Psych Practice Reviews

Question 1

what is the absolute threshold for sensory stimulation?

Answer 1

the point when sensory receptor is stimulated but not necessarily perceived by the CNS

Question 2

magnocellular cells

Answer 2

cells that detect motion

Question 3

parvocellular cells

Answer 3

detect stationary objects in fine detail

Question 4

what is the order of information travelled for visual info?

Answer 4

optic tracts, lateral geniculate nucleus (first stopping point for visual info in the brain), occipital lobe, visual cortex

Question 5

macula is also known as:

Answer 5

fovea centralis, the centre of the retina

Question 6

optic disk

Answer 6

blind spot

Question 7

what is the auditory pathway in humans?

Answer 7

organ of Corti to (superior olive in brainstem to) inferior colliculi to medial geniculate nucleus in thalamus to auditory cortex

Question 8

superior olive

Answer 8

in brainstem, responsible for sound localization

Question 9

ampullae

Answer 9

parts of the semicircular canals that are covered in hair cells, help sense rotational acceleration

Question 10

medial geniculate nucleus

Answer 10

part of the thalamus that receives and passes on auditory input

Question 11

shadowing

Answer 11

experimental technique in which subjects repeat speech immediately after hearing it

Question 12

Wernicke’s aphasia is also known as

Answer 12

receptive aphasia

Question 13

Broca’s aphasia is also known as

Answer 13

expressive aphasia

Question 14

divided attention

Answer 14

multi-tasking

Question 15

selective attention

Answer 15

the process by which one input is attended to and the rest are tuned out

Question 16

Wechscler Scales of Intelligence

Answer 16

normalized to a mean of 100 with a SD of 15

Question 17

cross-sectional data

Answer 17

type of observational study that analyzes data from a population (or a representative subset at a specific point in time)

Question 18

impression management/self-presentation

Answer 18

the conscious or unconscious process whereby people attempt to manage their own images by influencing the perceptions of others. this is achieved by controlling the amount or type of information or the social interaction.