EXPERIENCE PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 3 BY LAURA KING
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTION
Opthamology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The study of the eyes structure function and
diseases
Audiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The science concerned with hearing
Neurology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The scientific study of the nervous system
Sensory receptors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Specialized cells that detects stimulus
information and transmit it to sensory (afferent )nerves and the brain
Absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The minimum amount of stimulus energy
that a person can detect
Noise - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Irrelevant and competing stimuli. Not only sounds but
also any distracting stimuli for the senses
Difference threshold - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The degree of difference that must exist
between two stimuli before the difference is detected
Weber's law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The principle that two stimuli must differ by a
constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount to be perceived as different)
Subliminal perception - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The detection of information below the
level of conscious awareness
Signal detection theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An approach to perception that focuses
on decision-making about stimuli under conditions of uncertainty
, Sensory adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A change in the responsiveness of the
sensory system based on the average level of surrounding stimulation
Perceptual set - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A predisposition or reading us to perceive
something in a particular way
Sensory adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A change the responsiveness of the
sensory system based on the average level of surrounding stimulation
Sclera - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The white outer part of the eye that helps to maintain
the shape of the eye and to protect it from injury
Iris - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The colored part of the eye that control the size of the
people, and hence regulates the amount of light that enters the eye
pupil - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The opening in the center of the iris which appears black
Cornea - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A clear membrane just in front of the eye
Lens - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A transparent and somewhat flexible disc like structure
filled with a gelatin like material
Retina - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The light-sensitive surface that records electromagnetic
energy and convert it to neural impulses for processing in the brain
Rods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The receptor cells in the retina that are sensitive to light
but not very useful for color vision
Cones - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The receptor cells in the retina that allows for color
perception
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTION
Opthamology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The study of the eyes structure function and
diseases
Audiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The science concerned with hearing
Neurology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The scientific study of the nervous system
Sensory receptors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Specialized cells that detects stimulus
information and transmit it to sensory (afferent )nerves and the brain
Absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The minimum amount of stimulus energy
that a person can detect
Noise - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Irrelevant and competing stimuli. Not only sounds but
also any distracting stimuli for the senses
Difference threshold - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The degree of difference that must exist
between two stimuli before the difference is detected
Weber's law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The principle that two stimuli must differ by a
constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount to be perceived as different)
Subliminal perception - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The detection of information below the
level of conscious awareness
Signal detection theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An approach to perception that focuses
on decision-making about stimuli under conditions of uncertainty
, Sensory adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A change in the responsiveness of the
sensory system based on the average level of surrounding stimulation
Perceptual set - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A predisposition or reading us to perceive
something in a particular way
Sensory adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A change the responsiveness of the
sensory system based on the average level of surrounding stimulation
Sclera - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The white outer part of the eye that helps to maintain
the shape of the eye and to protect it from injury
Iris - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The colored part of the eye that control the size of the
people, and hence regulates the amount of light that enters the eye
pupil - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The opening in the center of the iris which appears black
Cornea - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A clear membrane just in front of the eye
Lens - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A transparent and somewhat flexible disc like structure
filled with a gelatin like material
Retina - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The light-sensitive surface that records electromagnetic
energy and convert it to neural impulses for processing in the brain
Rods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The receptor cells in the retina that are sensitive to light
but not very useful for color vision
Cones - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The receptor cells in the retina that allows for color
perception
