Module 16 and 17 Quiz

Module 16 and 17 Quiz

Sensation and Perception

Instructions

• Take as many times as needed

• Want to know what you, yes you know!

• Avoid using any aides

Multiple Choice

As Jeff reads his psychology textbook he is able to convert the light waves into signals that his brain can interpret due to the concept of

• transduction

• perception

• priming

• signal detection theory

• threshold

Multiple Choice

Natalia is washing her hands, and she adjusts the faucet handle until the water feels just slightly hotter than it did before. Natalia's adjustment until she feels the change in temperature is an example of

• a subliminal stimulus

• an absolute threshold

• a difference threshold

• signal detection

• perceptual constancy

Multiple Choice

Tyshane went swimming with friends who did not want to get into the pool because the water felt cold. Tyshane jumped in and after a few minutes declared, "It was cold when I first got in, but now it's fine. Come on in!" Tyshane's body became accustomed to the water temperature due to

• priming

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• selective attention

• sensory adaptation

Multiple Choice

Tonya's psychology teacher played some backwards music to the class, and they were not able to make out any words or phrases in the selection. When the teacher told them to listen for the words "The rat ate the cat" when she played it again, most of the class now heard the words. Which principle explains this experience?

• A context effect

• Perceptual set

• Extrasensory perception

• Selective attention

• Weber's law

Multiple Choice

On a warm summer day, Kimberly tells her brother to put on a suit. Kimberly's brother knows to put on a swimsuit instead of a business suit because of

• context

• priming

• sensory adaptation

• bottom-up processing

• clairvoyance

Multiple Choice

A famous psychic is a YouTube sensation because of his ability to read the minds of people in the audience at his shows. Which type of psychic power would he claim?

• precognition

• psychokinesis

• clairvoyance

• telepathy

• bottom-up processing