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Exam 1: Chapter 6 (PSYCH 105)What term refers to the process by which our nervous system receives and represents light, sound, etc.
in our environment? - correct answer ✔✔Sensation
What is the process of reorganizing and interpreting information, enabling us to recognize meaningful
objects and events? - correct answer ✔✔Perception
__________ __________ = the minimum stimulation needed to detect a light, sound, etc. 50% of the
time. - correct answer ✔✔Absolute threshold
A study of __________ stimulation includes having geometric shapes briefly popping up on a computer
screen, and then asking the individual to name a geometric shape later. The individual will likely name
the shape they saw earlier without even realizing it. (the popcorn study is another example, although it
was fake). - correct answer ✔✔Subliminal
Subliminal messages do or do not persuade us as advertisers claim? - correct answer ✔✔Do not
What term refers to humans hearing what they are told to listen for? (video played backward and Dr.
Vogl asks us if we hear a certain set of words). - correct answer ✔✔Backward masking
Whose law states that the amount of physical energy needed to produce a change in sensation is
proportional to the original level of physical energy? - correct answer ✔✔Weber's Law
For humans to notice a difference, you must take away/add what fraction of the energy? (Place a 1
pound weight in Bob's right hand and a 1.2 pound weight in his left hand. He will not notice a difference.
Place 1 pound in his right and 1.3 pounds in his left, and he will notice a difference). - correct answer
✔✔One third
__________ effects an aspect of cognitive psychology that describes the influence of environmental
factors on one's perception of a stimulus. - correct answer ✔✔Context
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