MODULE 8: SENSATION
1.
As you look at this question, ___ is the process of “seeing” the figures on the screen while ___ is the process of organizing and
interpreting the figures into letters and words.
a. top-down processing; bottom-up processing
b. perception; sensation
c. absolute threshold; difference threshold
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d. sensation; perception
Nathaniel, wearing headphones, is a subject for a sensation experiment. A variety of sounds are played into each ear and Nathaniel
indicates when the sounds are the same. The experiment is probably designed to measure Nathaniel’s:
a. absolute threshold.
b. difference threshold.
c. hearing ability.
3.
d. signal detection threshold.
Samuel works at the local mall picking up the trash from the restaurants. Many people comment that Samuel must hate the smell of the
trash that he is forced to work with. Samuel explains that the smell isn’t that bad. Psychologists would most likely explain that Samuel’s
reason is due to:
a. sensory adaptation.
b. selective attention.
c. the receptor cells in his retina.
4.
d. bottom up processing.
You are in a room at a large party. Even though everyone around you is talking, you can hear and understand the person you are having a
conversation with. It is as if you can block out all the other conversations. Psychologists would call this ability:
a. difference threshold.
b. absolute threshold.
c. sensory adaptation.
5.
d. selective attention.
Short wavelengths having a high frequency are associated with:
a. reddish colors; low-pitched sounds
b. bright colors; high-pitched sounds
c. bluish colors; low pitched sounds
6.
d. bluish colors; high-pitched sounds
The iris:
a. is the colored part of the eye.
b. is a ring of muscle tissue
c. changes shape as lighting conditions change.
7.
d. all of the above
If you wear glasses or contacts to correct nearsightedness or farsightedness, the problem is probably due to a difficulty in which part of
your eye?
a. cornea
b. pupil
c. lens
d. retina
8.
The blind spot is due to:
a. the subtractive color process.
b. the lack of rods or cones where the optic nerve connects to the eye.
c. the inability of light to reach the back corner of the eye.
9.
d. fluid in the middle of eye.
Which of the following helps explain how color works in a television?
a. subtractive color process
b. opponent-process theory
c. trichromatic theory
d. signal detection theory
10. Vision is to hearing as the retina is to the:
a. ossicles.
b. cochlea.
c. auditory nerve.
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d. tympanic membrane.
The length of a sound wave determines:
a. amplitude.
b. sound localization.
c. signal-detection.
d. pitch.
12. A supertaster is a person:
a. with more taste receptors than most other people.
b. with a high difference threshold for taste.
c. with a high absolute threshold for taste.
d. who can taste only sweet.
13. In addition to the sense of taste, what other sense creates the sensation of flavor?
a. smell
b. touch
c. vision
d. kinesthetic
14. In swinging a golf club, which of the following let you know the position of your arms and legs?
a. nerve cells in the cochlea
b. olfactory cells
c. the retina
d. the kinesthetic sense.
15. What sense, other than that of hearing, is located in your inner ear?
a. sight
b. olfactory sense
c. vestibular sense
d. kinesthetic sense
MODULE 9: PERCEPTION
1.
Which of the following statements would a gestalt psychologist most likely say?
a. “Perception is based primarily on one’s cognitive scheme.”
b. “Sensation and perception are essentially the same thing.”
c. “The perception of depth is only through binocular cues.”
2.
d. “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
In a famous illusion known as the face-vase illusion, if a person looks at the black portion of the drawing as the main character they see two
faces looking at each other. If, on the other hand, they concentrate on the white portion of the drawing they see a vase. This illusion
makes use of the Gestalt principle of:
a. grouping principles.
b. figure-ground relationship.
c. closure.
3.
d. proximity.
Right after the graduation ceremony the local high school sponsors a reception for the graduates, their families, and friends. As you walk
around the reception you conclude anyone wearing a cap and gown must be a member of the graduating class. The group principle being used
is known as:
a. closure.
b. proximity.
c. continuity.
4.
d. similarity.
As you are looking at a scoreboard you come to the realization each of the numbers represented on the board are actually short lines that
are not even connected to each other. Which of the following gestalt principles allows us to fill in the gaps between lines to create what
appears to be numbers?
a. proximity
b. continuity
c. closure
5.
d. similarity
A visual cliff is used to determine an infant’s ability at:
a. grouping.
b. proximity.
c. depth perception.
6.
d. closure.
Retina disparity entails how a person’s eyes see slightly different images. This is used to determine:
a. closure.
b. depth.
c. proximity.
7.
d. grouping.
Which of the following is a binocular depth cue?
a. convergence
b. relative size
c. relative clarity
d. closure
8.
Lil looks up in class to see her teacher standing behind her desk. Lil knows the teacher is in back of the desk because the desk is blocking
her vision of the teacher’s legs. This is an example of what type of depth perception?
a. relative size
b. relative height
c. interposition
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d. texture gradient
Looking down a railroad track you notice how the two tracks seem to converge in the distance. Using the tracks to determine depth is using
which of the following depth perception cues?
a. linear perspective
b. relative clarity
c. interposition
d. texture gradient
10. A movie uses which type of illusions to give the sensation of movement on the screen?
a. relative clarity
b. size constancy
c. lightness constancy
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d. stroboscopic motion
When a baseball is thrown to us we realize that the ball is not getting larger but instead coming closer and closer to us. This is an example
of:
a. relative height.
b. perceptual constancy.
c. texture gradient.
d. gestalt.
12. You and your younger sister are watching TV. An advertisement comes on. You believe the person narrating the commercial is a character
on your favorite comedy show. Your younger sister says the narrator is from her favorite cartoon. Which of the following could be used to
explain the differences in perceptions between you and your sister?
a. relative clarity
b. interposition
c. figure ground
d. perceptual set
13. Some researchers believe instances of ESP are actually people misinterpreting:
a. interposition.
b. relative height.
c. correlations.
d. signal detection.
14. Perceptual sets rely on a person’s:
a. schemas.
b. linear perspectives.
c. depth perception.
d. binocular cues.
15. One explanation for the Müller-Lyer illusion is a misjudgment of:
a. texture gradient.
b. relative height.
c. size-distance relationships.
d. convergence.