Sensation & Perception (AP (Advanced Placement) Psychology): Questions 160 - 164 of 180
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Question number: 160
» Sensation & Perception » Sensory Adaptations » Other Important Senses
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The back of the tongue is most sensitive to
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | sourness. |
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| b. | saltiness. |
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| c. | bitterness. |
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| d. | sweetness. |
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Question number: 161
» Sensation & Perception » Sensory Adaptations » Various Theories of Color Vision
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If you look at the color green for an extended period of time and then look away, you will see an afterimage of red. Which theory accounts for this phenomenon?
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| a. | binding theory |
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| b. | opponent-process theory |
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| c. | parallel-processing theory |
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| d. | trichromatic theory |
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Question number: 162
» Sensation & Perception » Sensory Adaptations » Vision
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The optic chiasm
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | transmits visual information from the left side of the retina to the right lobe of the occipital cortex and vice versa. |
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| b. | allows light to be bent such that the occipital cortex can perceive information both close and far away. |
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| c. | is responsible for afterimages. |
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| d. | refers to the retina’s blind spot. |
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Question number: 163
» Sensation & Perception » Perceptual Processes » Organization
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A 70-year-old man defines middle age as 50 years of age. A 10-year-old child defines middle age as 35 years of age. Their estimates differ because of
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| a. | selective attention. |
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| b. | selective perception. |
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| c. | perceptual constancy. |
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| d. | their frame of reference. |
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Question number: 164
» Sensation & Perception » Perceptual Processes » Interpretation
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Twenty extremely accurate clocks are locked in two bank vaults (ten in each). A subject who claims to have paranormal powers concentrates on the clocks in one of the vaults, attempting to make them run faster. If she succeeds, she will have demonstrated
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| a. | telepathy. |
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| b. | mesmerism. |
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| c. | precognition. |
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| d. | psychokinesis. |
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