AP Psychology Quiz 4A - Sensation & Perception (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with Sensation & Perception based questions. Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 60% or higher.

1 Which of the following is NOT an example of a monocular cue?

	Convergence
	Occlusion
	Object size
	Perception
	Color vision

2 Base your answer to question below on the following statements.

• Statement A - Smaller objects appear to be a greater distance away
• Statement B - If one object slightly obstructs our view of another, we perceive it as closer
• Statement C - Parallel lines appear to merge as distance increases
• Statement D - A dimmer object appears to be farther away than a light object
• Statement E - As we move, objects that are actually stationary appear to move

Which is an example of introspection?

	A
	B
	C
	D
	E

3 Which is an example of the linear perspective monocular cue?

	A
	B
	C
	D
	E

4 Which is an example of the motion parallax monocular cue?

	A
	B
	C
	D
	E

5 Which is an explanation of the light and shadow monocular cue?

	A
	B
	C
	D
	E

6 Which is an example of the relative size monocular cue?

	A
	B
	C
	D
	E

7 People’s retinas receive two slightly different images which are combined in the brain so that we can see an image in 3-D. This process is known as

	accommodation
	shadowing
	overlap
	convergence
	stereopsis

8 Women living in close quarters, such as prisons or sorority houses, will often have synchronized menstrual cycles. This is likely due to the secretion of

	progesterone
	leutenizing hormone
	sweat
	estrogen
	pheromones

9 Research on individuals that have a deficit in one sensory system, such as blind or deaf people, shows us that

	top-down processing is more likely
	other senses will be enhanced
	new senses will develop
	overall brain areas responsible for sensory information will be smaller
	other senses are also likely to be impaired

10 A difference threshold is

	the difference between the maximum strength of a stimuli and the minimum strength
	the maximum amount that two stimuli must differ in order for one to be detected more than the other
	used to determine sound wave amplitudes
	used to estimate how many pain sensors people have
	the minimum amount that two stimuli must differ in order to be perceived differently half the time

11 The point at which light passes through the eye is the

	retina
	cornea
	iris
	lens
	pupil

12 The theory that we perceive colors in terms of a system of paired opposites is known as the

	opponent process theory
	retinex theory
	negative afterimage theory
	trichromatic theory
	Young-Helmholtz theory

13 Participants in an experiment were given goggles that made the world appear upside down. After a number of days they adapted to the new world and when they took their glasses off, they were able to re-adjust to the ways things had been before. This is known as

	the visual capture effect
	the autokinetic effect
	motion parallax
	perceptual adaptation
	retinal disparity

14 Which of the following best describes the function of rods?

	Functions in peripheral vision and at night
	The point at which the cones cluster
	Detection of finer detail and color
	To transmit neural impulses from the eye to the brain
	Regulation of the amount of light entering the eye

15 Skin senses include all of the following except

	pain
	temperature
	olfaction
	touch
	pressure

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