Psychology unit 3

The difference threshold is the minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli.

• True

• False

Sensory adaptation is the process by which we become more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli.

• True

• False

According to the signal detection theory, which of the following impacts your ability to detect stimuli from the environment?

• Attitude

• Mood

• Motivation

• The setting you are in

• All of the above

The two kinds of photoreceptors are _____________ and ____________.

• light, dark

• rods, cones

• hot, cold

• red, green

The _________ is the sensitive surface in the eye that acts like the film in a camera.

• pupil

• lens

• retina

• blind spot

The place where the neutral "networks" leave your eye to go to the occipital lobe is known as the _______.

• pupil

• lens

• retina

• blind spot

Your blind spot contains _______.

• mostly rods

• mostly cons

• a roughly equal share of rods and cones

• neither rods or cones

Rods are to _____ as cones are to _____.

• black / white; color

• color; black / white

• hearing; vision

• vision; hearing

Being nearsighted means that you can see things more easily when objects are

• Farther away from you

• Closer to you

• In color

• Viewed outdoors

A/an ________ is the visual impression that remains after the original image is removed

• photoreceptor

• color wheel

• blind spot

• afterimage