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Unit 4- Psychology Applied
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Psychology
11th Grade
11/09/2012

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In shopping for a new stereo, you discover that you cannot differentiate between the sounds of models X and Y
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difference threshold
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To maximize your sensitivity to fine visual detail you should
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stare directly at the object
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The phantom limb sensation indicates that
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pain involves the brain's interpretation of neural activity
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While compeating in the Olympic trials, marathoner Kristen O'Brien suffered a stress fracture in her left leg. That she did not experience significant pain until the race was over is probably attributable to the fact that during the race
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the pain gate in her spinal cord was closed by information coming from her brain
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Which of the following is an example of sensory interaction?
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all of these examples
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In comparing the human eye to a camera, the film would be located in the eye's
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retina
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Sensation is to _______ as perception is to ______.
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detecting a stimulus; recognizing a stimulus
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I am a cell in the thalamus that is excited by red and inhibited by green. I am a(n)
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apponent-process cell
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The correct order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear is
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auditory canal, eardrum, muddle ear, cochlea.
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Dr. Frankenstein has forgotten to give his monster an important part, as a rsult the monster cannot transduce sound. Dr. Frankenstein omitted the
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Basilar membrane
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Assuming that the visual systems of humans and other mammals function similarly, you would expect that the retina of a nocturnal mammal (One active only at night) would contain
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mostly rods
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As the football game continued into the night, LeVar noticed that he was having difficulty distinguishing the colors of the players' uniforms. This is because the _____, which enable color vision, have a _____absolute threshold for brightness then the available light intensity.
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cones; higher
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After taring at a very intense red stimulus for a few minutes, Carrie shifted her gaze to a beige wall and "saw" the color ______. Carrie's experience provides support for the _____ theory.
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green; opponent-process
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Seventy-year-old Mrs. Martinez finds that she must spice her food heavily or she cannot taste it. Unfortunately, her son often finds her cooking inedible because it is so spicy. What is the likely explanation for their taste differences?
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Being 70 y/o, Mrs. Martinez probably has fewer taste buds than her son.
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When admiring the texture of a piece of fabric, Calvin usually runs his fingertips over the cloth's surface. He does this because
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if the cloth were held motionless, sensory adaptation to feel would quickly occur
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Superman's eyes used _______, while his brain used _________.
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bottom-up processing; top-down processing
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Tamiko hates the bitter tast of her cough syrup. Which of the following would she find most helpful in minimizing the syrup's bad taste?
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Holding her nose while taking the cough syrup
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Although carpenter Smith perceived a briefly viewed object as a screwdriver, police officer Wesson perceived the same object as a knife. This illustrates that perception is guided by
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perceptual set
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The fact a white object under dim illumination appears lighter than a gray object under the bright illumination is called
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lightness constancy
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When two familiar objects of equal size cast unequal retinal images, the object that casts the smaller retinal image will be perceived as being
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more distant than the other object
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Concluding her presentation on sensation and perception, Kelly notes that
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sensation and perception blend into one continuous process
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As her friend Milo walks toward her, Noriko perceives his size as remaining constant because his perceived distance _______ at the same time that her retinal image of him ______.
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decreases; increases
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In the absence of perceptual constancy
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objects would appear to change size as their distance from us changed.
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How do we perceive a pole that partially covers a wall?
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as nearer
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An artist paints a tree orchard so that the parallel rows of trees converge at the top of the canvas. Which cue has the artist used to convey distance?
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linear perspective
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Objects higher in our field of vision are perceived as ____ due to the principle of _______.
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farther away; relative height
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Your friend tosses you a frisbee. You know that is is getting closer instead of larger b/c of
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shape constancy
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Regina claims that she can bend spoons, levitat furniture, and perform many other "mind over matter" feats. She believes she has the power of
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psychokinesis
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Studying the road map before her trip, Colleen had no trouble following the route of the highway she planned to travel. Colleen's ability illustrates the principle of
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continuity
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