PSYC/SOC - Senstion and Perception

Question 1

absolute threshold is the lowest intensity that we can ___

Answer 1

detect

Question 2

difference threshold is he abilty to differentiate at least __% of the time

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

Weber’s law states that the change required to meet the differenece threshold is a constant fraction of the original stimulus, and that amount of change needed to reach this threshold depends upon the original stimules. Chand(I)/I=k

Question 4

High K means ____ sensitivity

Answer 4

low

Question 5

Low K means ___ sensitivity

Answer 5

high

Question 6

the stronger the stimulus, the more the stimulus needs to be increased before one notices

Question 7

Gestalt principles describe how we distinguish stable objects from their backgrounds, and from other objects. Top down processing is used to group sensory information into distinct regions called ____

Answer 7

forms

Question 8

Forms are distinct regions that we group together

Question 9

The ‘ground’ is what we are not paying attention to

Question 10

Figure ground principle

Answer 10

a human’s ability to visually differentiate between an object and its background.

Question 11

Gestalt need to know: top down, continuation, closure, and figure and ground

Question 12

oculomotor cues is where the brain senses motor movement from the muscles in our eyes. This is a way that we can judge distance without using retinal disparity

Question 13

3 features of feature detection are colour, form, and ____

Answer 13

motion

Question 14

parallel processing occurs when out brains process all the features (colour, form, motion) at the ___ time

Answer 14

same

Question 15

macula is the dense region of rod and cones. It has strong resolution and colour vision. Rods are for ____ and colour is for ____

Answer 15

resolution, colours

Question 16

Fovea is a focus on ___

Answer 16

colours

Question 17

Pinna is your ___

Answer 17

ear, the thing you can touch and see

Question 18

Cochlea is the snail in the ear and where the sound wave moves

Question 19

Tube is at the top of the organ of corti and flutes are near the ____

Answer 19

bottom

Question 20

resicircular are responsible for ___

Answer 20

balance

Question 21

The hair cells are in the ______

Answer 21

organ of corti

Question 22

The cochlea detects ______, while the semicircular canals detect orientation and movement of the head

Answer 22

sound

Question 23

What is the only sense that does not go thorugh the thalamus?

Answer 23

smell (olfaction)

Question 24

somatosensory percieves pain and is in the ____ lobe

Answer 24

parietal

Question 25

the lowest difference threshold is the ___ sensitive

Answer 25

most

Question 26

Broadbent’s early selection theory means it is immediately _____.

Answer 26

filtered

Question 27

Deautch Late selection theory is like being at a coffee shop and waiting for your name to be called out

Question 28

Attenuation theory is when only info with high priority makes it to concious processing

Question 29

Change blindness is when things change in your field of view and you don’t notice

Question 30

distal stimulus is ___ a part of your body. A proximal stimulus occurs within your brain

Answer 30

not

Question 31

distal causes the proximal

Question 32

Declarative memory is remembering facts or events, Non-declarative memor is unconcious memory of how to do things.

Question 33

phonological loop is when you sign those words for a two factor auth to yourself to remember it!

Question 34

Working memory can hold 7(+/-2) bits of information at one time

Question 35

Working memory can hold ____ bits of information at one time

Answer 35

7(+/-2)

Question 36

The dual coding effect states that humans can have multiple representations of the same idea (the word referring to a dog, the mental picture of a doc, etc.)

Question 37

Semantic memory are memories of meaning and general knowledge, ability to recall. It is general knowledge. Does this decline or improve with aging?

Answer 37

improve

Question 38

Processes that remain stable despite aging are …

Answer 38

implicit memory (type of procedural) and recognition of information (multiple choice)

Question 39

Long term potentiation (LTP) is the molecular process involved in strengthening synapses. The _____ plays the largest role in LTP

Answer 39

hippocampus. Think Hippo on Campus - taken all the classes at Uni!!

Question 40

circling around and trying to find it like trying to remember the name of a TSwift song is called _____ activation

Answer 40

spreading activation

Question 41

retroactive interference involves a new memory interfering with the retrieval of an older memory. Proactive interference involves an older memory nterfering with the retrieval of a new one. Which type is calling the Talison centre talison instead of repsol (the new name)

Answer 41

proactive

Question 42

retro think problem with ___

Answer 42

old

Question 43

What is the first structure affected by Alzeheimer’s which involves memory issues?

Answer 43

Hippocampus

Question 44

Korsakoff’s syndrme starts with annihilating new memory formation (anterograde) and is often caused by ____ and is not associated with age

Answer 44

alcoholism

Question 45

Parkinson’s is associated with ___ deficiency in the substantia negra

Answer 45

dopamine

Question 46

cognition is ___

Answer 46

thinking

Question 47

Jean Piaget believed that both nature and nurture contribute to ___ development

Answer 47

cognitive

Question 48

Assimilation and we add it to our brain without changing any existing mental structures. Accommodation requires and internal schema to change.

Question 49

concrete operational think of 7/11 the convenience store because they are made of concrete so are between the ages of ____

Answer 49

7-11

Question 50

Inductive reasoning is the ability to derive general concepts from ___ situations. This is in the concrete operational ages (7-11)

Answer 50

specific

Question 51

Conservation is the ideas that things stay the same size despite their container shape. This is in the concrete operational stage

Answer 51

think about the video of the girl and the two glasses of blue juice and the coins in a row

Question 52

Concrete operation has inductive reasoning and and conservation.

Question 53

Preoperational is between ..years

Answer 53

2-7

Question 54

Preoperational is an egocentric mindset which means they struggle to take the other person’s __-

Answer 54

pov

Question 55

Centration is part of preoperational (2-7) is the focus on one aspect of a situation to the exclusion of others. An example is mom calling dad tony but we say no it is

Answer 55

dad

Question 56

sensorimotor is between ____years. Object permanence is Peek-a-Boo that thye can still exist if they aren’t being observed

Answer 56

0-2

Question 57

Piaget believed that evelopment is mostly an ___ process, Vygotsky maintained that it is a _____ one

Answer 57

internal, sociocultural

Question 58

the fovea is the part of the retina that contains a high density of ____ for daytime vision, whereas, the periphery of the retina contains a high density of _____ which are more photosensitive and can detect dim light.

Answer 58

cones, rods

Question 59

____ is the degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results

Answer 59

reliability

Question 60

validity is how closely it is aligned with the curriculum