduction occurs, mechanoreceptors of the skin convert physical pressure into______.

1. Absolute thresholds

2. Action potentials

3. Just noticeable difference

When_________are brushed by the gelatinous mass in the semicircular canals of the inner ear, transduction occurs.

1. Chemical Receptors

2. Photoreceptors

3. Hair cells

Exposing photoreceptors to light results in neural impulses being sent to the parts of the brain that process visual information. This is known as_________.

1. Transduction

2. Perception

3. Signal detection

Movement in the hair cells of the inner ear causes________to be sent to the parts of the brain that process auditory information.

1. Neurotransmitters

2. Neural impulses

3. Hormones

A person may refuse to pay an extra dollar for a can of soda, but they act as if there is no difference in two big screen TVs whose prices differ by a dollar. This example demonstrates how the_________is a proportion of stimulus intensity, rather than an absolute change between stimuli.

1. Just noticeable difference

2. Absolute threshold

3. Signal detection

Signal detection analysis involves differentiating between true_____and background noise.

1. Just noticeable difference

2. Absolute threshold

3. Signals

The human eye is sensitive to a very limited range of_____of electromagnetic energy.

1. Wavelengths

2. Amplitudes

3. Colors

______occurs when problems in accommodation of the lens result in images being focused before reaching the retina.

1. Farsightedness

2. Nearsightedness

3. Normal Vision

The visual areas of the______receive information directly from the optic nerve. From here, the information is sent to the visual cortex.

1. Hypothalamus

2. Thalamus

3. Hippocampus

4. Amygdala

There are no rods and cones in the_______.

1. Retina

2. Blind spot

________________ are to Young-Hemholtz theory as ______________ are to opponent process theory.

1. Cones; rods

2. Rods; visual cortexes

3. Cones; visual cortexes

The classic vase-face image illustrates the Gestalt principle of________.

1. Similarity

2. Closure

3. Proximity

4. Figure and ground

When looking at a drawing you are more likely to see two lines that smoothly cross one another rather than four line segments that angle sharply to a single central point. This illustrates the Gestalt principle of_______.

1. Proximity

2. Figure and ground

3. Continuity

4. Similarity

________is a monocular depth cue in which parallel lines appear to converge at a distance.

1. Light and shadow

2. Position

3. Relative size

4. Linear perspective

The_________occurs when apparent motion is perceived as a result of turning on and off a series of lights.

1. Phi phenomenon

2. Beta effect

3. Afterimage

The stimulus for the auditory system is__________.

1. Sound wave

2. Loudness

3. Decibel

4. Pitch

The observation that high pitched sounds peak near the opening of the cochlea while lower pitched sounds peak near the opposite end supports the_________.

1. Place theory

2. Yound-Hemholtz theory

3. Frequency theory

4. Pitch

As we age, we all experience sensorineural hearing loss that often impacts our ability to detect____ pitched sounds first.

1. Medium

2. High

3. Low

The______ is the ossicle that comes into direct contact with the oval window.

1. Incus

2. Malleus

3. Stapes

Movement of fluid inside the________ ultimately leads to sound waves being converted into neural impulses.

1. Ossicles

2. Cochlea

3. Tympanic membrane

4. Pinna

Once taste related or smell related chemicals have been converted into neural impulses, they are transmitted to_______ regions of the brain for further processing.

1. Exactly the same

2. Entirely different

3. Very similar

Repeated stimulation of pain receptors will lead to an experience of________.

1. Trickle

2. Itching

3. Wetness

4. Heat

________is to the vestibular system as the cochlea is to the auditory system.

1. Nodes of Ranvier

2. Semicircular canals

3. Fovea

After running a marathon, some people report that they feel a sense of euphoria. Which neurotransmitter would be involved in this experience?

1. endorphin

2. glutamate

3. GABA

While watching television, the audio and video feed become mismatched, and this creates the perception that the actors are saying something else altogether. This would be an illustration of the________.

1. Beta effect

2. Phi phenomenon

3. McGurk effect

4. Opponent process

Some users of hallucinogenic drugs report experiences of_______ when they see flashes of light when they hear music.

1. Beta effect

2. Phi phenomenon

3. McGurk effect

4. Synesthesia

While you watch a team in white pass a basketball, you fail to notice a gorilla strolling through the basketball court. This illustrates the power of________.

1. Selective attention

2. McGurk effect

3. Synesthesia

While taking notes on your professor’s lecture, you suddenly become aware of the fact that your friend in class is whispering your name. This example illustrates the________.

1. McGurk effect

2. Concept of synesthesia

3. Phi phenomenon

4. Cocktail party phenomenon

As you move around your den, the image that your couch casts on your retina changes dramatically. However, your perception of the couch doesn’t change. This illustrates the concept of________.

1. The phi phenomenon

2. Perceptual constancy

3. The beta effect

4. Binocular depth cues

Our ability to perceive an object as maintaining its size despite the fact that the size of the images of the object on our retina is changing as we move closer or farther from the object is known as_________.

1. Size constancy

2. The McGurk effect

3. Synesthesia

In the Mueller-Lynn illusion, the line with arrow shapes capping it is perceived to be________ us and therefore smaller in size than the line segment capped with v shapes.

1. Nearer to

2. Father from

In the______ illusion the circle that is surrounded by small circles appears larger than the circle surrounded by the large circles.

1. Ebbinghaus

2. Ponzo

3. Mueller-Lynn

The Hering and Wundt illusions work because the background lines provide______ cues.

1. Binocular depth

2. Color

3. Monocular depth

The Ponzo illusion relies on a sense of depth that is created by two parallel lines that appear to converge in the distance. This sense of depth is accomplished through the use of the monocular depth cue known as_________.

1. Light and shadow

2. Linear perspective

3. Position