AP Psychology Senses

When I stare at a can of coke for 20 minutes then look away and everything looks green. This is best explained by the:

• Opponent-Process Theory

• Trichomatic Theory

• Frequency Theory

• Top Down Processing

Due to near constant exposure, you recognize this as Elsa from Frozen. Without watching the movie, how do you know she is singing in this shot?

• Frequency Theory

• Constancy

• Gate Control Theory

• Top Down Processing

What is it called when a loss of hearing is caused by damage to hair cells caused by loud noise?

• Amplitude

• Nerve (sensorineural) deafness

• Conduction Deafness

• Hair Band Deafness

What part of the eye allows light into the eye?

• Lens

• Retina

• Pupil

• Iris

what Gestalt rule makes these black shapes look like a panda with no connecting lines?

• Proximity

• continuity

• closure

• similarity

I can tell that Dan is closer to me than Sammy Because he looks bigger than she does. This is an example of...(Choose if monocular or Binocular and which cue is being described)

• Depth cue

• monocular cue

• interposition cue

• binocular cue

• relative size cue

What is Transduction?

• When the brain corrects the inverted image sent to it by the eye

• When you start seeing green after staring at a red object for too long

• when you notice a difference between two stimuli

• When stimuli is translated into nerve impulses

The coiled structure filled with fluid in the ear is called the...

• Malleus

• Oval Window

• Cochlea

• Internal Ear

You walk into a room and it feels like a sauna at first, but then you stop noticing the heat. This is an example of:

• Difference Threshold

• Sensory adaptation

• Weber's Law

• absolute threshold

My eyes move towards each other as I watch someone walk closer to me, this is an example of:

• a binocular cue

• absolute threshold

• transduction

• continuity