PSYC 101 | General Psychology Module
Exam 3 | Questions and Answers Rated
A+ | Latest 2025 | Portage Learning
Question 1
pts
Name and define the two types of pain.
- Correct Answer - Acute: sharp and sudden. Chronic: long and drawn out.
Question 2
pts
What is perception?
- Correct Answer - Perception is when the brain makes sense of neural
impulses and interprets
them.
Question 3
pts
What are the differences between bottom-up and top-down processing?
- Correct Answer - Bottom-up Processing involves focusing on the physical
characteristics of a stimulus, while Topdown Processing involves analyzing
one’s memories, knowledge, expectations, and other personal factors.
, Question 4
pts
Summarize Gestalt theory and what it tells us about perception.
- Correct Answer - Gestalt refers to the whole pattern and the whole is
more than the sum of its parts. Gestalt theory uses figure and ground and a
number of laws to explain perception. From Gestalt theories, we learn that
people tend to focus on the “big picture” and ignore things such as
background information and unlike objects.
pts
What is sensation? What is the process by which it works?
- Correct Answer - Sensation occurs when a sense organ, like your eyes
and ears, creates a pattern of nerve impulses. It uses the process of
Transduction.
Question 2
pts
What is an absolute threshold?
- Correct Answer - The amount of energy or stimulation needed for an
organism to detect it.
Question 3
pts
What is the just noticeable difference (JND)?
- Correct Answer - The same thing as the Difference Threshold, it is the
smallest distance between two stimuli that can be recognized as being a
difference.
Exam 3 | Questions and Answers Rated
A+ | Latest 2025 | Portage Learning
Question 1
pts
Name and define the two types of pain.
- Correct Answer - Acute: sharp and sudden. Chronic: long and drawn out.
Question 2
pts
What is perception?
- Correct Answer - Perception is when the brain makes sense of neural
impulses and interprets
them.
Question 3
pts
What are the differences between bottom-up and top-down processing?
- Correct Answer - Bottom-up Processing involves focusing on the physical
characteristics of a stimulus, while Topdown Processing involves analyzing
one’s memories, knowledge, expectations, and other personal factors.
, Question 4
pts
Summarize Gestalt theory and what it tells us about perception.
- Correct Answer - Gestalt refers to the whole pattern and the whole is
more than the sum of its parts. Gestalt theory uses figure and ground and a
number of laws to explain perception. From Gestalt theories, we learn that
people tend to focus on the “big picture” and ignore things such as
background information and unlike objects.
pts
What is sensation? What is the process by which it works?
- Correct Answer - Sensation occurs when a sense organ, like your eyes
and ears, creates a pattern of nerve impulses. It uses the process of
Transduction.
Question 2
pts
What is an absolute threshold?
- Correct Answer - The amount of energy or stimulation needed for an
organism to detect it.
Question 3
pts
What is the just noticeable difference (JND)?
- Correct Answer - The same thing as the Difference Threshold, it is the
smallest distance between two stimuli that can be recognized as being a
difference.
