AP Psych: Module 16

What is the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Top-Down Processing

• Absolute Thresholds

What is the process by which our brain organizes and interprets information, enablings us to recognize meaningful objects and events?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Transduction

What term refers to analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information?

• Perception

• Top-Down Processing

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Weber's Law

What term refers to information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions and expectations?

• Sensation

• Top-Down Processing

• Weber's Law

• Transduction

What is the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus?

• Selective Attention

• Weber's Law

• Transduction

• Absolute Threshold

What concept is related to the cocktail party effect?

• Selective Attention

• Weber's Law

• Transduction

• Absolute Threshold

The fact that we don't read the two "the's" in this image demonstrates how our expectations can override our sensory input. What is this process called?

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Selective Attention

• Inattentional Blindness

Jake closes his eyes and tries a bite of food. His friend asks him what it tastes like. What is this an example of?

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Transduction

• Psychophysics

Kira is listening to music when her brain recognizes the song playing as her favorite song. What is this an example of?

• Perception

• Sensation

• Familiarity

• Sensory Interpretation