Campbell—Sensation and Perception Test
AP Psych--Fall
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1. In a perception research lab, you are asked to describe the shape of the top of the box as the box is slowly
rotated. Which concept are the researchers most likely investigating?
a. feature detectors in the retina
b. feature detectors in the occipital lobe
c. placement of rods and cones in the retina
d. binocular depth cues
e. shape constancy
2. Of the following, which bend incoming light rays to focus an image of the retina?
1. cornea
2. iris
3. lens
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. 3 only
d. 1 and 3 only
e. 1, 2, and 3
3. A landscape painting shows boats on a lake in the foreground and mountains further away. Of the
following, which cue would NOT contribute to your perception that the mountains are futher away than the
boats in the picture?
a. texture gradient
b. linear perspective
c. relative height
d. retinal disparity
e. interposition
4. Mrs. Campbell serves you sweet ice tea and then sweetens your ice tea some more. She asks if you can
detect the change in the stimulus. If you can do this 50% of the time it is called the
a. JND
b. absolute threshold
c. Weber’s Law
d. subliminal
e. ESP
5.. Neural impulses go directly to the cortex without passing through the thalamus from receptors in the
a. retina
b. joints
c. cochlea
d. olfactory epithelium
e. taste buds
6. According to the ______________ theory, cones (photoreceptor cells) respond to red, green, or blue
light. There is a concentration of cones in the fovea and very few of them in our peripheral visual field.
a. Opponent process
b. After-image
c. Trichromatic
d. Dichromatic
e. Monochromatic
7. Decreased perceptual response to a repeated stimulus like hearing loud music over and over is called
a.
habituation or adaptation.
b.
selective attention.
c.
divided attention.
d.
hallucination
e.
absolute threshold
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8. Conventional hearing aids may restore hearing by (I hope you did your reading)
a. restoring function to a badly damaged eardrum
b. amplifying vibrations conducted by facial bones to the cochlea
c. translating sounds into electrical signals wired into the cochlea’s nerves
d. stimulating the semicircular canals to transducer sound waves
e. converting sound waves to radio waves
Match the following structure with the correct sense. You may use a choice multiple times or you may not
use it at all.
9. joints
a. audition/hearing
10. ossicles--malleus, incus, stapes
b. vision/sight
11. fovea
c. gustation/taste
12. papillae
d. olfaction/smell
13. lateral geniculate nucleus
e. cutaneous/touch
14. iris
f. kinesthetic/movement
15. pressure receptors
g. vestibular/balance
16. semicircular canals
h. esp
17. cochlea
18. olfactory epithelieum
19.The process where the lens of the eye changes shape is called
a. habituation
b. accommodation
c. adaptation
d. flexibility
e. muscle movement
20. According to Hubel and Weisel, brain cells that analyze incoming sensory information into lines,
angles, shading, and movement are called
a. sight cells.
b.second stage sensors.
c. feature detectors.
d.vision neuron
21. Which of the following is a color vision theory used to explain the after-image
effect of the flag in your text initially appears green, black, and yellow, but after a
period of time turns red, white, and blue?
a. place theory
b. gate control theory
c. opponent-process theory
d. trichromatic theory
e. frequency theory
22. Skin mapping indicates that
a. the forearm is the most sensitive area of the body.
b.skin receptors are found in varying concentrations, reflecting the sensitivity of the body
areas.
c. pain receptors do not vary in concentration, but are uniform for all parts of the body.
d.temperature sensitivity is greatest in the chest and trunk areas.
e. areas such as the back of our neck are very sensitive.
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23. When a fortune teller claims to have the ability to see what the person you will meet
and marry in ten years from now looks like, the person is professing to have the ability of
a. telepathy
b. clairvoyance
c. precognition
d. telekinesis
e. top-down processing
24. If a signal is said to be subliminal it is
a. proven to manipulate us to do something we are unaware
b. below the absolute threshold of detection
c. invisible
d. needing to be primed
e. all listed
25. Although sound comes from speakers on the sides of the room, viewers watching the movie perceive
the sound as coming from the screen. This phenomenon is best accounted for by the
a. visual capture
b. proximity
c. closure
d. opponent-process
e. feature detection
26. According to __________ theory, lower pitch tones are sensed by the rate the cells fire; we sense pitch
because the hair cells fire at different speeds in the cochlea.
a. opponent process theory
b. place theory
c. frequency theory
d. organ of corti
e. transduction
27. Gate control theory refers to
a. which sensory impulses are transmitted first from each sense
b. which pain messages are perceived
c. interfering sound waves, causing some waves to be undetected
d. the gate at the optic chiasm controlling the destination hemisphere for visual information from
each eye
e. how our minds choose to use either bottom up or top down processing
28. What behavior would be difficult without our vestibular sense?
a. integrating what we see and hear
b. writing our name
c. repeating a list of digits
d. walking a straight line with our eyes closed
e. reporting to a researcher the exact position and orientation of our limbs
29. If you had sight in only one eye, which of the following depth cues could you NOT use?
a. retinal disparity
b. convergence
c. linear perspective
d. shading
e. both a and b
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30. Mr. Kan is making soup. After tasting it, he decides it needs more salt and slowly adds some until he
can first detect that the soup is saltier than it was before. The amount of salt Mr. Kan needs to add depends
on his
a. absolute threshold
b. perceptual set
c. difference threshold
d. olfactory sensitivity
e. gate control theory
31. Weber’s law determines
a. absolute threshold
b. focal length of the eye
c. level of subliminal messages
d. amplitude of sound waves
e. just noticeable difference or jnd
32. _________ theory helps us to understand the effects of distractions and interference on our perception-giving an explanation to why sometimes a doctor might miss a tumor on an x-ray while other times he
would see a tumor of the same size.
a. Top-down processing
b. Bottom-up processing
c. Signal detection
d. Gestalt
e. Weber’s Law
33. You are shown a picture of your grandfather’s face, but the eyes and mouth are blocked out. You still
recognize it as a picture of your grandfather. Which type of processing best explains this example of
perception?
a. bottom up processing
b. signal detection theory
c. top down processing
d. opponent process theory
e. gestalt replacement theory
34. Chelsea always is seen with a young woman who has poor morals. At a party, Chelsea is approached by
a male who assumes the same about her. This can best be explained by what Gestalt rule of perception?
a. expectancy
b. similarity
c. closure
d. continuity
e. proximity
35. Three year old Emma went to see a New York Yankess game Yankee Stadium. From her seat in the
bleachers, the players looked like tiny men, but as she walked towards the field, the players seemed to
grown in size, as if by magic. Emma’s belief that the men grew larger is best explained by
a. damage to her fovea
b. place theory
c. imcomprehension about how to use the Gestalt principles
of perception
d. her inability to use binocular cues
e. the fact that she is still developing size constancy
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36. Paul stared out of the window as the train he was on raced through the countryside. He noticed that the
telephone poles near the tracks seemed to fly by while the houses in the distance seemed to move slowly.
This apparent difference in speed of movement is known as
a. texture gradient
b. motion parallax or relative motion
c. stroboscopic motion
d. the phi phenomenon
e. relative speed
37. The blind spot in our eye results from
a. retinal damage
b. the shadow the pupil makes on the retina
c. competing processing between the left and right hemispheres
d. floating debris in the vitreous humor
e. the lack of receptors where the optic nerve connects to the retina
38. Vanessa is at a party, having a great time talking to her friend Milly. To her the noise of the party is just
a background hum, which allows her to focus her attention on Milly until she hears another girl mention her
favorite actor’s name. This is an example of
a. divided attention or multi-tasking
b. cocktail party phenomenon
c. adaptation
d. attention
e. Weber’s Law
39. Sam has a hard time focusing on the teacher while she is teaching, he has problems completing tasks,
and he often finds himself not paying attention while driving. The doctor has told him that this inability to
focus is because of a deficit in his
a. divided attention or multi-tasking
b. adaptation
c. selective attention
d. thresholds
e. visual and auditory system
40. Thomasita believes that Presidential Candidate A is tough and Candidate B is inexperienced. Thomasita
watches the debate and reports that Candidate A acted tough and confident, while Candidate B did not
come across very strong even though in actuality Candidate B did answer all the questions assertively and
with conviction. Thomasita’s perception being her reality is best explained by what psychological terms?
a. bottom up processing
b. expectancy
c. perceptual set
d. schemata
e. b, c, and d
41. Inductive reasoning goes from the specific to the general. Which of the following is analogous to
inductive reasoning?
a.
top-down processing
b.
bottom-up processing
c.
perceptual expectancies
d.
Illusions
e.
sensation
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42. You invite your new boyfriend over to meet your parents. When he arrives he is dressed like a gang
member/thug even though he is not. Your parents will think he is involved in criminal activity because he
looks like people they have seen that are gang members. This is BEST explained by what Gestalt principle?
a. proximity
b. figure-ground
c. similarity
d. closure
e. top-down processing
43. What is the principle difference between amplitude and frequency in sound waves?
a. amplitude is the tone or timbre of a sound, while frequency is the pitch
b.amplitude is detected in the cochlea, while frequency is detected in the auditory cortex
c.amplitude is the height of the sound wave while frequency is a measure of how frequently the sound
waves pass a given point
d. both measure qualities of sound, but frequency is a more accurate measure since it measures the shapes
of the waves rather then the strength of the waves
e. amplitude has to do with the place theory, and frequency with the frequency theory
44.Hearing loss caused when the eardrums or ossicles are damaged by disease or injury is conduction
deafness while hearing loss due to damage of the hairs in the basilar membrane is referred to as:
a.
Hunter's notch.
b.
Typical deafness.
c.
stimulation deafness.
d.
nerve deafness.
e.
ossicle deafness
45. Motion pictures are actually a series of still pictures presented in rapid succession to produce the
illusion of movement. This illusion of movement is called
a. the autokenetic effect
b. the phi phenomenon
c. stroboscopic movement
d. light adaptation
e. the false motion effect
Campbell—Sensation and Perception Test
AP Psych--Fall
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Free Response Question—
Describe the psychological concept of expectancy or set. Discuss a specific example of
how expectancy or set affects each of the following.
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Human perception
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The effects of a psychological drug on a human
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A student’s performance in the classroom
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Human Problem Solving
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Memory
Free Response Question—
Describe the psychological concept of expectancy or set. Discuss a specific example of
how expectancy or set affects each of the following.
-
Human perception
-
The effects of a psychological drug on a human
-
A student’s performance in the classroom
-
Human Problem Solving
-
Memory
Free Response Question—
Describe the psychological concept of expectancy or set. Discuss a specific example of
how expectancy or set affects each of the following.
-
Human perception
-
The effects of a psychological drug on a human
-
A student’s performance in the classroom
-
Human Problem Solving
-
Memory
Campbell—Sensation and Perception Test
AP Psych--Fall
Pick the BEST answer
Free Response Question—
Describe the psychological concept of expectancy or set. Discuss a specific example of
how expectancy or set affects each of the following.
-
Human perception
-
The effects of a psychological drug on a human
Campbell—Sensation and Perception Test
AP Psych--Fall
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A student’s performance in the classroom
-
Human Problem Solving
-
Memory
Pick the BEST answer
Free Response Question—
Describe the psychological concept of expectancy or set. Discuss a specific example of
how expectancy or set affects each of the following.
-
Human perception
-
The effects of a psychological drug on a human
-
A student’s performance in the classroom
-
Human Problem Solving
-
Memory
Free Response Question—
Describe the psychological concept of expectancy or set. Discuss a specific example of
how expectancy or set affects each of the following.
-
Human perception
-
The effects of a psychological drug on a human
-
A student’s performance in the classroom
-
Human Problem Solving
-
Memory
Campbell—Sensation and Perception Test
AP Psych--Fall
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