AP Psych Mega Unit 3 review Sensation and Perception

Identify the Law: Law of the Jungle, Law of whole, Law of figure and ground

• Law of the Jungle

• Law of whole

• Law of figure and ground

• Law of Nature

Sensing the position and movement of individual body parts is an example of which sense?

• auditory

• visual

• kinesthetic

• olfactory

Papillae contain: Saliva glands, Lingual tonsils, Taste buds, Lymph nodes

• Saliva glands

• Lingual tonsils

• Taste buds

• Lymph nodes

Olfaction refers to which sense?

• Taste

• Touch

• Smell

• Hearing

A person sees Object A in its entirety, but part of Object B’s outline is interrupted by Object A. According to the overlapping cue, what can that person conclude about these objects?

• Object A is closer than Object B.

• Object B is larger than Object A.

• Object A is moving towards Object B.

• Object B is completely hidden by Object A.

The cochlea is responsible for

• transforming vibrations into neural signals.

• filtering sound frequencies before they reach the brain.

• amplifying sound waves in the ear canal.

• detecting changes in air pressure.

After listening to your high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This best illustrates

• auditory fatigue

• sensory adaptation

• acoustic reflex

• sound localization

Racial and ethnic stereotypes can sometimes bias our perceptions of other's behavior. This best illustrates the impact of:

• retinal disparity

• interposition

• top-down processing

• perceptual adaptation

The name of the opening in your eye through which light waves enter

• Iris

• Cornea

• Pupil

• Lens

Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrates the principle of:

• similarity

• contrast

• proximity

• closure