Psych Quiz #4

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Any activity in the environment that changes how an organism responds is called a stimulus response

True

False

Perception Sets are past experiences and other kinds of information that change our perceptions about something.

True

False

Absolute threshold of sensation is the measurement that occurs when we cannot detect stimulus 50% of the time.

True

False

The smallest increase or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus a person can detect at least 50% of the time is known as the Just Noticeable Difference

True

False

You're driving to work when you clearly hear Taylor Swift sing about "Starbucks lovers". Which term best explains this phenomenon?

Perceptual Sets 

Schemas 

Top Down Processing

Bottom up Processing

Which of the following theories explains that the human eye can detect three colors?

Trichromatic Theory

Monochromatic Theory

Red-Green Color Deficiency

Blue-Yellow Deficiency

Which of the following statements best explains why people with red-green color deficiency can perceive the color yellow?

Red-Green color deficiency doesn't impact our ability to perceive blue which is yellow's opponent color

Red-Green color blindness only affects red and green perceptions

Yellow is green's opponent color, so the absence of green color perceptions allow us to perceive yellow better

None of the statements explains why color deficient people are able to perceive yellow

The type of deafness that can be helped with a hearing aid is

Sensorimotor Deafness

Any kind of Deafness 

Conduction Deafness

All of these can be helped with a hearing aid

Gate Control Theory explains that we can use non-pain perceptions to shift the focus away from pain perceptions. This helps explain why massages help with pain sensation.

True

False

The definition of Perception is "taking information from the senses and organizing it into meaningful experiences",

True

False

Gestalt Psychology considers human behavior and the mind as separate from each other

True

False

Figure-ground Perception is defined as the ability to discriminate between figure (stimulus) and background (competing stimulus).

True

False

Perceptual Sets are based on prior experience and beliefs

True

False

Current research demonstrates that subliminal messages are an effective way of "incepting" an idea into our heads.

True

False

The gustatory system operates independently and is entirely unaffected by the function of the olfactory system.

True

False

Transduction is a process where a sensory receptor converts a stimulus into a neural signal.

True

False

Transduction only occurs in the visual system.

True

False

Olfaction is the scientific term for the sense of touch.

True

False

How many basic taste types are identified in gustation?

Six

Five

Three

Four

What is not one of the basic taste types?

Spicy

Sweet

Bitter

Umami

What is the primary function of the vestibular system?

Hearing and language processing

Vision and color recognition

Balance and spatial orientation

Touch and temperature regulation

Which part of the brain receives signals from the vestibular system?

Hypothalamus

Medulla

Frontal lobe

Cerebellum

Which of the following colors are detected by our cones?

Yellow, green, blue

Red, green, yellow

Red, yellow, blue

Red, green, blue

Which part of the eye is responsible for color perception?

Rod cells

Cone cells

Iris

Cornea

Which lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for visual processing?

Frontal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

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Any activity in the environment that changes how an organism responds is called a stimulus response

True

False

Perception Sets are past experiences and other kinds of information that change our perceptions about something. 

True

False

Absolute threshold of sensation is the measurement that occurs when we cannot detect stimulus 50% of the time. 

True

False

The smallest increase or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus a person can detect at least 50% of the time is known as the Just Noticeable Difference 

True

False

You're driving to work when you clearly hear Taylor Swift sing about "Starbucks lovers".  Which term best explains this phenomenon? 

Perceptual Sets 

Schemas 

Top Down Processing

Bottom up Processing

Which of the following theories explains that the human eye can detect three colors?

Trichromatic Theory

Monochromatic Theory

Red-Green Color Deficiency

Blue-Yellow Deficiency

Which of the following statements best explains why people with red-green color deficiency can perceive the color yellow? 

Red-Green color deficiency doesn't impact our ability to perceive blue which is yellow's opponent color

Red-Green color blindness only affects red and green perceptions

Yellow is green's opponent color, so the absence of green color perceptions allow us to perceive yellow better

None of the statements explains why color deficient people are able to perceive yellow

The type of deafness that can be helped with a hearing aid is

Sensorimotor Deafness

Any kind of Deafness 

Conduction Deafness

All of these can be helped with a hearing aid

Gate Control Theory explains that we can use non-pain perceptions to shift the focus away from pain perceptions.  This helps explain why massages help with pain sensation. 

True

False

The definition of Perception is "taking information from the senses and organizing it into meaningful experiences", 

True

False

Gestalt Psychology considers human behavior and the mind as separate from each other 

True

False

Figure-ground Perception is defined as the ability to discriminate between figure (stimulus) and background (competing stimulus). 

True

False

Perceptual Sets are based on prior experience and beliefs 

True

False

Current research demonstrates that subliminal messages are an effective way of "incepting" an idea into our heads.  

True

False

The gustatory system operates independently and is entirely unaffected by the function of the olfactory system.

True

False

Transduction is a process where a sensory receptor converts a stimulus into a neural signal.

True

False

Transduction only occurs in the visual system.

True

False

Olfaction is the scientific term for the sense of touch.

True

False

How many basic taste types are identified in gustation?

Six

Five

Three

Four

What is not one of the basic taste types?

Spicy

Sweet

Bitter

Umami

What is the primary function of the vestibular system?

Hearing and language processing

Vision and color recognition

Balance and spatial orientation

Touch and temperature regulation

Which part of the brain receives signals from the vestibular system?

Hypothalamus

Medulla

Frontal lobe

Cerebellum

Which of the following colors are detected by our cones?

Yellow, green, blue

Red, green, yellow

Red, yellow, blue

Red, green, blue

Which part of the eye is responsible for color perception?

Rod cells

Cone cells

Iris

Cornea

Which lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for visual processing?

Frontal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

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