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AP Psych: Sensation and Perception Test

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5 Matching Questions

  1. Convergence
  2. Parapsychologists
  3. Weber's Law
  4. Similarity
  5. Chemical Sense
  1. a the study of extrasensory perception
  2. b group similar objects together
  3. c difference threshold is not a constant amount but some constant proportion of stimulus, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount)
  4. d enables a small animal to find food, avoid certain kinds of danger, and even locate mates
  5. e the more close an object, the greater the eyes inward turn

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. uniform and linked
  2. sense of body's position and movement
  3. dominate peripheral vision and faint light
  4. enable you to see color and detail
  5. mental predisposition that influences what we perceive

5 True/False Questions

  1. Light and Shadowthe point where the optic nerve enters the retina

          

  2. AfterimagesImages continue to appear after they a gone due to images persisting upon the retina

          

  3. Iriscolored muscles around pupil, adjusts light by intaking and constricting in response to light intensity and inner emotions

          

  4. Difference Thresholdminimum difference person can detect between any two stimuli (just noticeable difference)

          

  5. Sensory Interactionprinciple that one sense may influence another (smell and taste)