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What is the process of converting outside stimuli into neural activity called?

  • Perception
  • Sensation
  • Adaptation
  • Transduction (correct)
  • Which structure of the eye is responsible for controlling the amount of light that enters?

  • Lens
  • Cornea
  • Retina
  • Iris (correct)
  • What happens during visual accommodation?

  • Rods send signals to the brain.
  • The lens changes shape to focus. (correct)
  • Cones lose sensitivity to color.
  • The pupil expands to let in more light.
  • What fluid is found beneath the cornea?

    <p>Aqueous humor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which theory explains the inhibition of color perception by different wavelengths of light?

    <p>Opponent Process Theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of rods in vision?

    <p>Sense low levels of light</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following conditions affects color perception by limiting it to two colors?

    <p>Color Blindness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the clear membrane on the surface of the eye called?

    <p>Cornea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role do afferent neurons primarily play in the nervous system?

    <p>They transmit information from sensory organs to the central nervous system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component is primarily responsible for very fast reflex actions?

    <p>Reflex arc</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)?

    <p>Regulate involuntary muscles, organs, and glands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which neurons carry messages from the central nervous system to voluntary muscles?

    <p>Efferent neurons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is neuroplasticity?

    <p>The brain's ability to change structure and function</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system handle?

    <p>Reaction to stressful events and bodily arousal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which best describes the role of interneurons?

    <p>They process information received from afferent neurons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by the term 'motor pathway'?

    <p>Nerves carrying messages from the CNS to voluntary muscles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the awareness of body movement?

    <p>Kinesthesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does shape constancy allow individuals to do?

    <p>Recognize that shapes remain constant despite changes in perspective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What phenomenon explains dizziness and nausea due to conflicting sensory information?

    <p>Sensory conflict theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Gestalt principle involves completing incomplete figures?

    <p>Closure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the vestibular sense primarily deal with?

    <p>Balance and spatial orientation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle describes the tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same group?

    <p>Proximity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used to describe the phenomenon of perceiving two things happening close together in time as being related?

    <p>Contiguity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which condition refers to the inability to feel pain as a result of nerve damage or insensitivity?

    <p>Congenital analgesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system?

    <p>Restores the body to normal functioning after arousal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormone is released by the posterior pituitary gland and is associated with reproductive and parental behaviors?

    <p>Oxytocin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What best describes waking consciousness?

    <p>A clear and organized awareness of thoughts, feelings, and sensations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is neurogenesis primarily associated with?

    <p>The formation of new neurons during prenatal development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In terms of mental activity, what characterizes an altered state of consciousness?

    <p>There is a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a function of endocrine glands?

    <p>Having ducts to release their secretions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of processes require a high degree of conscious attention?

    <p>Controlled processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role does the pituitary gland play in the endocrine system?

    <p>It secretes hormones that influence other endocrine glands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of operationalization in research?

    <p>To provide a specific description of a variable of interest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which method allows researchers to measure cause-and-effect relationships?

    <p>Experiment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a controlled group in an experiment typically receive?

    <p>A placebo treatment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the independent variable represent in an experiment?

    <p>The variable that is manipulated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In participant observation, what role does the observer take?

    <p>A participant in the group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describes observer bias?

    <p>Seeing what one expects to see</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a representative sample?

    <p>A randomly selected group from a larger population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary benefit of using animal research in psychology?

    <p>Animals are easier to control than humans</p> Signup and view all the answers

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