PSYC 2000 LSU Exam 2 review Questions and Answers 100% Pass

PSYC 2000 LSU Exam 2 review Questions and Answers 100% Pass The activation of receptors in various sense organs A. Transduction (actual process of converting) B. Sensation (activation of receptors to begin with) C. Stimuli (energy being detected) D. Sensory receptors (one for each of the five senses, the pick up the stimuli) - B. Sensation (activation of receptors to begin with) A high amplitude would indicate A. Soft sound B. A dim light C. A high frequency D. A bright light - D. A bright light Site of nerve transduction for auditory stimuli 2Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 A. Organ of corti B. Basilar membrane (passes vibration from cochlea to corti) C. Pinna (visible part of ear) D. Cochlea (snail shaped structure that vibrates) - A. Organ of corti The ___________ is the place in the brain that the sense of smell is processed A. Cilia (attached to olfactory bulbs) B. Olfactory bulbs C. Hippocampus (memory) D. Papillae (taste buds are located and processed) - B. Olfactory bulbs Which of the following is not a somesthetic sense? A. Cutaneous (skin senses: pressure, cold, pain, vibration) B. Vestibular (tilt, acceleration, head position; important for posture and balance) C. Sight D. Kinesthetic (used during physical activity) - C. Sight A longer wavelength of a light wave is most likely A. A brighter color (high amplitude) B. On the red side of the spectrum 3Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 C. On the blue side of the spectrum D. A purer color (saturation) - B. On the red side of the spectrum Someone with monochromatic color blindness has an absence of, or non-working, A. Rods (dim light) B. Fovea (where light is most sharply focused) C. Retina (incoming light converted to nerve signal) D. Cones (color light, sharpness, and detailed vision) - D. Cones (color light, sharpness, and detailed vision) Which of the following changes the size or the pupil to adjust how much light comes in A. Vitreous humor B. Cornea C. Lens (changes shape to bring light into focus) D. Iris - D. Iris The __________ is the sight of cross over for the optic tracts A. Right hemisphere B. Left hemisphere C. Optic chiasm 4Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 D. Visual cortex - C. Optic chiasm The opponent process theory A. Is responsible for after images (American Flag example) B. Pairs different cones together (blue/yellow and red/green cones) C. Involves 3 cones: red, blue, and green D. A and B only E. All of the above - D. A and B only You are able to detect the higher pitch tone between 2 different ones being played at X frequency A. Sensory adaption (physical changes occurs, sensory receptors respond less to unchanging stimulus: pool water loud noises, hot bath) B. Absolute threshold (bare minimum amount of distance needed to stimulus 50% of the time) C. Just noticeable difference (smallest difference between 2 stimuli detectable 50% of the time) D. Habituation (stop paying attention to things, way of dealing with unchanging info) - C. Just noticeable difference (smallest difference between 2 stimuli detectable 50% of the time) 5Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 You are aware a door is the same shape whether or not it is closed or half open due to the A. Brightness constancy B. Size constancy C. Contiguity principle (things that happen close together in time thought to be a part of the same group) D. Shape constancy - D. Shape constancy Objects that are close together will be seen as part of a same group A. Closure principle B. Similarity principle (things that look similar