AP Psychology Unit 3 Review Quiz

What is the difference between sensation and perception?

• Sensation and perception are the same thing.

• Sensation and perception are unrelated processes.

• Sensation is the process of interpreting information from the five senses, while perception is raw data received from sensory receptors.

• Sensation is raw data received from sensory receptors, while perception is the process of interpreting information from the five senses.

What is the focus of gestalt psychology?

• Perceptual organization

• Emotional regulation

• Motor skills development

• Memory formation

What is the continuation principle in gestalt psychology?

• The tendency to simplify what we see into figures and ground

• The tendency to view an entire object and continue to the next one

• The idea that our brain fills in missing information for familiar objects

• The perception of objects in a group as one object

What is the difference between sensory adaptation and habituation?

• Sensory adaptation and habituation are unrelated processes.

• Sensory adaptation and habituation are the same thing.

• Sensory adaptation is learning from a repeated stimulus, while habituation is getting used to an unchanging stimulus.

• Sensory adaptation is getting used to an unchanging stimulus, while habituation is learning from a repeated stimulus.

What is the minimum change between two stimuli that causes an individual to detect the change?

• Absolute threshold

• Weber's law

• Difference threshold

• Signal detection theory

What is the function of the iris in the eye?

• Determines eye color and controls the amount of light entering the eye

• Protects the eye and forms the substance of the eye

• Allows for the eye to change focus

• Converts light into neural impulses

Where are cones located in the eye?

• In the vitreous cavity

• In the fovea centralis

• On the outer edge of the retina

• In the optic nerve

What is the function of the optic nerve?

• Transmits neural impulses from the eye to the brain

• Determines eye color and controls the amount of light entering the eye

• Allows for the eye to change focus

• Supports the retinal cells and other cells in the eye

What is the role of the primary visual cortex?

• Supports the retinal cells and other cells in the eye

• Processes information from the eye in the occipital lobe

• Transmits neural impulses from the eye to the brain

• Determines eye color and controls the amount of light entering the eye

What is the purpose of the vitreous humor in the eye?

• Transmits neural impulses from the eye to the brain

• Determines eye color and controls the amount of light entering the eye

• Gives the eye its support and shape

• Allows for the eye to change focus