PSYC 230 UIUC EXAM 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and 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
Gibson and Direct Perception - CORRECT ANSWER -sensation is perception, what you
see is what you get
ACTUAL Questions and 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
Gibson and Direct Perception - CORRECT ANSWER -sensation is perception, what you
see is what you get
