Psyc230 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -a psychological approach that emphasizes
that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts
Law of Proximity (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -things that are physically closer
together tend to be grouped together
Law of Common Fate (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -things that are moving in the
same direction appear to be grouped together
Law of Closure (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -when an space is nearly closed, it tends
to be perceived as closed
Law of Similarity (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -similar objects tend to be grouped
together
Law of Good Continuation (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -continuation exists even if
an object has division
Gibsonian approach - CORRECT ANSWER -direct perception view; images imprint
directly on the retina; perception is already in the stimulus
information-processing approach - CORRECT ANSWER -a perspective on understanding
cognition that divides thinking into specific steps and component processes; perception -->
cognition --> motor
computational approach - CORRECT ANSWER -more complicated version of the
information-processing approach
,lobe for vision - CORRECT ANSWER -occipital
lobe for touch - CORRECT ANSWER -parietal
lobe for taste and smell - CORRECT ANSWER -frontal
lobe for hearing - CORRECT ANSWER -temporal
microelectrode - CORRECT ANSWER -a very fine electrode, generally used to record
activity of individual neurons
neuropsychology - CORRECT ANSWER -how brain damage alters behavior
electroencephalography (EEG) - CORRECT ANSWER -recording of the electrical activity
of the brain over time
fMRI - CORRECT ANSWER -recording of where neurons excite in the brain
perception - CORRECT ANSWER -conscious idea of the world; meaningful
sensation - CORRECT ANSWER -registration of a physical stimulus
transduction - CORRECT ANSWER -the transforming of stimulus energies into neural
impulses our brains can perceive
phenomenology - CORRECT ANSWER -internal experience of a person
, Aristotle illusion - CORRECT ANSWER -brain senses two objects when really only one
is touching
motion aftereffect (Aristotle) - CORRECT ANSWER -a nonmoving object appears in
motion after focusing on an object in motion
Thomas Young - CORRECT ANSWER -said light is a wave; color is detected by three
nerve fibers
Johannes Mueller - CORRECT ANSWER -doctrine of specific nerve energies
doctrine of specific nerve energies - CORRECT ANSWER -stimulating a specific neuron
will always elicit a specific result
Helmhotz - CORRECT ANSWER -measured neural transmission; different body parts had
different speed
Hering - CORRECT ANSWER -opponent-process theory of color vision (4 nerve fibers
for color, not 3);
psychophysics - CORRECT ANSWER -study of physical world and perceptual experience
psychophysical scale - CORRECT ANSWER -rating psychological experience as a
function of physical stimulus
method of limits - CORRECT ANSWER -stimuli is presented on a gradual scale, either
ascending or descending; can be used to determine absolute and difference thresholds
absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER -the smallest amount of a stimulus that can be
detected
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -a psychological approach that emphasizes
that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts
Law of Proximity (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -things that are physically closer
together tend to be grouped together
Law of Common Fate (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -things that are moving in the
same direction appear to be grouped together
Law of Closure (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -when an space is nearly closed, it tends
to be perceived as closed
Law of Similarity (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -similar objects tend to be grouped
together
Law of Good Continuation (Gestalt) - CORRECT ANSWER -continuation exists even if
an object has division
Gibsonian approach - CORRECT ANSWER -direct perception view; images imprint
directly on the retina; perception is already in the stimulus
information-processing approach - CORRECT ANSWER -a perspective on understanding
cognition that divides thinking into specific steps and component processes; perception -->
cognition --> motor
computational approach - CORRECT ANSWER -more complicated version of the
information-processing approach
,lobe for vision - CORRECT ANSWER -occipital
lobe for touch - CORRECT ANSWER -parietal
lobe for taste and smell - CORRECT ANSWER -frontal
lobe for hearing - CORRECT ANSWER -temporal
microelectrode - CORRECT ANSWER -a very fine electrode, generally used to record
activity of individual neurons
neuropsychology - CORRECT ANSWER -how brain damage alters behavior
electroencephalography (EEG) - CORRECT ANSWER -recording of the electrical activity
of the brain over time
fMRI - CORRECT ANSWER -recording of where neurons excite in the brain
perception - CORRECT ANSWER -conscious idea of the world; meaningful
sensation - CORRECT ANSWER -registration of a physical stimulus
transduction - CORRECT ANSWER -the transforming of stimulus energies into neural
impulses our brains can perceive
phenomenology - CORRECT ANSWER -internal experience of a person
, Aristotle illusion - CORRECT ANSWER -brain senses two objects when really only one
is touching
motion aftereffect (Aristotle) - CORRECT ANSWER -a nonmoving object appears in
motion after focusing on an object in motion
Thomas Young - CORRECT ANSWER -said light is a wave; color is detected by three
nerve fibers
Johannes Mueller - CORRECT ANSWER -doctrine of specific nerve energies
doctrine of specific nerve energies - CORRECT ANSWER -stimulating a specific neuron
will always elicit a specific result
Helmhotz - CORRECT ANSWER -measured neural transmission; different body parts had
different speed
Hering - CORRECT ANSWER -opponent-process theory of color vision (4 nerve fibers
for color, not 3);
psychophysics - CORRECT ANSWER -study of physical world and perceptual experience
psychophysical scale - CORRECT ANSWER -rating psychological experience as a
function of physical stimulus
method of limits - CORRECT ANSWER -stimuli is presented on a gradual scale, either
ascending or descending; can be used to determine absolute and difference thresholds
absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER -the smallest amount of a stimulus that can be
detected
