Unit 3 Review

The basilar membrane is located in the ear's

• tympanic membrane.

• cochlea.

• auditory nerve.

• anvil.

Which of the following would be an example of the Gestalt principle of proximity?

• We group nearby figures together instead of seeing them as individual objects.

• We tend to seek out contiguous patterns over discontinuous or jagged patterns.

• When presented with a stimulus that is missing pieces, we fill them in to create a unified shape.

• We tend to group figures that look alike together instead of seeing them as individual objects.

Jeremy fell off of his skateboard, injured his big toe, and broke his ankle. At first, Jeremy only complains about the pain in his ankle. When his ankle is placed in a cast and starts to heal, he starts to feel extreme pain in his toe. This can best be explained by

• sensory adaption.

• sensory habituation.

• synesthesia.

• gate-control theory.

Which of the following is an example of how a schema can affect perception?

• When he sees six lines, David's brain automatically puts them into three groups of two.

• Alverie is able to recognize the difference between a robin's chirp and a sparrow's chirp.

• Desiree is able to listen to music and study for her math test effectively at the same time.

• Xavyion was walking on a trail in the woods where he had seen snakes before and he mistakes a stick for a snake.

Maya was proofreading an essay she wrote for her English class. Even though she felt she read it very carefully, she missed several grammatical errors and typos. Which of the following principles of perception best explains her inability to see her own mistakes?

• Difference threshold

• Divided attention

• Top-down processing

• Bottom-up processing

Which of the following statements is true regarding our sense of smell?

• Our nasal cavities have millions of receptors that pick up molecules of a substance and send nerve signals to the association areas of our cerebral cortex.

• Our nasal cavities have millions of receptors that pick up molecules of a substance and send nerve signals to be processed in the thalamus.

• Our nasal cavities have millions of receptors that pick up molecules of a substance and send nerve signals to the amygdala and hippocampus.

• Our nasal cavities have individual receptors that pick up sweet, salty, bitter, and sour smells and send nerve signals to the association areas of our cerebral cortex.

After staring at a green and yellow object for approximately one minute, students were asked to turn to look at a white wall. Within seconds, they were shocked to see the image of the object in red and blue. Which theory of color vision helps explain what the students saw?

• Frequency theory

• Opponent-process theory

• Parallel processing

• Place theory

Anna Marie visited a crowded and noisy coffee shop with her friend. However, she was able to focus only on what her friend was saying to her without being distracted by other sounds. This can be explained by

• audition.

• divided attention.

• echoic memory.

• selective attention.

When we are required to perform two or more tasks at the same time, such as driving the car and carrying on a conversation, what do we have?

• Focused attention.

• Unconscious motivation.

• Split brain.

• Divided attention.

When Karen looks at an object, her brain is able to organize the sensory information and she can recognize that the object is a flower.

What is this process called?

• Perception.

• Sensation.

• Transduction.

• Psychophysics.