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Chapter 4: SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Multiple Choice Questions
1) The organiation and interpretation of olfactory information is one example of
a. perception.
b. accommodation.
c. sensation.
d. transduction.
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 132
Topic: Sensation and Perception: How We Sense and Conceptualie the World
Skill: Conceptual
2) The ability to detect physical energy through our visual or touch systems is known as
a. accommodation.
b. perception.
c. transduction.
d. sensation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-2
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 132
Topic: Sensation and Perception: How We Sense and Conceptualie the World
Skill: Factual
3) ______ are the raw data of experience, based on the activation of certain receptors
located in the various sensory organs.
a. Accommodations
b. Perceptions
c. Transductions
d. Sensations
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation and Perception: How We Sense and Conceptualie the World
Skill: Factual
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4) Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called
a. accommodation.
b. perception.
c. transduction.
d. sensation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-4
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 132
Topic: Sensation and Perception: How We Sense and Conceptualie the World
Skill: Factual
5) Cells that are triggered by light, vibrations, sounds, touch, or chemical substances are
called
a. ganglion cells.
b. bipolar cells.
c. ossicles.
d. sense receptors.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-5
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
6) The belief that our sensory systems are infallible and that our perceptions are perfect
representations of the world around us is called
a. pixilation.
b. perceptionism.
c. naïve realism.
d. sensory adaptation
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation and Perception: How We Sense and Conceptualie the World
Skill: Conceptual
7) The perceptual process of filling-in is guided by
a. preconceived notions and past experience.
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b. activation of neuronal patterns specific to an object.
c. the process of transduction in any sense.
d. the raw sensory data that is received in the sense organs.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-7
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 132
Topic: Sensation and Perception: How We Sense and Conceptualie the World
Skill: Conceptual
8) The conversion of external energy into something that the nervous system can
understand is known as
a. transduction.
b. accommodation.
c. perception.
d. sensation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-8
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
9) When you first put your hat on, you can feel it quite easily, but after a while, you forget
that you are wearing a hat at all—the sensation is gone. What happens?
a. Sensory fatigue
b. Subliminal perception
c. Sensory adaptation
d. Perceptual defence
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-9
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
10) The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell,
and vision is “ignored” by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called
a. sensory fatigue.
b. subliminal perception.
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c. sensory adaptation.
d. perceptual defence.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-10
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
11) In the process known as_____________, sensory receptors become less sensitive to
repeated presentations of the same stimulus.
a. sensory fatigue
b. subliminal perception
c. sensory adaptation
d. perceptual defence
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
12) Zach and David decide to go exploring the forest behind their farm on a cold
December day. The fact that they felt much colder when they initially got outdoors
than they do five minutes later, despite having not done anything to warm themselves,
is known as
a. sensory interaction.
b. sensory illusion.
c. transduction.
d. sensory adaptation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-12
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
13) Sounds that we hear are converted into electrical signals in neurons through a process
called ____________.
a. sensory adaptation.
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b. psychophysics.
c. transduction.
d. signal detection.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-13
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
14) The sensitivity of our sensory abilities and systems is demonstrated in our ________
thresholds.
a. difference
b. absolute
c. pain
d. psychophysical
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
15) Which of the following is conceptually similar to the process of transduction?
a. Hearing a story from a friend and phoning up another friend to tell them the
same story.
b. Thinking about what you are going to write in a paper and then typing out your
thoughts.
c. Taking a picture of a funny sign that you saw on a road trip.
d. Forgetting that your sunglasses are on your face because you have been
wearing them so long.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
16) Activation of our sense receptors is greatest when
a. we are prepared to detect a stimulus.
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b. we notice that the stimulus has been turned off.
c. we stop noticing a constant stimulus is present.
d. we first detect the presence of a stimulus.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-16
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
17) _______________ refers to the study of how we perceive sensory stimuli based on
their physical characteristics.
a. Thresholds
b. Adaptation
c. Transduction
d. Psychophysics
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-17
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
18) Jamica is participating in a psychology experiment, and has been placed in a room
that is pitch black. The researcher repeatedly asks Jamica to indicate whether or not
she has seen a light stimulus. The researcher is testing Jamica’s
a. difference threshold.
b. just noticeable difference.
c. absolute threshold.
d. adaptation threshold.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-18
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
19) As the number of people talking in a room increases, the stimulus intensity needed to
detect a change in the number of people talking becomes
a. larger.
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b. smaller.
c. same.
d. finer.
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133-134
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
20) The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is
presented is called the
a. absolute threshold.
b. range threshold.
c. difference threshold.
d. noticeable threshold.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
21) The lowest intensity of a particular stimulus that enables the average person to detect
that stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the
a. absolute threshold.
b. range threshold.
c. difference threshold.
d. noticeable threshold.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
22) The smallest amount of a particular stimulus required to produce any sensation at all
in the person to whom the stimulus is presented is the
a. absolute threshold.
b. range threshold.
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c. difference threshold.
d. noticeable threshold.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
23) The lowest stimulus intensity required for detection is the ______ and the smallest
change in stimulus intensity that we can detect is the ___________.
a. absolute threshold; just noticeable difference.
b. base value; just noticeable difference.
c. response criterion; sensory constant.
d. difference threshold; absolute threshold.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
24) The principle that the just noticeable difference of any given sense is a constant
fraction or proportion of the stimulus being judged is called
a. the opponent-process principle.
b. the doctrine of specific nerve energies.
c. the phi phenomenon.
d. Weber’s law.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
25) When Ann went to her doctor, he gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor
presented a series of tones to Ann through earphones. The tones started at a low
intensity and then became louder. The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever
she started to hear a sound. The doctor was testing Ann’s
a. auditory convergence.
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b. absolute threshold.
c. refractory threshold.
d. difference threshold.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-25
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 133
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
26) Weber’s law provides a formulation that is used to determine the
a. largest detectable stimulus.
b. smallest detectable stimulus.
c. largest detectable difference between two stimuli.
d. smallest detectable difference between two stimuli.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
27) Alicia is talking on her cell phone to her friend Maya. If Maya is in a crowded
subway terminal, Alicia finds that she has to nearly shout for Maya to be able to hear
her. However, when Maya is in a meadow on her grandparents’ farm she can easily
tell what Alicia is watching on TV as they talk. This is one illustration of
a. the just noticeable difference.
b. transduction.
c. absolute threshold.
d. signal-to-noise ratio.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
28) Julian is getting his eyes tested, and the doctor asks him to indicate when the image
on the screen gets brighter or darker than it was previously. The doctor is trying to
determine Julian’s
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a. absolute threshold.
b. adaptation threshold.
c. just noticeable difference.
d. signal detection.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-28
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
29) According to signal detection theory, a ___________ is when a stimulus is absent, but
the participant indicates that it was present.
a. true positive
b. false negative
c. false positive
d. true negative
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-29
Diff: 3
Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
30) According to signal detection theory, a ___________ is when a stimulus is present
but the participant indicates that it was absent.
a. true positive
b. false negative
c. false positive
d. true negative
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
31) The frequency of true positives, false negatives, false positives, and true negatives
allow us to determine if participants have ______________.
a. the correct signal-to-noise ratio.
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b. any response biases.
c. detected a just noticeable difference.
d. an absolute threshold for the stimulus.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
32) Casey is participating in a psychology experiment where he is asked to indicate
whether he heard a sound or did not hear a sound on successive testing trials. If Casey
says he heard a sound, and no sound was presented, his response would be considered
a ___________________ according to signal detection theory.
a. true positive
b. false positive
c. false negative
d. true negative
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-32
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 134
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
33) Casey is participating in a psychology experiment where he is asked to indicate
whether he heard a sound or did not hear a sound on successive testing trials. If Casey
says he did not hear a sound, and no sound was presented, his response would be
considered a ___________________ according to signal detection theory.
a. true positive
b. false positive
c. false negative
d. true negative
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
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34) Casey is participating in a psychology experiment where he is asked to indicate
whether he heard a sound or did not hear a sound on successive testing trials. If Casey
says he did not hear a sound, and a sound was presented, his response would be
considered a ___________________ according to signal detection theory.
a. true positive
b. false positive
c. false negative
d. true negative
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-34
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 134
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
35) Which of the following is true with respect to the doctrine of specific nerve energies?
a. The sensation we experience is determined by the nature of the sense receptor,
not the stimulus.
b. Our brain responds differently when either light or touch activate sense
receptors in our eyes.
c. Distinct stimulus energies (e.g., light, sound) cause different sensations in the
same sense receptor.
d. Specific nerve energies involve processing in sense receptors but have no links
to cortical pathways.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Factual
36) Hearing the audio track of one syllable (such as “ba”) spoken repeatedly while seeing
a video track of a different syllable being spoken (such as “ga”) produces the
perceptual experience of a different third sound (such as “da”). This is an example of
________________.
a. the McGurk effect
b. the just noticeable difference
c. signal detection
d. the doctrine of specific nerve energies.
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 134
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
37) Cross-modal sensations, such as hearing colours or tasting words, are associated with
______________.
a. the McGurk effect
b. synesthesia
c. parallel processing
d. colour constancy
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Type: MC
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Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
38) When Georgina reads, letters and words take on personality characteristics such as
shy and sweet. Which of the following explains this altered perception?
a. Synesthesia
b. Inattentional blindness
c. Dyslexia
d. Grapheme lexicality
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 135
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
39) Which of the following is an example of how our selective visual attention can lead
us to miss important information?
a. The cocktail party effect
b. Synesthesia
c. Colour blindness
d. Change blindness
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Diff: 2
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 137
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
40) Sarah is a pianist who reports that she hears musical tones as colours. This is one
example of
a. the Pono illusion.
b. synesthesia.
c. binocular cues.
d. the Ganfield technique.
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 135
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Applied
41) Which of the following is not an example of cross-modal processing?
a. The rubber hand illusion
b. Transduction
c. The McGurk effect
d. Synesthesia
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Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 134-135
Topic: Sensation: Our Senses as Detectives
Skill: Conceptual
42) By presenting research participants with incomplete objects, psychologists have been
able to see how the participants come to determine what they are viewing. This
research suggests that our daily experiences are the result of
a. both reality and illusions.
b. only reality.
c. only sensory information.
d. only illusions.
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Diff: 3
Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
43) The fact that our beliefs and expectations often influence our sensory experiences is
an example of
a. top-down processing.
b. parallel processing.
c. bottom-up processing.
d. subliminal processing.
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Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 135-136
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Factual
44) Juanita is holding her pet cat, Belle. The fact that she is getting information about
Belle's weight as she sits on Juanita's lap, the sound of Belle's purrs, and the sight of
Belle's eye movements all at the same time is an example of
a. bottom-up processing.
b. top-down processing.
c. subliminal processing.
d. parallel processing.
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 135-136
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
45) Stanton is taking chemistry with Ms. Neville and has heard many negative stories
about her class from his friends. The fact that his beliefs about Ms. Neville affect his
interpretation of his interactions with her during the school year is an example of
a. subliminal processing.
b. bottom-up processing.
c. top-down processing.
d. parallel processing.
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 135-136
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
46) ________________ is conceptually driven, whereas _______________ is stimulusdriven.
a. Top-down processing; bottom-up processing
b. Bottom-up processing; top-down processing
c. Difference threshold; absolute threshold
d. Absolute threshold; difference threshold
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 135-136
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
47) Matt is considering the purchase of subliminal self-help tapes to aid him in losing
weight. His wife Marge is skeptical about this plan and asks your advice. Based on
the evidence presented by your authors, what would you say about the effectiveness
of subliminal self-help tapes?
a. They are ineffective.
b. They are highly effective, but only if you believe they'll be effective.
c. More research is needed to assess their effectiveness or ineffectiveness.
d. They are effective.
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Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 138-140
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
48) Laverne goes to a movie theatre to watch her favourite movie. About halfway through
the movie she becomes aware of an overpowering hunger for popcorn. What she
doesn’t realie is that throughout the first part of the movie, a message saying, “Eat
Popcorn!” was repeatedly flashed on the screen at a speed too fast for her to be
consciously aware of it. If her desire for popcorn is due to that message, she is
responding to
a. selective perception.
b. subliminal perception.
c. cognitive restructuring.
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d. stroboscopic perception.
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Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 138-140
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
49) One problem with Vicary’s study of subliminal perception is that
a. it demonstrated the validity of the concept of subliminal perception.
b. it did not prove that people actually bought more colas and popcorn for several
months after seeing the movie.
c. it showed that subliminal stimuli had only very small effects on consumer
patterns.
d. it never happened.
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 138-140
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Factual
50) Hannah does not allow her son Edward to listen to heavy metal music because she
believes that this kind of music contains hidden messages that, when played
backwards, influence people to do bad things like use drugs or hurt others. According
to research on reversed subliminal messages, what would you tell Hannah if she
asked you about hidden messages in music?
a. Some musical groups use backmasking to insert messages into music to influence
their listeners.
b. Metal bands have bad messages inserted both forwards and backwards so both
influence behaviour.
c. Reversed messages are often illusory and have less of an impact than the minimal
changes in behaviour associated with forward messages.
d. While forward subliminal messages don’t appear to exert a large influence on
behaviour, reversed messages can have dramatic effects and cause people to do
things they otherwise would not.
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 138-140
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
51) When our perception of a stimulus, such as a misshapen letter or an image, depends
on the context of the stimulus or our preconceptions, we are using
___________________ to interpret the stimulus.
a. a perceptual constancy
b. selective attention
c. feature binding
d. a perceptual set
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
52) Jordan and her friends are in the front row for a rock concert. During the concert, the
lead singer moves all around the stage but Jordan continues to perceive him as the
same height even though the image received in her eye and brain constantly changes.
This illustrates which type of perceptual constancy?
a. Colour constancy
b. Location constancy
c. Sie constancy
d. Shape constancy
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 136-137
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
53) The fact that you can easily recognie a picture of Mickey Mouse or Bart Simpson as
that character, no matter what angle they are presented in during a cartoon, is an
example of
a. colour constancy.
b. shape constancy.
c. sie constancy.
d. location constancy.
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Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 136-137
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
54) We perceive that firefighters are wearing bright yellow jackets, independent of when
we see them in the bright daylight or at night. This is due to the principle of
_______________.
a. colour constancy
b. shape constancy
c. sie constancy
d. location constancy
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 136-137
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
55) Clay has played professional soccer for seven years and is easily able to tune out the
sound of the crowd and all other irrelevant sensory information during the game.
Bruce is a rookie and is often distracted by what his opponents are saying and the
mood of the crowd. Clay and Bruce are showing differing levels of
a. selective attention.
b. parallel processing.
c. absolute thresholds.
d. top-down processing.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
56) According to Donald Broadbent's research, selective attention acts as a
a. trapdoor.
b. safety net.
c. key.
d. filter.
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-56
Diff: 1
Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Factual
57) The fact that Dale perceives a taxi cab to be bright orange during the day and bright
orange at night demonstrates the concept of
a. the binding problem.
b. dark adaptation.
c. perceptual set.
d. colour constancy.
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
58) Savannah is sitting in the cafeteria at school talking to a group of her friends. She is
paying attention to their conversation, but, all of the sudden, she hears her name in a
conversation at a nearby table. Which of the following best describes Savannah’s
experience?
a. Dichotic listening
b. Selective attention
c. Cocktail party effect
d. Shadowing
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
59) Victor is involved in an auditory experiment where he is being presented different
messages to his right and left ear. He is asked to attend to the right ear, where he hears
the message “The girl was really … bird on a wire”. The message played to Victor’s
left ear was “After was wishing … scared of the dark”. Based on the technique called
shadowing, when Victor is asked to repeat what he heard, what would he say?
a. The girl was really bird on a wire.
b. The girl was really scared of the dark.
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c. After was wishing scared of the dark.
d. After was wishing bird on a wire.
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Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
60) The cocktail party effect and the technique of shadowing demonstrate that
a. information we have filtered out of our attention is still being processed at some
unconscious level.
b. individual pathways of sense receptors are not cross-modal in their processing.
c. selective attention is only allows us to process one channel of input at a time.
d. we constantly engage in dichotic listening and attend to more than one message
equally.
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Diff: 3
Type: MC
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Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
61) Jarod and Ashton are watching a basketball game. They are so absorbed in watching
the ball being tossed back and forth that they fail to notice a man in a bunny costume
walk through the middle of the basketball court. This is an example of
___________________.
a. inattentional blindness
b. shape constancy
c. change blindness
d. the binding problem
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-61
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 137-138
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Applied
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62) Airplane pilots who fail to notice the presence of another plane taxiing across the
runway as they are preparing to land are experiencing a phenomenon called
________________.
a. inattentional blindness
b. shape constancy
c. change blindness
d. the binding problem
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-62
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 138
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Conceptual
63) ______________ relates to our understanding of how our brains combine different
pieces of our perception into a unified whole.
a. Inattentional blindness
b. Shape constancy
c. Change blindness
d. The binding problem
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-63
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 138
Topic: Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brains
Skill: Factual
64) The central player in our perception of the world is
a. taste.
b. touch.
c. sound.
d. light.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-64
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Factual
65) The colour of light is what psychologists call
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a. brightness.
b. hue.
c. timbre.
d. synesthesia.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-65
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Factual
66) Increasing the amount of _____________ in our diets can increase our ability to see
infrared light.
a. protein
b. iron
c. vitamin A
d. vitamin C
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-66
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Factual
67) When light enters the eye, it first passes through what structure?
a. Sclera
b. Cornea
c. Pupil
d. Lens
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-67
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
68) The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as ______ colours.
a. red
b. violet
c. green
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d. yellow
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-68
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Conceptual
69) The longest wavelengths we can see are experienced as ______ colours.
a. red
b. violet
c. green
d. yellow
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-69
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Conceptual
70) What colour would you report seeing if a researcher projects the longest wavelength
in the visible spectrum onto a screen?
a. Red
b. Violet
c. Green
d. Yellow
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-70
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Conceptual
71) The visible spectrum refers to the
a. portion of the whole spectrum of light that is visible to the human eye.
b. effect of intensity on how we see dark to grey to white.
c. effect of the sound density on the perceptions of those with synesthesia.
d. well-known fact that colours are less visible to some men’s eyes.
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-71
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Factual
72) The aspect of colour that corresponds to names such as red, green, and blue is
a. brightness.
b. saturation.
c. hue.
d. fine detail.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-72
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Light
Skill: Factual
73) Why do you see a lemon as yellow?
a. The lemon absorbs yellow wavelengths in the yellow region of the spectrum.
b. The lemon might reflect only yellow wavelengths in the yellow region of the
spectrum.
c. The lemon absorbs red and blue wavelengths.
d. The lemon reflects all wavelengths of light other than yellow.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-73
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Conceptual
74) Nicole has increased the amount of vitamin A in her diet, and begins to notice that her
ability to see ________ light has increased.
a. green
b. blue
c. red
d. infrared
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-74
Diff: 2
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Applied
75) ______________ are chemicals that are responsible for the colour of our eyes.
a. Sclera
b. Iris
c. Pigments
d. Pupillary photons
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-75
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
76) What is the pupil of the eye?
a. It is the white part of the eye.
b. It is the coloured part of the eye.
c. It is the location of the visual receptors.
d. It is the small opening in the centre of the eye.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-76
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
77) When we describe someone’s eyes as blue, technically we are referring to his or her
blue
a. irises.
b. pupils.
c. corneas.
d. scleras.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-77
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
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Skill: Conceptual
78) The clear, transparent protective coating over the front part of the eye is the
a. cornea.
b. iris.
c. pupil.
d. lens.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-78
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
79) The pupil is the
a. opening in the centre of the iris.
b. white of the eye.
c. coloured part of the eye.
d. lining in the back of the eyeball.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-79
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
80) The coloured part of the eye that contains muscles to contract or expand the pupil is
the
a. iris.
b. lens.
c. sclera.
d. cornea.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-80
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
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81) The wavelength of the light reaching your eyes determines in part what ______ you
see.
a. brightness
b. saturation
c. hue
d. fine detail
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-81
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 141
Topic: Light: The Energy of Life
Skill: Factual
82) Which part of the eye is a muscle that regulates the sie of the pupil?
a. Iris
b. Lens
c. Sclera
d. Cornea
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-82
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
83) The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the
a. pupil.
b. lens.
c. sclera.
d. cornea.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-83
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
84) Light is focused on the retina by the
a. iris.
b. lens.
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c. sclera.
d. cornea.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-84
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
85) Which component of the eye contains the visual receptors?
a. Retina
b. Sclera
c. Anterior chamber
d. Posterior chamber
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-85
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
86) The ________ is where incoming light is converted into nerve impulses and the
________ is where light rays are most sharply focused.
a. retina; pupil
b. optic nerve; cornea
c. blind spot; pupil
d. retina; fovea
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-86
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
87) Which of the following examples does not describe a situation where our pupils
would dilate?
a. Danille has rubbed belladonna juice on her eyes and goes to see her lover.
b. Kristine is working hard to solve some chemistry equations for a class she is
taking.
c. Janelle is just walking outside from an afternoon matinee she went to see.
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d. Tanya is in a dimly lit bar and is very attracted to a man that is sitting next to her.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-87
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
88) Bundles of axons from ganglion cells make up the
a. optic nerve.
b. optic schism.
c. fovea.
d. rods and cones.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-88
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
89) Tracey has trouble reading her textbooks that are right in front of her, and James has
trouble reading the board at the front of his classrooms. Based on this information, it
is likely that Tracey has _____________ and James has ______________.
a. hyperopia; myopia
b. myopia; hyperopia
c. antiacuity; retinal fatigue
d. retinal fatigue; antiacuity
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-89
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Applied
90) Which of the following terms explains why only a few first-graders need eyeglasses,
whereas most senior citiens do?
a. Hyperopia
b. Myopia
c. Presbyopia
d. Accommodation
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-90
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
91) The change in the shape of the lens in order to focus on a visual image is known as
a. fixation.
b. divergence.
c. convergence.
d. accommodation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-91
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
92) The place in the retina where the axons of all the ganglion cells come together to
leave the eye is called the
a. fovea.
b. retina.
c. lens.
d. cornea.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-92
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
93) Which of the following is true about cones?
a. They are responsible for black-and-white vision.
b. They are found mainly in the centre of the eye.
c. They operate mainly at night.
d. They respond only to black and white.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-93
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Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
94) Receptor cells in the retina responsible for colour vision and fine acuity are
a. bipolar cells.
b. ganglion cells.
c. rods.
d. cones.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-94
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
95) It is difficult to distinguish between colours at night because
a. we are seeing primarily with the cones.
b. rods do not adapt to the dark.
c. we are seeing primarily with the rods.
d. we are used to seeing mostly with the fovea.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-95
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
96) Which of the following phenomena is a function of the distribution of the rods and
cones in the retina?
a. The moon looks much larger near the horion than it looks when it is higher in the
sky.
b. The light from distant stars moving rapidly away from us is shifted toward the red
end of the spectrum.
c. Stars can be seen only with difficulty during the daytime.
d. A dim star viewed at night may disappear when you look directly at it but reappear
when you look to one side of it.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-96
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Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
97) Receptor cells in the retina responsible for night vision are
a. bipolar cells.
b. ganglion cells.
c. rods.
d. cones.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-97
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
98) Jamie walks from a bright room into a dark room. It will take about ______ minutes
for her rods to fully adjust to the dark.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-98
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
99) The fovea is made up of
a. all rods and no cones.
b. mostly cones with some rods.
c. mostly rods with some cones.
d. all cones and no rods.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-99
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-144
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Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
100) What structure is responsible for focusing light at the back of the eye?
a. Fovea
b. Retina
c. Lens
d. Cornea
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-100
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
101) As we age, we are more likely to need glasses because
a. the lens loses its flexibility.
b. of damage to our retinas.
c. the retina can no longer accommodate subtle changes in light.
d. of damage to our corneas.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-101
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 143
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
102) Our visual sensory receptor cells are located in the
a. optic nerve.
b. fovea.
c. cornea.
d. retina.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-102
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 142-144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
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103) When Stewart wakes up at night and has to walk from his bedroom to the bathroom
in the dark, he is most directly aided in this process by his
a. rods.
b. corneas.
c. cones.
d. irises.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-103
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Applied
104) Which of the following is true of rods?
a. They respond to colour.
b. They are found mainly in the fovea.
c. They operate mainly in the daytime.
d. They are responsible for night vision.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-104
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
105) _______________ is a photopigment in the rods that is required for normal visual
processing to occur.
a. Vitamin A
b. Rhodopsin
c. Melanin
d. Lipochrome
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-105
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
106) The ________ carries sensory information from the retina to the brain areas where
visual perception will occur.
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a. fovea
b. retina
c. optic nerve
d. lens
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-106
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Factual
107) The place where the optic nerve connects to the retina is called the __________.
a. fovea
b. optic chiasm
c. blind spot
d. superior colliculus
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-107
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 144
Topic: The Eye: How We Represent the Visual Realm
Skill: Conceptual
108) The visual pathway that processes form, position, and motion is located in the
__________ lobe and the pathway that processes visual form and colour is located in
the __________ lobe.
a. parietal; temporal
b. occipital; parietal
c. temporal; occipital
d. temporal; parietal
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-108
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 145
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
109) As information travels from the primary visual cortex to other regions of the brain
involved in visual perception, the information
a. remains unchanged in terms of complexity.
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b. becomes increasingly more complex.
c. becomes increasingly more fundamental.
d. becomes increasingly more simplified.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-109
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 145
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
110) Research by Hubel and Wiesel demonstrated that cells respond to different
orientations of light, and that ___________ respond to light only in a particular
location whereas ___________ are not restricted to a specific location in the visual
field.
a. rhodopsin; photopigments
b. ganglion cells; feature detectors
c. bipolar cells; thalamic neurons
d. simple cells; complex cells
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-110
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 145
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
111) Simple and complex cells in the visual system are also called ______________
because they process lines, edges, and patterns to identify objects.
a. Gestalt cells
b. ganglion cells
c. bipolar cells
d. feature detector cells
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-111
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 145-146
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
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112) The Kanisa square is used in your text to demonstrate the phenomenon called
subjective contours. What Gestalt principle helps to explain why we perceive
subjective contours?
a. Good continuation
b. Closure
c. Symmetry
d. Figure-ground
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-112
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 146
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
113) What psychological school first identified that visual perception occurs in terms of
whole objects rather than individual component parts?
a. Psychoanalytic
b. Gestalt
c. Behaviourism
d. Humanistic
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-113
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 146
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
114) When taking a picture, photographers attempt to draw people's attention toward a
particular image. This is one example of the Gestalt principle of
a. symmetry.
b. figure-ground.
c. proximity.
d. closure.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-114
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 146-147
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
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115) At a junior high dance, Mr. Holland tends to view boys and girls sitting together as
“couples” regardless of whether they are actually dating. This illustrates the Gestalt
principle of
a. similarity.
b. symmetry.
c. proximity.
d. closure.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-115
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 146-147
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Applied
116) Both the Necker cube and Rubin’s vase illusion are examples of ___________, and
we can typically perceive them only one way at a time.
a. figure-ground images
b. subjective contours
c. bistable images
d. the phi phenomenon
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-116
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 147
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
117) Our ability to see action, rather than a series of static pictures, in movies is the result
of
a. the phi phenomenon.
b. symmetry.
c. closure.
d. good continuation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-117
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 147-148
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
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118) According to ________, colour vision evolved because perceiving colour helped our
early ancestors forage for food.
a. trichromatic theory
b. opponent process theory
c. binocular theory
d. gestalt theory
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-118
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148-149
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
119) Which of the following statements about face recognition is inaccurate?
a. Cells in the lower part of the temporal lobe respond to faces.
b. Neurons in the hippocampus appear to fire selectively in response to certain
faces.
c. Research has proven that we have individual “grandmother cells” that only
respond to specific faces.
d. Sprawling networks of neurons, rather than single cells, are responsible for face
recognition.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-119
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 147
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
120) Brianna just bought new lights for her Christmas tree that are supposed to look like
they are moving. When she puts them up, it looks as if the lights circle continuously
around the tree. This perception of movement is due to
a. emergence.
b. feature detectors.
c. the phi phenomenon.
d. opponent processes.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-120
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 147-148
Topic: Visual Perception
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Skill: Applied
121) The idea that the eye contains separate receptors for red, green, and blue is known as
the ______ theory.
a. opponent-process
b. additive colour mixing
c. trichromatic
d. reductive colour mixing
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-121
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148-149
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
122) Helmholt’s explanation of colour vision is called the
a. opponent-process theory.
b. additive colour mixing theory.
c. trichromatic theory.
d. reductive colour mixing theory.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-122
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148-149
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
123) If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and then look at a blank sheet of white
paper, you will see a greenish image of the object. This phenomenon best supports
the ______ theory of colour vision.
a. Grieco trichromatic
b. opponent-process
c. Helmholt trichromatic
d. Hering’s vibration
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-123
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
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124) Who actually found three types of cones in the retina?
a. Young and Helmholt
b. Hering
c. Wald and Brown
d. Smith and Wesson
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-124
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
125) According to the opponent-process theory of colour vision, the correct pairings of
opposite colours are
a. red versus green and blue versus yellow.
b. black versus gray and white versus coloured.
c. blue versus red and green versus yellow.
d. blue versus green and red versus yellow.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-125
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
126) The trichromatic and opponent-process theories of colour vision are not in conflict
because each corresponds to
a. a different portion of the spectrum.
b. the opposite half of perceivable colours.
c. one type of colour blindness.
d. a different stage of visual processing.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-126
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
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127) Sandra is staring at a painting where the blades of grass in the front appear close and
are very detailed, and the mountains on the horion appear hay and farther away.
What monocular cue is being used in this painting to create the illusion of depth?
a. Relative sie
b. Linear perspective
c. Texture gradient
d. Height in plane
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-127
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149-150
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Applied
128) Taylor was driving and noticed that when he looks out the window right beside him,
things on the side of the road seem to fly by, whereas when he looks at objects ahead
of him, they appear to be moving slower. What pictorial depth cue is responsible for
this perception?
a. Linear perspective
b. Disparity
c. Convergence
d. Motion parallax
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-128
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149-150
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Applied
129) When a road on a painting starts off larger in the foreground of the picture and
converges together in the background, depth perception is attained by the use of
which pictorial cue?
a. Linear perspective
b. Disparity
c. Relative sie
d. Motion parallax
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-129
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149-150
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Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
130) What depth cue is being relied on when our brains use information from our eye
muscles to determine how far an object is away from us?
a. Convergence
b. Motion parallax
c. Height in plane
d. Disparity
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-130
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 150
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
131) _________________ depth cues require both eyes whereas _________________
depth cues rely on one eye alone.
a. Monocular; binocular
b. Binocular; monocular
c. Trichromatic; monochromatic
d. Monochromatic; trichromatic
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-131
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149-150
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
132) What experimental apparatus has been used to study depth perception in infants?
a. Zener cards
b. Escher lithographs
c. The Ames Room
d. The visual cliff
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-132
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 150-151
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
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133) Which of the following have been used to study depth perception?
a. Zener cards
b. The Ganfield technique
c. The old/young woman picture and other ambiguous images
d. Perceptual illusions
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-133
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 150-151
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
134) Actors that played Hobbits in the movie trilogy the Lord of the Rings were made to
look small using what perceptual illusion?
a. The Müller-Lyer illusion
b. The Ebbinghaus-Titchener illusion
c. The Ames room
d. The visual cliff
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-134
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 151-152
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 4.4
135) The monocular cue of ________ is being used when an artist places trees in front of
riders to create a sense of depth when the picture is viewed.
a. relative sie
b. interposition
c. light and shadow
d. linear perspective
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-135
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149-150
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
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136) Tom spent the morning taking pictures in the small coves of a local lake. What
monocular cue is providing depth perception when the near objects in his
photographs appear much larger than those on the opposite shore of the cove?
a. Interposition
b. Relative sie
c. Linear perspective
d. Height in plane
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-136
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 149-150
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Applied
137) Amy’s school records describe her as a monochromat. What can we assume about
Amy’s perceptual abilities?
a. She does not see colour.
b. She sees only two colours.
c. She sees colours one at a time.
d. She cannot remember words used to designate colours.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-137
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
138) A person with red–green colour blindness will see the world in
a. blacks, whites, and grays.
b. muted reds and greens.
c. blues, yellows, and grays.
d. yellows, greens, and grays.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-138
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
139) Why do researchers believe colour deficiencies often have genetic causes?
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a. Dietary patterns affect colour deficiencies.
b. Colour perception changes somewhat as we get older.
c. Colour deficiencies are more common in some cultures.
d. More males than females suffer from colour deficiencies.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-139
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Conceptual
140) Worldwide, the greatest cause of blindness is
a. genetic abnormalities.
b. macular degeneration.
c. glaucoma.
d. cataracts.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-140
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 152
Topic: When We Can't See or Perceive Visually
Skill: Factual
141) Research conducted with blind adults has indicated that ___________ sensitivity is
heightened in this population.
a. auditory
b. kinesthetic
c. tactile
d. olfactory
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-141
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 152
Topic: When We Can’t See or Perceive Visually
Skill: Factual
142) Most individuals who are colour-blind are ____________ because only one set of
cones is not functioning properly.
a. synesthetes
b. blindsighted
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c. dichromats
d. agnostic
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-142
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 148
Topic: Visual Perception
Skill: Factual
143) Craig has a serious disorder that disrupts his perception of movement. He has
difficulty with everyday tasks, such as pouring himself a glass of juice, because he
doesn’t notice changes in the level of liquid in the glass (i.e., one moment it is empty
and the next it is full). Craig likely suffers from
a. motion parallax.
b. motion blindness.
c. visual agnosia.
d. blindsight.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-143
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 153
Topic: When We Can’t See or Perceive Visually
Skill: Applied
144) The book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks is a case study
of what visual phenomenon?
a. Blindsight
b. Visual agnosia
c. Binocular disparity
d. Motion blindness
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-144
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 153
Topic: When We Can’t See or Perceive Visually
Skill: Conceptual
145) Although Don is blind, he can still make correct guesses about the visual appearance
of objects presented to him in an experiment. This example demonstrates the
phenomenon of ____________.
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a. motion parallax
b. motion blindness
c. visual agnosia
d. blindsight
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-145
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 153
Topic: When We Can’t See or Perceive Visually
Skill: Conceptual
146) Our sense of hearing is called
a. olfaction.
b. proprioception.
c. audition.
d. gustation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-146
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154
Topic: Hearing: The Auditory System
Skill: Factual
147) Pauly is swimming under water and his friend Mike yells something at him. In
general, should Pauly be able to hear what Mike said?
a. No, because sound waves don’t travel through liquid.
b. No, because vibrations cannot be transduced under water.
c. Yes, because sound waves can travel through any gas, liquid, or solid.
d. Yes, because molecules flow faster through water than any other medium.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-147
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Applied
148) Brightness refers to the intensity of light. The corresponding term when discussing
sound is
a. hue.
b. timbre.
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c. pitch.
d. loudness.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-148
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154-155
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Conceptual
149) Sound waves are simply
a. the vibration of the molecules of the air surrounding us.
b. the impact of acoustrons in the air.
c. a form of electronic radiation.
d. none of these.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-149
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Factual
150) Which of the following is a characteristic of both light waves and sound waves?
a. Hue
b. Amplitude
c. Pitch
d. Wavelength
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-150
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Conceptual
151) A sound mixer is impressed by the new equipment that was just installed in his
recording studio. He says that now he will be able to help singers and musicians
produce better CDs because he can eliminate unneeded and undesired wavelengths.
What term describes the characteristic of sounds waves that the sound mixer is now
able to alter?
a. Saturation
b. Amplitude
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c. Volleying
d. Frequency
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-151
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154-155
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Applied
152) Which of the following properties of sound is the most similar to the brightness of
light?
a. Volume
b. Timbre
c. Pitch
d. Purity
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-152
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154-155
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Conceptual
153) Which of the following properties of sound would be the most similar to the colour,
or hue, of light?
a. Volume
b. Timbre
c. Pitch
d. Loudness
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-153
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154-155
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Conceptual
154) An alien from outer space was just captured. Scientists take turns examining the
creature. At a press conference, one of the scientists reports that the alien can hear
frequencies between 10 000 and 30 000 H. How does the alien’s ability to detect
sound compare to a human being’s ability?
a. The alien and humans detect the same frequencies.
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b. Humans can detect higher frequencies than the alien.
c. The alien can detect higher frequencies, but its hearing is not as acute at lower
frequencies.
d. Humans can detect higher frequencies; however, the alien detects lower
frequencies better than humans.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-154
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Applied
155) Special ring tones on cell phones that can’t be heard by adults exploit the fact that
a. younger adults are more sensitive to lower pitch tones than older adults.
b. older adults are more sensitive to higher pitch tones than younger adults.
c. younger adults are more sensitive to higher pitch tones than older adults.
d. older adults are more sensitive to medium pitch tones than younger adults.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-155
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Conceptual
156) Sounds that are _______ decibels or greater in loudness cause us pain and can cause
harm to our auditory system.
a. 95
b. 110
c. 125
d. 145
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-156
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Factual
157) Loudness refers to the ____________ of the sound wave whereas pitch refers to the
_____________ of the sound wave.
a. frequency; timbre
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b. amplitude; frequency
c. intensity; timbre
d. frequency; amplitude
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-157
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 154-155
Topic: Sound: Mechanical Vibration
Skill: Conceptual
158) The sensory receptors in the ear are found in the
a. ear canal.
b. eardrum.
c. ear cochlea.
d. pinna.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-158
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Factual
159) What is the basic function of the outer ear?
a. To protect the hair cells
b. To concentrate and funnel sound waves to the eardrum
c. To amplify low-intensity sounds to detectable levels
d. To filter out high-intensity sound waves that can be harmful
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-159
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Conceptual
160) The eardrum is also called the
a. oval window.
b. eardrum.
c. tympanic membrane.
d. pinna.
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-160
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Factual
161) The outer ear is called the
a. oval window.
b. eardrum.
c. cochlea.
d. pinna.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-161
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Factual
162) Which of the following describes what happens if you trace an auditory stimulus
from the time it first reaches the ear until it arrives at the brain?
a. The outer ear (pinna) gathers sound waves and funnels them down the auditory
canal striking the eardrum.
b. The basilar membrane causes the hammer, anvil, and stirrup to vibrate striking the
oval window.
c. The auditory cones respond to the various tonal frequencies, which lead the
auditory nerve to send a message to the brain.
d. The auditory nerve joins with the nasal nerve to produce an input to the olfactory
lobe.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-162
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Conceptual
163) What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
a. Types of sound that most people can detect
b. Words often used by audiologists in testing for hearing difficulties
c. Tiny bones located in the middle ear
d. Types of cones on the retina
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-163
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Factual
164) The bone that is attached to the eardrum is called the _______; the bone that is
connected to the oval window is called the ________.
a. anvil (incus); stirrup (stapes)
b. hammer (malleus); anvil (incus)
c. stirrup (stapes); hammer (malleus)
d. hammer (malleus); stirrup (stapes)
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-164
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Conceptual
165) Fluid located in the cochlea is set in motion and causes vibration in the
a. ossicles.
b. bipolar cells.
c. basilar membrane.
d. semicircular canals.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-165
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Factual
166) Which of the following are the auditory receptors where sound waves finally
become neural impulses?
a. Hair cells
b. Organs of Corti
c. Basilar membranes
d. Tectorial membranes
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-166
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Factual
167) Once sound waves have been converted into neural activity, the ________ carries
them to the brain for auditory perception.
a. basilar membrane
b. auditory nerve
c. cochlea
d. pinna
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-167
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 155-156
Topic: The Structure and Function of the Ear
Skill: Factual
168) Some research has demonstrated a relationship between blindness and what aspect
of auditory perception?
a. Sound localiation
b. Echolocation
c. Pitch perception
d. Tympanic vibrations
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-168
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 157
Topic: Auditory Perception
Skill: Factual
169) As we listen to music on the radio or on our iPods, we often are aware of the
arrangement of tones into melodies rather than just focusing on the individual notes.
This auditory perception is compatible with the principles established by
a. humanistic psychologists.
b. Gestalt psychologists.
c. psychodynamic psychologists.
d. behavioural psychologists.
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-169
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 156-157
Topic: Auditory Perception
Skill: Conceptual
170) Explaining low-pitch tones is best explained by ________ theory.
a. volley
b. place
c. frequency
d. opponent process
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-170
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 156
Topic: Auditory Perception
Skill: Factual
171) The place theory of pitch suggests that pitch is determined by the
a. specific hair cells that are stimulated.
b. number of hair cells that are stimulated.
c. sie of the hair cells that are stimulated.
d. degree of bend in the stimulated hair cells.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-171
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 156
Topic: Auditory Perception
Skill: Factual
172) If a person hears a tone of 3000 H, three groups of neurons take turns sending the
message to the brain—the first group for the first 1000 H, the second group for the
next 1000 H, and a third for the next 1000 H. This principle is known as the
a. volley.
b. place.
c. frequency.
d. opponent process.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-172
Diff: 3
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 156
Topic: Auditory Perception
Skill: Conceptual
173) Which theory proposes that, above 1000 H but below 5000 H, auditory neurons
do not fire all at once but in rotation?
a. Volley
b. Place
c. Frequency
d. Opponent process
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-173
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 156
Topic: Auditory Perception
Skill: Factual
174) Human perception of high-pitched tones is best explained by ________ theory.
a. volley
b. place
c. frequency
d. opponent process
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-174
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 156
Topic: Auditory Perception
Skill: Factual
175) In detecting the source of sounds, we tend to rely most heavily on ________ cues.
a. monocular
b. monaural
c. binocular
d. binaural
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-175
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 156
Topic: Auditory Perception
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Skill: Factual
176) Pete has played lead guitar in a rock band for years. He often would turn the volume
on his guitar way up and spend a great deal of time in front of the speakers during
the shows. His resulting hearing loss over the past few years is most likely the result
of
a. synesthesia.
b. conductive deafness.
c. tinnitus.
d. nerve deafness.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-176
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 157
Topic: When We Can't Hear
Skill: Applied
177) As we age, it becomes more difficult for us to hear ________ sounds.
a. low-frequency
b. high-frequency
c. low- to moderate-frequency
d. moderate-frequency
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-177
Type: MC
Page Ref: 157
Topic: When We Can't Hear
Skill: Factual
178) Hearing loss can be caused by
a. genetic factors.
b. exposure to loud noise.
c. disease.
d. all of the above.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-178
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 157
Topic: When We Can't Hear
Skill: Factual
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179) Ben suffers from _____________________ and has difficulty hearing because his
eardrum and ossicles of the inner ear have malfunctioned.
a. conduction deafness
b. nerve deafness
c. echolocation
d. binaural deafness
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-179
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 157
Topic: When We Can’t Hear
Skill: Applied
180) Our sense of taste is called
a. the vestibular sense.
b. olfaction.
c. proprioception.
d. gustation.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-180
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 158
Topic: Smell and Taste: The Sensual Senses
Skill: Factual
181) Which of the following statements about taste and smell is true?
a. Our nose identifies far more odours than our tongue identifies tastes.
b. Our nose and tongue identify approximately the same numbers of odours and
tastes, respectively.
c. Our tongue identifies far more tastes than our nose identifies odours.
d. Our nose and tongue identify exactly the same numbers of odours and tastes,
respectively.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-181
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159
Topic: What Are Odours and Flavours?
Skill: Factual
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182) Laverne looks at the tongue of her friend and sees all kinds of bumps on her tongue.
“Girl,” she says, “you sure have a lot of _____________.”
a. papillae
b. olfactory receptors
c. taste buds
d. taste receptors
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-182
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Conceptual
183) Where are the taste receptors located?
a. On the papillae
b. On the taste buds
c. On the microvilli
d. In the gustatory bulb
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-183
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159-160
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Factual
184) Preliminary evidence for a sixth taste, __________, has been found.
a. umami
b. chocolate
c. tangy
d. fatty foods
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-184
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159-160
Topic: What are Odours and Flavours?
Skill: Factual
185) Which of the following is not one of the five basic tastes?
a. Slimy
b. Bitter
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c. Salty
d. Sour
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-185
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Factual
186) What are the five primary tastes?
a. hot, sour, spicy, sweet, origami
b. salty, sour, spicy, sweet, tart
c. bitter, salty, sour, sweet, umami
d. peppery, salty, sour, sweet, acidic
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-186
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Factual
187) The most recently discovered fifth taste receptor is
a. slimy.
b. umami.
c. nutty.
d. tart.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-187
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Factual
188) According to the authors, we experience the taste sensation of saltiness
a. toward the front of the tongue, but not on the tip.
b. at the tip of the tongue.
c. toward the rear area of the tongue.
d. throughout all areas of the tongue; there is no one location for any of the tastes.
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-188
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Factual
189) Maricella always uses less seasoning on her food than do the other members of her
family. Her sister has just taken an introductory psychology course and says to
Maricella, ________
a. “I know what you are—you are a taster pro.”
b. “I know what you are—you are a taster queen.”
c. “I know what you are—you are a supertaster.”
d. “I know what you are—you are a Gustavus Adolphus.”
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-189
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 160
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Applied
190) The fifth taste, umami, was first identified by researchers in
a. Japan.
b. Korea.
c. China.
d. the United States.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-190
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 159
Topic: Sense Receptors for Smell and Taste
Skill: Factual
191) Smell and taste sensations converge in the ______________________.
a. orbitofrontal cortex
b. gustatory cortex
c. olfactory cortex
d. somatosensory cortex
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-191
Diff: 2
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 160
Topic: Olfactory and Gustatory Perception
Skill: Factual
192) Our ability to experience so many different tastes, despite the limited number of
taste sensations, demonstrates the interplay between our senses of taste and
a. touch.
b. hearing.
c. vision.
d. smell.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-192
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 160-161
Topic: Olfactory and Gustatory Perception
Skill: Conceptual
193) ____________________ are odourless chemicals that serve as social signals to
members of one’s species.
a. Rhodopsins
b. Pheromones
c. Photopigments
d. Papillae
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-193
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 160-161
Topic: Olfactory and Gustatory Perception
Skill: Factual
194) Rafael has a cold, as well as plugged sinuses. These symptoms are most likely to
affect
a. his pain tolerance threshold.
b. his sense of balance.
c. his ability to listen to his Art History professor's lecture.
d. his enjoyment of the food at the university cafeteria.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-194
Diff: 3
Type: MC
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Page Ref: 160-161
Topic: Olfactory and Gustatory Perception
Skill: Applied
195) Our memories from childhood often involve not only visual information but
olfactory information as well. This is because the olfactory cortex is located near the
a. limbic system.
b. cerebellum.
c. brainstem.
d. thalamus.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-195
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 160
Topic: Olfactory and Gustatory Perception
Skill: Conceptual
196) A common symptom associated with depression is loss of appetite. Research
indicates that this occurs because
a. our taste thresholds are increased by the neurotransmitters targeted by
antidepressant drugs.
b. our taste thresholds are unchanged by the neurotransmitters targeted by
antidepressant drugs.
c. we are more likely to label food as “disgusting” when we are emotionally aroused.
d. our taste thresholds are lowered by the neurotransmitters targeted by
antidepressant drugs.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-196
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 160
Topic: Olfactory and Gustatory Perception
Skill: Conceptual
197) Research on human pheromones should have what impact on a person's decision to
purchase pheromone-based products to make themselves more attractive and
desirable to others?
a. Human pheromones do not exist and pheromone-based products are therefore a
waste of money.
b. Human pheromones do exist but the research on the usefulness of pheromonebased products is inconclusive.
c. Human pheromones do exist and purchasing pheromone-based products is a
useful way to influence others' interest in you.
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d. Human pheromones do exist but purchasing pheromone-based products is not an
effective way to influence others' interest in you.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-197
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 160-161
Topic: Olfactory and Gustatory Perception
Skill: Conceptual
198) In general, ________ is/are the least serious sensory and perceptual disorders.
a. deafness
b. pain insensitivity
c. olfactory disorders
d. blindness
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-198
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 161
Topic: When We Can't Smell or Taste
Skill: Factual
199) The kinesthetic sense refers to our sense of
a. sensitivity to pain.
b. relative weight.
c. relative velocity.
d. body position.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-199
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162
Topic: Our Body Senses: Touch, Body Position, and Balance
Skill: Factual
200) The name given to the sense of our body position is
a. the vestibular sense.
b. gustation.
c. somatosensory sense.
d. the kinesthetic sense.
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-200
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162
Topic: Our Body Senses: Touch, Body Position, and Balance
Skill: Factual
201) The somatosensory system responds to sensory information about
a. taste and smell.
b. temperature and pressure.
c. sound and vision.
d. body position and equilibrium.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-201
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162-163
Topic: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain
Skill: Factual
202) Information about ________ travels to the spinal cord and brain more quickly than
information about ________.
a. pain; touch
b. touch; pain
c. touch; vision
d. pain; vision
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-202
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162-163
Topic: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain
Skill: Factual
203) The authors mentioned the interesting correlation between natural red hair and lower
pain thresholds compared to persons with other natural hair colours. This is most
likely to be due to the fact that
a. natural pain thresholds cause people to be born with different natural colours of
hair.
b. genetic factors that impact pain threshold are also somehow related to hair colour.
c. natural hair colour causes people to have an increased or decreased pain threshold.
d. None of the above was mentioned by the authors as an explanation of the
correlation between natural hair colour and pain threshold.
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-203
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162-163
Topic: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain
Skill: Conceptual
204) Which of the following seems to have an impact on the degree of pain a person
might experience?
a. Individual thresholds for pain
b. Emotional reactivity
c. Cultural expectations and background
d. All of the above impact a person's experience of pain.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-204
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162-165
Topic: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain
Skill: Conceptual
205) The skin senses are concerned with
a. touch, pressure, temperature, and pain.
b. the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other.
c. movement and body position.
d. your location as compared to the position of the sun.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-205
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 162-165
Topic: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain
Skill: Factual
206) Which of the following sensory difficulties is likely to be the most dangerous?
a. Blindness
b. Pain insensitivity
c. Loss of smell
d. Deafness
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-206
Diff: 1
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Type: MC
Page Ref: 164-165
Topic: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Pain
Skill: Conceptual
207) The ability to detect our balance and keep our balance as we move around in our
daily life is known as
a. olfaction.
b. somatosensory information.
c. the vestibular sense.
d. the proprioceptive sense.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-207
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 165
Topic: Proprioception and Vestibular Sense: Body Position and Balance
Skill: Factual
208) The receptors for the proprioceptive senses are located in the
a. inner and middle ears.
b. temporal and parietal lobes.
c. olfactory and visual cortices.
d. muscles and muscle tendons.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-208
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 165
Topic: Proprioception and Vestibular Sense: Body Position and Balance
Skill: Factual
209) A disorder of the inner ear would be most likely to impact our
a. equilibrium.
b. sense of smell.
c. hearing.
d. sense of pain.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-209
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 165
Topic: Proprioception and Vestibular Sense: Body Position and Balance
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Skill: Conceptual
210) What discipline within psychology seeks to optimie the interaction between
equipment and technology and our human sensory and perceptual abilities?
a. Human factors
b. Social psychology
c. Industrial-organiational psychology
d. Cognitive neuroscience
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-210
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 166-167
Topic: Ergonomics: Human Engineering
Skill: Factual
211) Goals of human factors, or human engineering, include
a. increasing safety.
b. decreasing physical fatigue.
c. increasing ease of use of technology.
d. all of the above.
Question ID: Lil 2ce 4.1-211
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 166-167
Topic: Ergonomics: Human Engineering
Skill: Conceptual