Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 Our sense organs are packed with specialized cells called _________ that convert environmental energies into signals for the nervous system. $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. stimuli B. adaptors $400 $300 $200 C. receivers D. receptors $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Which part of the eye changes its shape to enable us to focus on a distant object and then on a nearby object? $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. retina B. cornea $400 $300 $200 C. pupil D. lens $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The perception of ________ is related to the intensity of light. $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. brightness B. movement $300 $200 C. color D. distance $100

Team 2 The proportion of cones is greatest in which part of the eye? $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 The proportion of cones is greatest in which part of the eye? $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. fovea B. blind spot $400 $300 $200 C. cornea D. lens $100

Team 1 Top-down processing emphasizes all of the following EXCEPT… $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Top-down processing emphasizes all of the following EXCEPT… $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. memory B. stimulus features $400 $300 $200 C. experience D. knowledge $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 The smallest amount by which a stimulus can be changed and the difference can be detected… $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. absolute threshold B. signal detection $400 $300 C. difference threshold D. subliminal threshold $200 $100

Team 1 The most complex and highly developed sense for humans is… $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The most complex and highly developed sense for humans is… $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. sight B. smell $300 $200 C. hearing D. touch $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 As a bird flies towards you, you do not perceive it as growing larger. This is primarily due to… $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. recognition B. law of Pragnanz $300 $200 C. size constancy D. ambiguity $100

Team 1 Which sense makes use of the electromagnetic spectrum? $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 Which sense makes use of the electromagnetic spectrum? $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. olfaction B. taste $300 $200 C. hearing D. vision $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The tympanic membrane is another name for which part of the ear? $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A semicircular canals B. ear drum $300 $200 C. ear canal D. cochlea $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Sensory information related to the skin senses is processed within the… $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. Frontal lobe B. Semicircular canals $300 $200 C. Somatosensory cortex D. Temporal lobe $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 Whether a sound has a high or low ________ refers to the frequency of the sound. $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. pitch B. loudness $300 $200 C. amplitude D. timbre $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 Cells in the cortex that specialize in extracting certain features of a stimulus… $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. neural impulses B. bipolar cells $300 $200 C. feature-detectors D. ganglion cells $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Hearing loss that results when the bones connected to the eardrum fail to transmit sound waves properly to the cochlea… $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. general deafness B. conduction deafness $300 $200 C. nerve deafness D. receptor deafness $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Perceptual analysis that emphasizes the characteristics of the stimulus, rather than our concepts and expectations… $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. perceptual constancy B. top-down processing $400 $300 C. bottom-up processing D. illusions $200 $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The view that perception is primarily shaped by learning (or experience), rather than by innate factors… $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. learning-based inference B. Gestalt psychology $400 $300 $200 C. nature D. perceptual set $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 What is the process that converts physical energy, such as sound waves, into neural signals? $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. kinesthesis B. sensation $400 $300 $200 C. psychophysics D. transduction $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 Sally works in a high rise building. She can see the buildings that surround her own, but those further away in the distance appear fuzzy and hazy. Sally is experiencing… $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. Light & shadow B. Atmospheric perspective $400 $300 $200 C. Interposition D. Relative size $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The ________ refers to the fact that we do not know how the brain combines features into a single percept. $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. Gestalt approach B. feature detectors $400 $300 C. binding problem D. uncertainty principle $200 $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue for depth perception? $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. interposition B. convergence $300 $200 C. relative motion D. relative size $100

Team 1 The visual cliff experiment was designed to test infants on…. $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 The visual cliff experiment was designed to test infants on…. $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. sensory overload B. sensory adaptation $300 $200 C. depth perception D. motor abilities $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 __________ says that sensation is a judgment the sensory system makes about incoming stimulation. $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 A. Trichromatic theory B. Signal-detection theory $500 $400 $300 C. Sensory adaptation D. Fechner’s law $200 $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The trichromatic theory explains that color vision depends on the relative rate of response by 3 types of cones: blue, red, and… $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. black B. green $300 $200 C. yellow D. purple $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The opponent-process theory states that we perceive color not in terms of independent colors but in terms of a system of paired opposites: red vs __________, yellow vs __________, and white vs black. $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. orange; green B. blue; green $300 $200 C. green; blue D. blue; orange $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 _________ refers to the loss of responsiveness in receptor cells due to constant stimulation. $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. Sensory adaptation B. Absolute threshold $400 $300 C. Signal detection D. Weber’s law $200 $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 _______ is the perception closely related to frequency, and ________ is a perception that depends on the amplitude of sound waves. $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. Loudness; pitch B. Pitch; timbre $300 $200 C. Loudness; timbre D. Pitch; loudness $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 It may take your science teacher a few seconds to recognize you when you see her in the grocery store. This experience illustrates the importance of… $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. continuity B. context $300 $200 C. common fate D. closure $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 As you view an abstract painting, you eventually see the red as the people and the black as the background. This demonstrates... $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. optical illusion B. proximity $300 $200 C. figure-ground D. continuity $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 The four primary tastes are sour, salty, sweet, and bitter. The fifth taste, which has recently been proposed, is known as… $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. MSG B. umami $400 $300 $200 C. unanny D. spicy $100

Team 2 B. nature; nurture C. nurture; nature $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Learning-based inference is to ________ as Gestalt psychology is to _________. $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 A. sensation; perception B. nature; nurture $400 $300 D. perception; sensation $200 C. nurture; nature $100

Team 1 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 When discussing hearing, the process of transduction occurs in the… $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. eardrum B. auditory nerve $300 $200 C. ear canal D. cochlea $100

Team 2 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 Our sensory receptors play a key role in detecting _________ in the external world. $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $400 A. receptors B. changes $300 $200 D. comparisons C. similarities $100

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