PSYC 230 UIUC Exam #1: Questions With Practical
Solutions
Are there 5 senses? Correct Answer - Traditional senses plus new ones
(pressure, cold, pain, itch)
Sensation Correct Answer - registration of physical stimuli on sensory
receptors, turns into nervous system information
Perception Correct Answer - Process of creating conscious experience
from sensory input
Neural Transduction Correct Answer - Process of transforming stimulation
into a neural signal, receptors, transduction, neural response
Phenomenology Correct Answer - Internal conscious experience
Aristotle Correct Answer - first to say there are 5 senses, his illusion:
feeling multiple things when only one thing is touching you
Motion Aftereffect Correct Answer - waterfall, looking at something one
way but then still seeing the object move after looking away
Thomas Young Correct Answer - Proposed three nerve fibers detect colors,
light is a wave
Johannes Mueller Correct Answer - Doctrine of specific nerve energies,
auditory only stimulates hearing
Von Helmholtz Correct Answer - Perception constructed from senses and
cognitive processes, constructivist approach
Hering Correct Answer - Colors perceived through opposing color pairs
(four primary colors not three), against constructivist approach
Weber's Law Correct Answer - just noticeable difference between two
stimuli is related to their magnitude and strength
, Fechner Correct Answer - Father of psychophysics
Fechner's Law Correct Answer - sensation is a logarithmic function of
physical intensity
Gestalt Psychology Correct Answer - Whole is larger than the sum of its
parts
Law of Proximity (Gestalt) Correct Answer - things are close get grouped
together
Law of Common Fate (Gestalt) Correct Answer - visual elements that move
in the same speed/direction are parts of single stimulus
Law of Closure (Gestalt) Correct Answer - tend to see complete figures
even when part of the information is missing
Law of Similarity (Gestalt) Correct Answer - objects that are similar tend
to be grouped together
Law of Good Continuation (Gestalt) Correct Answer - elements that appear
to follow the same pathway tend to be grouped together
Gibson and Direct Perception Correct Answer - All needed information you
need is right in front of you
Information Processing Approach Correct Answer - Sequential mental
processes, one thing leads to another
Computational Approach Correct Answer - Brain functions as a massive
parallel system, does many things at once
Neuroscience in Sensation and Perception Correct Answer - Brain
organization for touch (parietal), smell and taste (frontal), vision (occipital),
auditory (temporal)
Microelectrode Correct Answer - Electrodes that are implanted to study
neurons of interest
Solutions
Are there 5 senses? Correct Answer - Traditional senses plus new ones
(pressure, cold, pain, itch)
Sensation Correct Answer - registration of physical stimuli on sensory
receptors, turns into nervous system information
Perception Correct Answer - Process of creating conscious experience
from sensory input
Neural Transduction Correct Answer - Process of transforming stimulation
into a neural signal, receptors, transduction, neural response
Phenomenology Correct Answer - Internal conscious experience
Aristotle Correct Answer - first to say there are 5 senses, his illusion:
feeling multiple things when only one thing is touching you
Motion Aftereffect Correct Answer - waterfall, looking at something one
way but then still seeing the object move after looking away
Thomas Young Correct Answer - Proposed three nerve fibers detect colors,
light is a wave
Johannes Mueller Correct Answer - Doctrine of specific nerve energies,
auditory only stimulates hearing
Von Helmholtz Correct Answer - Perception constructed from senses and
cognitive processes, constructivist approach
Hering Correct Answer - Colors perceived through opposing color pairs
(four primary colors not three), against constructivist approach
Weber's Law Correct Answer - just noticeable difference between two
stimuli is related to their magnitude and strength
, Fechner Correct Answer - Father of psychophysics
Fechner's Law Correct Answer - sensation is a logarithmic function of
physical intensity
Gestalt Psychology Correct Answer - Whole is larger than the sum of its
parts
Law of Proximity (Gestalt) Correct Answer - things are close get grouped
together
Law of Common Fate (Gestalt) Correct Answer - visual elements that move
in the same speed/direction are parts of single stimulus
Law of Closure (Gestalt) Correct Answer - tend to see complete figures
even when part of the information is missing
Law of Similarity (Gestalt) Correct Answer - objects that are similar tend
to be grouped together
Law of Good Continuation (Gestalt) Correct Answer - elements that appear
to follow the same pathway tend to be grouped together
Gibson and Direct Perception Correct Answer - All needed information you
need is right in front of you
Information Processing Approach Correct Answer - Sequential mental
processes, one thing leads to another
Computational Approach Correct Answer - Brain functions as a massive
parallel system, does many things at once
Neuroscience in Sensation and Perception Correct Answer - Brain
organization for touch (parietal), smell and taste (frontal), vision (occipital),
auditory (temporal)
Microelectrode Correct Answer - Electrodes that are implanted to study
neurons of interest
