Neuron Note #8 AP Psychology review

William was having his hearing tested, and a number of the tones that were presented were so faint he was not able to detect them. These sounds would: Fall below William’s absolute threshold for sound Cause fewer inhibitory responses in his hair cells Fall below William’s adaptation level for sound Cause weaker than normal action potentials Fall above William’s absolute threshold for sound

Evelyn turned the thermostat up from 68° 70°; however, she doesn’t think it feels any warmer. Her roommate, on the other hand, thinks that it is now too hot, and wants to turn the thermostat down. Apparently Evelyn has: A smaller just noticeable difference for temperature than her roommate does A lower absolute threshold for temperature than her roommate does A larger just noticeable difference for temperature than her roommate does A higher absolute threshold for temperature than her roommate does

The ability to rapidly process words in reading depends most on: Top-down processing Bottom-up processing Bottom-to-top processing Lateral processing Top-to-bottom processing

The fact that your criterion for “hearing” mysterious noises at night may change after a rash of burglaries in your neighborhood can best be explained by: Weber’s Law Fechner’s Law Sensory Adaptation Signal-Detection Theory Gestalt’s Law

If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the amplitude of light waves, we would not be able to perceive differences in: Saturation Purity Color Brightness Hue

The lens in the eye: Converts light energy into neural energy Controls the amount of light entering the eye Bends entering light rays and focuses them onto the retina Is the part of the eye that gives it its color Is the clear covering over the eye

The blind spot in the eye is: Where photoreceptor cells are most concentrated The point at which ganglion cells converge with bipolar cells Where the optic nerve exits the back of the eye What leads to color blindness The spot on the retina that contains cones, but no rods

Television sets are able to recreate the entire visible spectrum by additively mixing three primary colors. This process is similar to the view of human color-vision called: Opponent-process theory Saturation theory Complementary color theory Trichromatic theory Color wheel theory

When a clarinet plays a high C followed by a low C, these two notes are perceived differently because they differ in: Amplitude Purity Complexity Frequency Timbre

The retina is to the eye as the: Eardrum is to the ear Ossicles are to the ear Pinna is to the ear Cochlea is to the ear Basilar cells are to the ear

The frequency theory of pitch perception is flawed because: Structurally, it is impossible for the basilar membrane to vibrate Neurons cannot fire fast enough to account for hearing tones higher than 1,000 cycles/second It places the transduction process in the semicircular canals and not the cochlea The action of the ossicles interacting with the auditory nerve was misidentified Neurons fire too fast to account for the first 1,000 cycles/second

Food generally tastes bland when you have a severe head cold because: Your cold will cause the sweet receptors in your mouth to become inactivated Your high temperature will cause your brain to block signals from the taste buds in your mouth Because your naturally-produced antibodies interfere with chemical molecules stimulated by your taste buds Flavor is influenced by smell as well as taste, and with a reduced sense of smell your sense of taste will be diminished The increased sensation of discomfort in your sinuses distracts your brains attention away from the perception of taste

The sense associated with the perception of taste is referred to as the: Gustatory system Olfactory system Vagus system Vestibular system Kinesthesia system

Information that an injury has just occurred is carried to the brain via the _____ pain pathway; information that the injury has not yet healed is carried to the brain via the _____ pain pathway. Fast; slow Fast; fast Slow; fast Slow; slow Generic; endorphin

The brain receives information about the positions of the various parts of the body through the: Vestibular sense Kinesthetic sense Kinetic sense Olfactory sense Gustatory sense

William was having his hearing tested, and a number of the tones that were presented were so faint he was not able to detect them. These sounds would: Fall below William’s absolute threshold for sound Cause fewer inhibitory responses in his hair cells Fall below William’s adaptation level for sound Cause weaker than normal action potentials Fall above William’s absolute threshold for sound

Evelyn turned the thermostat up from 68° 70°; however, she doesn’t think it feels any warmer. Her roommate, on the other hand, thinks that it is now too hot, and wants to turn the thermostat down. Apparently Evelyn has: A smaller just noticeable difference for temperature than her roommate does A lower absolute threshold for temperature than her roommate does A larger just noticeable difference for temperature than her roommate does A higher absolute threshold for temperature than her roommate does

The ability to rapidly process words in reading depends most on: Top-down processing Bottom-up processing Bottom-to-top processing Lateral processing Top-to-bottom processing

The fact that your criterion for “hearing” mysterious noises at night may change after a rash of burglaries in your neighborhood can best be explained by: Weber’s Law Fechner’s Law Sensory Adaptation Signal-Detection Theory Gestalt’s Law

If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the amplitude of light waves, we would not be able to perceive differences in: Saturation Purity Color Brightness Hue

The lens in the eye: Converts light energy into neural energy Controls the amount of light entering the eye Bends entering light rays and focuses them onto the retina Is the part of the eye that gives it its color Is the clear covering over the eye

The blind spot in the eye is: Where photoreceptor cells are most concentrated The point at which ganglion cells converge with bipolar cells Where the optic nerve exits the back of the eye What leads to color blindness The spot on the retina that contains cones, but no rods

Television sets are able to recreate the entire visible spectrum by additively mixing three primary colors. This process is similar to the view of human color-vision called: Opponent-process theory Saturation theory Complementary color theory Trichromatic theory Color wheel theory

When a clarinet plays a high C followed by a low C, these two notes are perceived differently because they differ in: Amplitude Purity Complexity Frequency Timbre

The retina is to the eye as the: Eardrum is to the ear Ossicles are to the ear Pinna is to the ear Cochlea is to the ear Basilar cells are to the ear

The frequency theory of pitch perception is flawed because: Structurally, it is impossible for the basilar membrane to vibrate Neurons cannot fire fast enough to account for hearing tones higher than 1,000 cycles/second It places the transduction process in the semicircular canals and not the cochlea The action of the ossicles interacting with the auditory nerve was misidentified Neurons fire too fast to account for the first 1,000 cycles/second

Food generally tastes bland when you have a severe head cold because: Your cold will cause the sweet receptors in your mouth to become inactivated Your high temperature will cause your brain to block signals from the taste buds in your mouth Because your naturally-produced antibodies interfere with chemical molecules stimulated by your taste buds Flavor is influenced by smell as well as taste, and with a reduced sense of smell your sense of taste will be diminished The increased sensation of discomfort in your sinuses distracts your brains attention away from the perception of taste

The sense associated with the perception of taste is referred to as the: Gustatory system Olfactory system Vagus system Vestibular system Kinesthesia system

Information that an injury has just occurred is carried to the brain via the _____ pain pathway; information that the injury has not yet healed is carried to the brain via the _____ pain pathway. Fast; slow Fast; fast Slow; fast Slow; slow Generic; endorphin

The brain receives information about the positions of the various parts of the body through the: Vestibular sense Kinesthetic sense Kinetic sense Olfactory sense Gustatory sense