Psychology 101 - General Psychology » Summer 2022 » Quiz 3 Unit 3

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Question #1
The detection and encoding of stimulus energy by the nervous system is called___.
A.   sensation
B.   adaptation
C.   myelination
D.   perception
Question #2
You walk into a store which is playing music on their speakers, but you don't "hear" it. When you leave the store, you start singing the song that was playing in the store, but you can't figure out why that song is in your head. This is an example of a _______________.
A.   absolute threshold
B.   sensation
C.   sensory adaptation
D.   subliminal message
Question #3
Signal detection theory suggests that our "detection" of a stimuli depends on ____________.
A.   prejudices
B.   beliefs
C.   all of the responses are correct
D.   biases
Question #4
The fact that you view this image as an airplane, even though it is a series of segments, can be explained by _______________.
A.   continuity
B.   figure-ground
C.   pattern perception
D.   closure
Question #5
Most people experience different wavelengths of electromagnetic energy as differences in ___.
A.   weight
B.   color
C.   laterality
D.   balance
Question #6
The blind spot is located in the area of the retina ____.
A.   that contains cones but no rods
B.   called the rods
C.   that contains rods but no cones
D.   where the optic nerve leaves the eye
Question #7
The organizational rules developed by Gestalt psychologists illustrate that _____.
A.   the whole of what we perceive differs from a simple sum of sensory inputs
B.   perception occurs before sensation
C.   our perceptual systems detect the physical world exactly as it is
D.   sensation has no effect on perception
Question #8
Our perception varies greatly depending on what we perceive as figure or ground.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #9
As a jackhammer operator who has experienced years of exposure to loud drilling sounds, Alex is beginning to lose his hearing. Given his job, it is most likely that Alex’s hearing loss results from damage to his _____.
A.   hair cells
B.   auditory waves
C.   eardrum
D.   auditory cortex
Question #10
The minimum difference between 2 stimuli that we can detect is the ___.
A.   absolute threshold
B.   subliminal threshold
C.   just noticeable difference
D.   sensory adaptation

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