ch 5 sensation and perception basic principles

Question 1

how we detect physical energy from environment and encode it as neural signals, information by activating our senses

Answer 1

sensation

Question 2

bottom up processing is an example of _________ (sensation or perception)

Answer 2

sensation

Question 3

how we select, organize and interpret information drawn from experience/process of understanding

Answer 3

perception

Question 4

top down processing is an example of _______ (sensation or perception)

Answer 4

perception

Question 5

sensation is the _____ hemisphere of the brain

Answer 5

left

Question 6

perception is the ______ hemisphere of the brain

Answer 6

right

Question 7

forms perception, fills in gaps, also called law of closure

Answer 7

top down processing

Question 8

ambiguous two dimensional drawings that can be seen from 2 different perspectives

Answer 8

reversible figures

Question 9

focus conscious awareness on a particular stimulus (tune out distractions)

Answer 9

selective attention

Question 10

multi tasking/parallel processing

Answer 10

divided attention

Question 11

distracted driving is an example of _________

Answer 11

divided attention

Question 12

cocktail party phenomenon is an example of________

Answer 12

selective attention

Question 13

word/color conflict is an example of _____

Answer 13

selective attention

Question 14

Gustav Fechner was a famous_________

Answer 14

psychophysicist

Question 15

minimum amount of stimulation to detect 50% of the time

Answer 15

absolute threshold

Question 16

minimal stimulation to hear/see it, for example changing the volume on a tv or radio (what method is this)

Answer 16

method of limits

Question 17

identical stimuli presented repeatedly, different or same? for example, the hearing test (what method is this)

Answer 17

method of right and wrong cases

Question 18

adjust a comparison stimuli until it appears identical (what method is this)

Answer 18

method of adjustment

Question 19

receptor cells less responsive, decrease in response with repeated stimulation

Answer 19

sensory habituation

Question 20

occurs in body’s receptors, diminished sensitivity after constant stimulation

Answer 20

sensory adaptation

Question 21

child looking at angles gets bored and needs a new picture vs cold pool getting warmer

Answer 21

habituation vs adaptation

Question 22

size illusion where 2 curved shapes of identical size placed next to each other (1 appears larger)

Answer 22

Wundt jastrow illusion

Question 23

mental predisposition/expectation to perceive in a certain way (also top down processing)

Answer 23

perceptual set

Question 24

to predict the future

Answer 24

precognition

Question 25

see images perceiving events

Answer 25

clairvoyance

Question 26

3d scene from a 2d image `

Answer 26

retinal disparity

Question 27

the more eyes come together, the closer the object

Answer 27

convergence

Question 28

vision in only 1 eye would result in _____

Answer 28

bad depth perception

Question 29

perceptual illusion that tricks your eyes into thinking that still images are actually moving

Answer 29

phi phenomenon

Question 30

visual phenomemon in which viewing a series of slightly varying pictures in rapid succession produces the effect

Answer 30

stroboscopic movement

Question 31

old signs (blinking lights looking like a wave of motion) vs stop motion videos

Answer 31

phi vs stroboscopic