Psych Quiz #4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Perceptual Sets are based on prior experience and beliefs

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

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

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

Transduction only occurs in the visual system.

Olfaction is the scientific term for the sense of touch.

How many basic taste types are identified in gustation?

What is not one of the basic taste types?

What is the primary function of the vestibular system?

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

Which of the following colors are detected by our cones?

Which part of the eye is responsible for color perception?

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