EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM PSY 420 Chapter 3 Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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PSY 420 Chapter 3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
____ refer(s) to the set of psychological processes by which people recognize, organize,
synthesize, and give meaning (in the brain) to the sensations received from environmental stimuli
(in the sense organs).
a. Comprehension
b. Recognit...
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM PSY 420 Chapter 3 Exam Questions With Correct Answers. ____ refer(s) to the set of psychological processes by which people recognize, organize, synthesize, and give meaning (in the brain) to the sensations received from environmental stimuli (in the sense organs). a. Comprehension b. Recognition c. Sensation d. Perception - answer✔✔d. Perception Julie sees a flower, she notes it is red and appears to be a rose. What is the distal object? a. photon absorption in the rods and cones b. the reflection of light off the rose c. the actual rose d. molecules released the rose - answer✔✔c. the actual rose James Gibson defines ____ as the informational medium for vision. a. reflected light from the object. b. the actual object c. your mind perceiving the obje ct d. sound waves generated by the object - answer✔✔a. reflected light from the object When your eyes are exposed to a uniform field of stimulation (e.g., a red surface area without any shades, a clear blue sky, or dense fog), you will stop perceiving tha t stimulus after a few minutes and see just a gray field instead. Such a uniform visual field is called a(n) ____. a. Ganzfeld b. percept c. illusion EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM d. geon - answer✔✔a. Ganzfeld Transduction of electromagnetic light energy into neural electrochemica l impulses occurs in the ____. a. cornea b. crystalline lens c. retina d. vitreous humor - answer✔✔c. retina Which long thin photoreceptors work well under situations in which light is dim? a. cones b. crystalline lens c. rods d. ganglion cells - answer✔✔c. rods Which short and thick photoreceptors work well in situations in which the light is bright? a. cones b. ganglion cells c. rods d. vitreous humor - answer✔✔a. cones The neurochemical messages processed by the rods and cones of the retina travel via the ____ cells to the ____ cells. a. bipolar; ganglion b. astroglial; oligodendroglia c. photoreceptors; photopigments d. foveal; scleral - answer✔✔a. bipolar; ganglion The optic nerve consists of axons from ____ cells. a. amacrine b. ganglion c. horizontal EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM d. oligodendroglia - answer✔✔b. ganglion What part of the eye is a clear dome that protects the eye? a. cornea b. crystalline lens c. iris d. vitreous humor - answer✔✔a. cornea Which hypothesis suggests that there are two distinct visual pathways in the brain; one pathway is important for the location of the object in space and the other is for identifying the object? a. Identity/Location b. Identity/Use c. What/How d. What/ Where - answer✔✔d. What/Where Which hypothesis suggests that there are two distinct visual pathways in the brain; one pathway is important for identifying the object and the other for identifying the function of the object? a. Identity/Location b. Identi ty/Use c. What/How d. What/Where - answer✔✔c. What/How The theory of direct perception is a ____. a. bottom -up theory b. top -down theory c. complete theory of perception d. template theory - answer✔✔a. bottom -up theory Gibson's direct perception mod el is sometimes referred to as a(n) ____, because of Gibson's concern with perception as it occurs in the everyday world rather than in laboratory situations. a. anti -laboratory view b. real -life view c. world model
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