PSYC 230 UIUC EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Perception |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |process |of |organizing |and |interpreting |sensory |
information, |enabling |us |to |recognize |meaningful |objects |and |events
Are |there |really |5 |senses? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-No, |there |are |from |7-12 |different |senses
neural |transduction |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-receptors, |transduction |and |neural |response
Sensation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-activation |of |sensory |receptors |due |to |a |stimulus |in |the |
environment |(physical |stimulus---->neural |signal)
Phenomenology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-internal |experience |that |everyone |has |of |the |
external |world |around |them
Aristotle |and |the |Five |senses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Aristotle |said |there |were |five |senses |- |
smell, |sight, |touch, |taste, |and |hearing |- |but |science |suggests |there |are |many |more |than |that
Thomas |Young |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-showed |that |light, |like |waves, |could |be |diffracted, |
color |recptors
Johannes |Mueller |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-doctrine |of |specific |nerve |energies |(distinct |senses)
Von |Helmholtz |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-perception |is |constructed |from |both |senses |and |
cognitive |processes, |unconscious |inference, |three |basic |color |receptors
, Hering |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-colors |are |perceived |through |2 |pairs |of |opposing |colors |(four |
primary |colors, |not |three)
Weber's |Law |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |just |noticeable |difference |between |two |stimuli |is |
based |on |a |proportion |of |the |original |stimulus |rather |than |on |a |fixed |amount |of |difference
Fechner |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-father |of |psychophysics, |the |study |of |the |relation |between |
physical |stimuli |and |the |perception |they |elicit
Fechner's |Law |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-sensation |is |a |logarithmic |function |of |physical |intensity
Gestalt |Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |whole |is |greater |than |the |sum |of |its |parts
Law |of |Proximity |(Gestalt) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-elements |close |to |one |another |tend |to |be |
perceived |as |a |unit
Law |of |Common |Fate |(Gestalt) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-visual |elements |that |move |in |the |
same |speed |and/or |direction |are |parts |of |a |single |stimulus
law |of |closure |(gestalt) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-we |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
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Perception |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |process |of |organizing |and |interpreting |sensory |
information, |enabling |us |to |recognize |meaningful |objects |and |events
Are |there |really |5 |senses? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-No, |there |are |from |7-12 |different |senses
neural |transduction |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-receptors, |transduction |and |neural |response
Sensation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-activation |of |sensory |receptors |due |to |a |stimulus |in |the |
environment |(physical |stimulus---->neural |signal)
Phenomenology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-internal |experience |that |everyone |has |of |the |
external |world |around |them
Aristotle |and |the |Five |senses |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Aristotle |said |there |were |five |senses |- |
smell, |sight, |touch, |taste, |and |hearing |- |but |science |suggests |there |are |many |more |than |that
Thomas |Young |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-showed |that |light, |like |waves, |could |be |diffracted, |
color |recptors
Johannes |Mueller |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-doctrine |of |specific |nerve |energies |(distinct |senses)
Von |Helmholtz |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-perception |is |constructed |from |both |senses |and |
cognitive |processes, |unconscious |inference, |three |basic |color |receptors
, Hering |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-colors |are |perceived |through |2 |pairs |of |opposing |colors |(four |
primary |colors, |not |three)
Weber's |Law |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |just |noticeable |difference |between |two |stimuli |is |
based |on |a |proportion |of |the |original |stimulus |rather |than |on |a |fixed |amount |of |difference
Fechner |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-father |of |psychophysics, |the |study |of |the |relation |between |
physical |stimuli |and |the |perception |they |elicit
Fechner's |Law |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-sensation |is |a |logarithmic |function |of |physical |intensity
Gestalt |Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |whole |is |greater |than |the |sum |of |its |parts
Law |of |Proximity |(Gestalt) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-elements |close |to |one |another |tend |to |be |
perceived |as |a |unit
Law |of |Common |Fate |(Gestalt) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-visual |elements |that |move |in |the |
same |speed |and/or |direction |are |parts |of |a |single |stimulus
law |of |closure |(gestalt) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-we |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
