1. AP Psychology Unit IV: Sensation & Perception REVIEW

2. Pair Partner Review 5 Questions

3. Question #1: The blind spot in our eye result from a)The lack of receptors at the spot where the optic nerve connects to the retina. b)The shadow the pupil makes on the retina. c)Competing processing between the visual cortices in the left and right hemisphere. d)Floating debris in the space between the lens and the retina. e)Retinal damage from bright light.

4. Question #2: Weber’s law determines a)Absolute threshold. b)Focal length of the eye. c)Level of subliminal messages. d)Amplitude of sound waves. e)Just-noticeable difference.

5. Question #3: Smell and taste are called ________ because ___________ a)Energy senses; they send impulses to the brain in the form of electric energy b)Chemical senses; they detect chemicals in what we taste and smell. c)Flavor senses; smell and taste combine to create flavor. d)Chemical senses; they send impulses to the brain in the form of chemicals. e)Memory senses; they both have powerful connections to memory.

6. Question #4: Gate control theory refers to… a)Which sensory impulses are transmitted first from each sense. b)Which pain messages are perceived. c)Interfering sound waves, causing some waves to be undetected. d)The gate at the optic chiasm controlling the destination hemisphere for visual information from each eye. e)How our minds choose to use either bottom-up or top-down processing.

7. Question #5: You are shown a picture of your grandfather’s face, but the eyes and mouth are blocked out. You still recognize it as a picture of your grandfather. Which type of processing best explains this example of perception? a)bottom-up processing b)Signal detection theory c)Top-down processing d)Opponent-process theory e)Gestalt replacement theory

8. Answer Key: 1. A 2. E 3. B 4. B 5. C

9. Study Group Review 10 Questions

10. Question #1: What behavior would be difficult without our vestibular sense? a)Integrating what we see and hear b)Writing our name c)Repeating a list of digits d)Walking a straight line with our eyes closed e)Reporting to a researcher the exact position and orientation of our limbs

11. Question #2: Which of the following sentences best describes the relationship between sensation and perception? a)Sensation is a strictly mechanical process, while perception is a cognitive process. b)Perception is an advanced form of sensation. c)Sensation happens in the senses, while perception happens in the brain. d)Sensation is detecting stimuli, perception is interpreting stimuli detected. e)Sensation involves learning and expectations, and perception does not.

12. Question #3: Which of the following sentences best describes the relationship between culture and perception? a) Our perceptual rules are inborn and not affected by culture. b) Perceptual rules are culturally based, so rules that apply to one culture rarely apply to another. c) Most perceptual rules apply in all cultures, but some perceptual rules are learned and vary between cultures. d) Slight variations in sensory apparatuses among cultures create slight differences in perception. e) The processes involved in perception are genetically based, so genetic differences among cultures affect perception.

13. Question #4: Dr. Marco explains to a client that his feelings of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworker’s actions and the way he thinks that people should behave at work. Dr. Marco is most likely working from what perspective? a)Behavioral b)Cognitive c)Psychoanalytic d)Humanist e)Social-cultural

14. Question #5: Behaviorist explain human thought and behavior as a result of a)Past conditioning. b)Unconscious behavioral impulses. c)Natural selections. d)Biological processes. e)Individual choice.

15. Question #6: Karthik and Sue are lab partners assigned to research who is friendlier, girls or boys. After conversing with their first 10 participants, they find that their friendliness rating often differ. With which of the following should they be most concerned? a)Reliability b)Confounding variables c)Ethics d)Validity e)assignment

16. Question #7: What is the median of the following distribution: 6,2,9,4,7,3? a)4 b)5 c)5.5 d)6 e)6.5

17. Question #8: Charlotte, a nursery school student, hypothesizes that boys have fights with the finger paints more than girls do. She tests her hypothesis by casually watching the finger-painting table for three days of nursery school. What method is she using? a)Field experiment b)Informal survey c)Case study d)Naturalistic observation e)ethnography

18. Question #9: When brain researchers refer to brain plasticity, they are talking about a)The brain’s ability to regrow damaged neurons. b)The surface texture and appearance caused by the layer known as the cerebral cortex. c)The brain’s versatility caused by the millions of different neural connections. d)Our adaptability to different problems ranging from survival needs to abstract reasoning. e)New connections forming the brain to take over for damaged sections.

19. Question #10: Antidepressant drugs like Prozac are often used to treat mood disorders. According to what you know about their function, which neurotransmitter system do these types of drugs try to affect? a)Serotonin b)Adrenaline c)Acetylcholine d)Endorphins e)morphine

20. Answer Key: 1.D 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.E 10.A