2018 Psychology : Quiz 3

The process by which our sensory systems convert stimulus energies into neural messages is called:

Color constancy refers to the fact that:

During a hearing test, many sounds were presented at such a low level of intensity that Mr. Koktosin could hardly ever detect them. These sounds were below Mr. Koktosin's:

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

Giulio's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Jim's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Jim's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Giulio's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates:

The perception of an object as distinct from its surroundings is called:

Although college textbooks frequently cast a trapezoidal image on the retina, students typically perceive the books as rectangular objects. This illustrates the importance of:

Martha insists that her dreams frequently enable her to perceive and predict future events. Martha is claiming to possess the power of:

Susan asked her roommate to lower the radio as she was trying to study. Her roommate had turned the radio up originally from a volume level of 14 to 15 which was just enough for Susan to detect. She turned it back down to 14 after Susan asked her to lower it. This is probably the result of:

When young adults are deprived of time cues, their circadian rhythms

In large amounts, alcohol is a _______; in small amounts, it is a _________.

Mr. Oates always sleeps restlessly, snorting and gasping throughout the night. It is most likely that Mr. Oates suffers from:

Which of the following can hypnosis do?

Compared to others, those with a fantasy-prone personality are likely to:

Greg remembered a recent dream in which his girlfriend suddenly grabbed the wheel of his speeding car to prevent him from driving off the edge of a cliff. Greg's therapist suggested that the dream might be a representation of the girlfriend's frantic efforts to save the couple from sexual disaster. According to Freud, the therapist was attempting to reveal the ________ of Greg's dream.