Psychology

1. Psychology Jeopardy ! Click on “Chapter” to start game Chapter 6: Sensation & Perception Questions compiled by Sue Boland, LHU of PAProgram developed by Dan Hosey, Bucknell U.

2. Common sense? Sense detectives Measure by Measure The eyes have it Turn on the lights 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 To Round Two!

3. C1 - 100 100 It’s the detection of physical energy emitted or reflected by physical objects. Back to board Correct Answer

4. C1 - 200 200 You and a friend see some hovering shapes in the sky. You say they are weather balloons, your friend says they are flying saucers. The two of you share a sensation, but differ in this. Back to board Correct Answer

5. C1 - 300 300 A category of body organs that contain cells that detect physical energy. Back to board Correct Answer

6. C1 - 400 400 The reason why a dog can hear a “silent” dog whistle than a human can’t. Back to board Correct Answer

7. C1 -500 500 A rare condition in which a stimulation of one sense causes a sensation in another. For example, a person may a smell the color purple. Back to board Correct Answer

8. C2 - 100 100 Cells that detect physical energy. Back to board Correct Answer

9. C2 - 200 200 Part of our anatomy that contains light receptors. Back to board Correct Answer

10. C2 - 300 300 Type of sensory code base on pattern of cells firing (sending nerve impulses). Back to board Correct Answer

11. C2 - 400 400 Most people can’t see a light shown in their ear according to this doctrine. Back to board Correct Answer

12. C2 -500 500 The type of code our sensory systems use according to the doctrine of specific nerve energies Back to board Correct Answer

13. C3 -100 100 Smallest amount of energy a person can detect reliably. Back to board Correct Answer

14. C3 -200 200 Smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected reliably. Back to board Correct Answer

15. C3 -300 300 The percent of time a person can detect a stimulus if detection is “reliable”. Back to board Correct Answer

16. C3 -400 400 Type of people who are likely to report that they detect a stimulus even if they aren’t sure. Back to board Correct Answer

17. C3 -500 500 Theory that says that sense detection varies depending on a persons’ decision, alertness, motivation. Back to board Correct Answer

18. C4 -100 100 The part of the eye that focuses objects on the retina. Back to board Correct Answer

19. C4 -200 200 A clear covering that protects the eye. Back to board Correct Answer

20. C4 -300 300 When my driver’s license says my eyes are brown, it is referring to this part of the eye. Back to board Correct Answer

21. C4 -400 400 If the sun is too bright, this part of the eye will constrict to let in less light. It looks like a black dot in the middle of your eye. Back to board Correct Answer

22. C4 -500 500 It’s where the optic nerve leaves the eye. You can’t see an image if it is projected here. Back to board Correct Answer

23. C5 -100 100 Hue is another name for this psychological property of light. Back to board Correct Answer

24. C5 -200 200 An index of how intense a light is. Back to board Correct Answer

25. C5 -300 300 The small fraction of the electromagnetic energy that humans can detect with their eyes. Back to board Correct Answer

26. C5 -400 400 Long light wavelengths are perceived as this color. Back to board Correct Answer

27. C5 -500 500 Term for whether a light is make up of a single wavelength (pure) or multiple wavelengths (complex). Back to board Correct Answer

28. DAILY DOUBLE Question

29. Color & Form Deep, constant, illusions Inside the eye Powers of perception Extrasensory power 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 To Final Jeopardy! To Round One

30. C6 -200 200 Interior lining of the back of the eye. Contains light receptors. Back to Board Correct Answer

31. C6 -400 400 Without these light receptors you’d see the world in black and white. Back to Board Correct Answer

32. C6 -600 600 Very sensitive to light, these receptors help you find your seat in a dim movie theatre. Back to Board Correct Answer

33. C6 -800 800 Located at the center of the retina, it is the spot with the heaviest concentration of cones. Back to Board Correct Answer

34. C6 -1000 1000 The axons of these cells gang up to form the optic nerve. Back to Board Correct Answer

35. C7 -200 200 The theory that there are three types of cones in the retina that are sensitive to different wavelengths of light. Back to Board Correct Answer

36. C7 -400 400 We don’t see reddish green because cells that detect red and green are antagonistic according to this theory. Back to Board Correct Answer

37. C7 -600 600 The principle that things that are alike tend to be seen as going together. Back to Board Correct Answer

38. C7 -800 800 The German word for form. A group of psychologists who studied form perception used it as their label. Back to Board Correct Answer

39. C7 -1000 1000 These cells in the visual cortex are sensitive to very specific aspects of a visual stimulus Back to Board Correct Answer

40. C8 -200 200 You only need one good eye to use this type of depth cue. Back to Board Correct Answer

41. C8 -400 400 Although a partially open door projects a trapezoidal image on your retina, you will tend to say the door is a rectangle because of this psychological phenomenon. Back to Board Correct Answer

42. C8 -600 600 The fact that one eye doesn’t see exactly what the other eye sees is the basis for this depth cue. Back to Board Correct Answer

43. C8 -800 800 A systematic error in perception. Back to Board Correct Answer

44. C8 -1000 1000 It’s the depth cue that describes why in this picture you conclude that person “A” is closer to you because she is partially obscuring your view of person “B”. A B Back to Board Correct Answer

45. C9 -200 200 An apparatus used to test whether or not babies have depth perception. Correct Answer Back to Board

46. C9 -400 400 Even an infant can tell a sweet taste from a salty taste because some sense abilities are this. Back to Board Correct Answer

47. C9 -600 600 A certain time window during development during which an organism must have certain experiences in order to develop normal perception. Back to Board Correct Answer

48. C9 -800 800 An illustration of this influence on perception is that a hungry person will respond more quickly than others to food related words that are flashed on a computer screen. Back to Board Correct Answer

49. C9 -1000 1000 It may explain why many people won’t notice that this this sentence has repeated a word. Back to Board Correct Answer

50. C10 -200 200 It’s not a type of sandwich. It’s the name for detection of a stimulus that is below one’s absolute threshold. Back to Board Correct Answer