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 A. When we make perceptions based A. When we make perceptions based on our sensations coming from the environment and from our expectations.  C. Sensing stimuli first with sight, and C. Sensing stimuli first with sight, and then sound, then smell, taste, and touch  B. We sense something, then it goes B. We sense something, then it goes to the brain to interpret what was sensed  D. When information is processed D. When information is processed starting with the top of the brain and ending with the lower parts What is “top-down processing”?

Back to Board  A. When we make perceptions based on our sensations coming from the environment and from our expectations.

 A. Perception then Sensation A. Perception then Sensation  C. Sensation then Perception C. Sensation then Perception  B. Perception then Processing B. Perception then Processing  C. Sensation then Attention C. Sensation then Attention In what order do we sense our environment?

Back to Board C. Sensation then Perception

 A. the minimum stimulation required A. the minimum stimulation required To detect a stimuli 100% of the time  C. Stimuli that is below C. Stimuli that is below consciousness awareness  B. The Minimum stimulation required B. The Minimum stimulation required to detect a stimuli 50% of the time  D. The minimum amount of change D. The minimum amount of change Required to notice that change What is an “absolute threshold”?

Back to Board  B. The Minimum stimulation required to detect a stimuli 50% of the time

 A. No A. No  C. Yes, if that person C. Yes, if that person is deprived of sleep  B. Yes B. Yes  D. Yes, if that person D. Yes, if that person is exposed to enough of the stimulation Is it possible for subliminal stimulation to cause people to act in a way that goes against their principles.

Back to Board A. No

 A. Our senses to weaken as A. Our senses to weaken as we age  C. Increase our sensitivity to a C. Increase our sensitivity to a stimulation after prolonged exposure  B. Us to transform different types of stimulation B. Us to transform different types of stimulation (smell, sound, sight, etc.) into neural messages that our brains interpret   D. People to lose sensitivity to a D. People to lose sensitivity to a stimulation if it remains unchanged Sensory Adaption causes what?

Back to Board  D. People to lose sensitivity to a stimulation if it remains unchanged

 A. Lens, Pupil, Cornea, Retina, Rods A. Lens, Pupil, Cornea, Retina, Rods and Cones, Bipolar Cells, Ganglion Cells, Brains  C. Cornea, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Rods C. Cornea, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Rods and Cones, Bipolar Cells, Ganglion Cells, Optic Nerve, Brain  B. Pupil, Optic Nerve, Lens, Cornea, B. Pupil, Optic Nerve, Lens, Cornea, Retina, Rods and Cones, Bipolar Cells, Ganglion Cells, Brain  D. Lens, Cornea, Pupil, Retina, D. Lens, Cornea, Pupil, Retina, Ganglion Cells, Rods and Cones, Bipolar Cells, Optic Nerve, Brain What is the correct path that light follows to reach the brain?

Back to Board  C. Cornea, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Rods and Cones, Bipolar Cells, Ganglion Cells, Optic Nerve, Brain

 A. Serial Processing A. Serial Processing  C. Sequence Processing C. Sequence Processing  B. Parallel Processing B. Parallel Processing  D. Ordered Processing D. Ordered Processing When the brain receives multiple stimuli at a time, how does it process?

Back to Board B. Parallel Processing

 A. Outer Ear A. Outer Ear  C. Middle Ear C. Middle Ear  B. Inner Ear B. Inner Ear  D. Center Ear D. Center Ear In which section of the ear are the three tiny bones: The hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Back to Board C. Middle Ear

 A. Continuity, Wholeness, A. Continuity, Wholeness, Proximity, Interposition Which group of 4 terms are all form of Gestalt  C. Similarity, Closure, C. Similarity, Closure, Grouping, Depth  B. Perspective, Closure, B. Perspective, Closure, Proximity, Grouping  D. Proximity, Continuity, D. Proximity, Continuity, Closure, Connectedness

Back to Board D. Proximity, Continuity, Closure, Connectedness

Which of the following paranormal paranormal phenomena terms is paired with the correct definition?  A. Psychokinesis – Mind-to- A. Psychokinesis – Mind-to- Mind Communication  C. Clairvoyance – Mind over C. Clairvoyance – Mind over Matter  D. Telepathy – Perceiving D. Telepathy – Perceiving remote events  B. Precognition – Perceiving B. Precognition – Perceiving future events

Back to Board B. Precognition – Perceiving future events

 A. Size; Distance A. Size; Distance The Phenomenon of size constancy is based on the close connection between an object’s perceived ______ and its perceived ______.  C. Size; Shape C. Size; Shape  B. Size; Brightness B. Size; Brightness  D. Shape; Distance D. Shape; Distance

Back to Board A. Size; Distance

 B. Difference Threshold B. Difference Threshold In shopping for a new stereo, you discover that you cannot differentiate between the sound of models X and Y. The difference between X and Y is below your______.  A. Absolute Threshold A. Absolute Threshold  C. Subliminal Threshold C. Subliminal Threshold  D. Receptor Threshold D. Receptor Threshold

Back to Board B. Difference Threshold

 C. Opponent-Process C. Opponent-Process Cell I am a cell in the thalamus that is excited by red and inhibited by green. I am a(n)________.  A. Feature Detector A. Feature Detector  B. Bipolar Cell B. Bipolar Cell  D. Cone D. Cone

Back to Board C. Opponent-Process Cell

 D. Taste Buds D. Taste Buds Receptors for taste are located in the  A. Fovea A. Fovea  C. Cortex C. Cortex  B. Cochlea B. Cochlea

Back to Board D. Taste Buds

 A. Information from the A. Information from the bones, ears, tendons, and joints. Kinesthesis involves…  B. the bones of the B. the bones of the middle ear  D. the bones of the D. the bones of the middle ear  C. membranes within C. membranes within the cochlea

A. Information from the bones, ears, tendons, and joints

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