22 questions
The minimal amount of energy that can produce a sensation...
difference threshold
minimal threshold
absolute threshold
subliminal stimulation
just noticeable difference (jnd)
sensory stimulation below a person's absolute threshold for conscious perception...
signal-detection theory
subliminal stimulation
absolute threshold
just noticeable difference (jnd)
difference threshold
Refers to the processes by which we become more sensitive to stimuli of low magnitude and less sensitive to stimuli that remain the same.
Sensory adaptation
feature detectors
absolute threshold
subliminal stimulation
desensitization
This law suggests that similar things tend to appear grouped together. Grouping can occur in both visual and auditory stimuli.
Law of Similarity
Law of Pragnanz
Law of Common Region
Law of Closure
Which of the following options is not one of the five senses of the human body.
Vision
Hearing
Taste
Smell
Common
This Gestalt law of perceptual organization suggests that elements that are grouped together within the same region of space tend to be recognized as together. For example, imagine that there are three oval shapes drawn on a piece of paper with two dots located at each end of the oval. The ovals are right next to each other so that the dot at the end of one oval is actually closer to the dot at the end of a separate oval. Despite the proximity of the dots, the two that are inside each oval are perceived as being a group rather than the dots that are actually closest to each other.
Law of Proximity
Law of Similarity
Law of Common Region
Law of Pragnanz
According to this law, things that are near each other seem to be grouped together.
Law of Proximity
Law of Common Region
Law of Closure
Law of Continuity
According to this law, things are grouped together if they seem to complete some entity.
Law of Pragnanz
Law of Continuity
Law of Similarity
Law of Closure
The Harvest Moon,
The Fall Above,
The October Sky,
The Autumn Love...
Is an example of what?
Law of Pragnanz
Signal-Detection Theory
It's a Cory Breth song I'm just Joshing with ya
Just noticeable difference (jnd)
Law of Similarity
When figure-ground relationships are ambiguous, or capable of being interpreted in various ways, our perceptions tend to be unstable and shift back and forth. This describes what law?
Law of Common Ground
Law of Figure/Ground
Law of Grounding
Law of Continuity
Exercise and a healthy diet supports what sense?
Vision
Hearing
Touch
All of the above
There is no adequate scientific evidence that people can read other people's minds.
True
False
Perception of objects or events through means other than the recognized sensory organs.
Sensation
Stimulation
Perception
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
What ratio accurately describes the number of Americans that have a hearing impairment?
Approximately 1 in 100
Approximately 1 in 50
Approximately 1 in 20
Approximately 1 in 10
What ratio accurately describes the number of Americans that cannot hear at all?
1 in 500
1 in 250
1 in 100
1 in 50
True or False. Smell has an important role in human behavior. It contributes to the flavor of foods.
True
False
The stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system.
Perception
Sensation
Stimulation
Threshold
The process by which sensations are organized into an inner representation of the world.
Sensation
Stimulation
Perception
Threshold
True or False. Teamwork is a natural instinct that kicks in during survival situations.
True
False
Team? What Team? Nah, I'm gonna look out for me.
The following are considered to be basic tastes, with the exception of
savory
sweet
sour
salty
The Gestalt rule describing the perceptual tendency to see objects that are near each other as belonging to a set is termed __________; while the tendency to see like objects as belong together is termed __________.
proximity; continuity
closure; constancy
continuity; similarity
proximity; similarity
The type of sensory adaptation in which we become less sensitive to constant stimuli. Also called negative adaptation.
sensitization
desensitization
over-sensitization
over-stimulation