Psych 202 Exam 2 (UW Madison) Flashcards
John went out hunting and shot a deer. His excitement drives him to go out and find the deer right away. While tracking the deer he looks for clues such as blood, tracks, and of course the deer. He knows the deer is brown and has antlers. He uses these cues and applies them to the external world. This is an example of which type of perception processing method:
a. bottom-up
b. Top-up
c. top-down
d. bottom-down
c. top-down
Anna is visiting her grandmother and as she greets her she gives her a hug. She notices that her grandmother has on her usual perfume but it is unusually strong today. As Anna is leaving she gives her grandmother another hug goodbye but this time doesn’t notice the smell of perfume. This is because of…..
a. Sensory adaptation
b. Perception
c. Good continuation
a. sensory adaptation
What is linear perspective?
a. the partial overlap of something
b. when two parallel lines seem to converge
c. a cue that relies on only one eye
d. none of the above
b. when two parallel lines seem to converge
Which is not a Gestalt principle of perception?
a. Proximity
b. Closure
c. Contiguity
d. Similarity
c. contiguiity
What is the difference between bottom-up and top-down processing?
A. Bottom-up processing is when you use background knowledge and experience to influence perception; top-down processing is when you look at new things for the first time and need to put things together
B. Top-down processing is when you use background knowledge and experience to influence perception; bottom-up processing is when you look at new things for the first time and need to put things together
C. Bottom-up processing has a higher level cognition; topdown processing has a higher level cognition
B. Top-down processing is when you use background knowledge and experience to influence perception; bottom-up processing is when you look at new things for the first time and need to put things together
Can you predict the outcome if an integral part of the Temporal Lobe, specifically the cochlea, is damaged?
A. The person will damage their ability to create new memories or emotions
B. The person will damage their hearing ability
C. The person will damage their fine motor skills and higher-order thinking skills
D. The person will damage their sight
B. The person will damage their hearing ability
Can you make a distinction between cones and rods?
a. Cones work best in bright light conditions while rods work best in low light conditions
b. Cones work best in low light conditions while rods work best in bright light conditions
c. Rods are parts of cones and function collaboratively
d. Cones are parts of Rods and function collaboratively
a. Cones work best in bright light conditions while rods work best in low light conditions
What example can you find to explain lines that appear to be different lengths when in actuality they are the same length?
Müller-Lyer illusion
How can you correlate perception and sensation?
a. Perceptions are built from sensations, but not all sensations result in the perception
b. Sensations are built from perception, but not all perceptions result in sensations
c. Perceptions and sensations are correlated directly, they both cause and lead to each other all of the time
d. Perceptions never build sensations
a. Perceptions are built from sensations, but not all sensations result in the perception
If the frequency of a sound wave is high, what does that tell you about the sound?
A. The pitch is high
B. The pitch is low
C. The sound is loud
D. The sound is quiet
a. the pitch is high
Bruce Bridgeman was born with extreme lazy eye that causes him to be unable to respond to binocular cues of depth. What is the name for this inhibition?
A. Stereoblindness
B. Congenital deafness
C. Colorblindness
D. Conductive hearing loss
a. stereoblindness
If an individual is sitting out on their porch where a lighthouse light keeps flashing and bothering the individual, but eventually the individual does not notice the light anymore. What is this known as?
A) Sensory adaptation
B) Top-down processing
C) Bottom-up processing
D) Feature detectors
a. sensory adaptaion
Kids in a class are asked to watch a traffic video and count how many black cars pass on-screen, midway through the video the sky changed colors from blue to green. No one notices the color change until it is pointed out, later on, this is an example of what?
a. Inattentional blindness
b. Depth perception
c. Visual spectrum
d. Occipital lobe perception failure
a. inattentional blindness
Which principles are included in Gestalt Principles of Perception? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
A) we tend to segment our visual world into figure and ground
B) our perceptions tend to be of a series of segments rather than complete objects
C) we are less likely to perceive continuous, smooth-flowing lines than jagged, broken lines
D) we tend to perceive things that are close to each other as being grouped together
a and d
A test subject is put into a room where the level of light is slowly turned up, and they are instructed to let the experimenter know when they notice the room getting lighter. This is demonstrating what.
A. Subliminal messages
B. Absolute Threshold
C. Kinesthesia
D. Transduction
b. abdolute threshold
Lee walks into her garden and her nose detects the scent of roses. The act of detecting the rose is an example of _________ because it is a physical process.
a. Sensation
b. Top-Down
c. Perception
d. Bottom-Up
a. sensation
Jack is inside of a theater and the lights suddenly turn off, he can’t see for a second and panics, then suddenly he can see again, why is this happening?
A. Jacks cone activity was activated
B. Jacks Cochlea was activated
C. Jacks Rod activity was activated
D. Jack uses top down processing
C. Jacks Rod activity was activated
If a study suggested that different portions of the basilar membrane are sensitive to sounds of different frequencies, which theory would support this idea?
A) Place Theory
B) Temporal Theory
C) Signal Detection Theory
D) Opponent-process Theory
a. place theory
Growing up, Khush always had gotten hurt and get infections but would never be able to feel the pain. This last week, he left his had on a stove and damaged his neurons leading to ______ pain. He decided to go into the doctor and the was diagnosed with _______
A. inflammatory; congential analgesia
B. Neuropathic; congential analgesia
C. Inflammatory; Meineres disease
D. Neuropathic; Meineres disease
B. Neuropathic; congential analgesia
In my small dorm room, I lost my Wiscard. I am going around and looking for something that might be small like a credit card and be white or red. I will not look behind my pillows. This is an example of what way we processes our perceptions?
a. Bottom Up Processing
b. Sensory Adaptation
c. Top Down Processing
d. None of the Above
c. topd down processing
Revised Question: Sara holds her finger in front of her face and moves it towards and away from her face. Which of the following is this an example of?
a. Monocular cues
b. Binocular cues
c. Timbre
d. Somatosensation
b. Binocular cues
What size of wavelength would a building be and what size of wavelength would a human inside of that building be?
A. Radio; Microwave
B. Radio; Infrared
C. Microwave; Radio
D. Microwave; Infrared
A. Radio; Microwave
What process is it when previous experiences and expectations are used to recognize a stimuli?
a) subliminal messages
b) top-down processing
c) bottom-up processing
d) sensory adaptation
a. subliminal messages
If the cornea is damaged what would be the implications?
A) The barrier between the eye and the world would be altered
B) The person wouldn’t be able to smell properly
c) The depth perception would be off
D) They would be color blind
A) The barrier between the eye and the world would be altered