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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question,
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I. Technically, your absolute threshold is the point which you can detect
a. a stimulus 50 percent of the time
b. a stimulus 75 percent of the time
c. any stimulus set point
d. any stimulus that registers on sensory memory
2. William was having his hearing tested, and a number of the tones that were presented were so faint he was
not able to detect them. These faint sounds would
a. fall below William's absolute threshold for sound
b. cause more inhibitory than excitatory synapses
c. fall below William's adaptation level for sound
d. cause action potentials that were too weak to reach the tenninal buttons
3. Juanita was drinking some warm punch and she thought she could just detect a faint taste of nutmeg in the
punch. However when she took another sip the taste wasn't there. On the third sip she could just make out the
taste of nutmeg again. It is very likely that the amount of nutmeg in the punch was
a. just below her taste constancy level
b. producing inhibitory synapses rather than excitatory synapses
c. producing action potentials that were too weak to reach the tenninal buttons
d. just at her absolute threshold for taste
4. If a subject is presented with a series of pairs of light bulbs of different wattages and is asked whether the
members of each pair differ in brightness, which of the following is being measured?
a. the physical intensity difference between the two lights
b. the subject's just noticeable difference for brightness
c. the subject's absolute threshold for brightness
d. the subject's visual acuity
5. If a IDO-Hztone had to be increased to 110Hz for a subject to just notice the difference, you would predict
that a IODD-Hztone would have to be increased to
a. 1010 to be noticed
b. 1050 to be noticed
c. 1100 to be noticed
d. 1200 to be noticed
6. Evelyn turned the thermostat up from 68 degrees to 70 degrees; however, she doesn't think it feels any
warmer and she wants to turn it up even higher. Her roommate thinks that it is now too hot, and she wants to
turn the thermostat back down. Apparently Evelyn has
a. a smaller just noticeable difference for temperature than her roommate does
b. a lower absolute threshold for temperature than her roommate does
c. a larger just noticeable difference for temperature than her roommate does
d. a higher absolute threshold for temperature, compared to her roommate
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7. When Celeste was playing her stereo at 40 decibels and she turned it up to 44 decibels, she could notice thal/"
it was louder. Based on this information you could predict that if Celeste has her stereo playing at 80
decibels, her just noticeable difference for loudness would be
a. 4 decibels, the same as it was at 40 decibels
b. 2 decibels, half as much as it was at 40 decibels
c. impossible to determine without more information
d. 8 decibels, twice as much as it was at 40 decibels
8. In the signal-detection method, if a subject detects a stimulus when no stimulus is actually present, this would
be a
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10.
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13.
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a. hit
b. miss
c. false alarm
d. correct rejection
Subliminal means
a. below threshold
b. barely perceptible
c. deceptive
d. superimposed
If one is subjected to prolonged stimulation, eventually
a. sensory overload will occur
b. sensory adaptation will occur
c. perceptual agnosia will occur
d. ""perceptual inversion will occur
Sensory adaptation refers to
a. a weakening of a neurotransmitter substance
b. a perceptual inversion principle
c. a decline in sensitivity after prolonged stimulation
d. an increase in sensitivity after prolonged stimulation
Jacob has been working at his computer for the past 2 hours, and the hum that he found so annoying when he
started no longer bothers him. The change in Jacob's sensitivity to the noise from the computer illustrates the
process known as
a. perceptual invariance
b. perceptual assimilation
c. adjusting just noticeable differences
d. sensory adaptation
Sensory adaptation can explain all of the following except
a. getting used to the smell of the perfume you are wearing
b. hearing your name spoken in a noisy room
c. feeling comfortable in a cold swimming pool after being in for a few minutes
d. getting used to the touch of your clothes on your skin
Overall, it appears that we perceive
a. changing stimuli better than constant ones
b. constant stimuli better than changing ones
c. long-acting better than short-acting stimuli
d. stimuli that are steady in the environment
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15. The wavelength oflight mainly affects our perception of
a. color
b. brightness
c. saturation
d. light purity
16. Our perception of the brightness of a color is affected mainly by
a. the wavelength of light waves
b. the amplitude oflight waves
c. the purity oflight waves
d. the saturation oflight waves
17. If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the wavelength of light, we would not be able to
perceive differences in
a. brightness
b. saturation
c. color
d. purity
18. If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the amplitude of light waves we would not be able to
perceive differences in
a. saturation
b. purity
c. color
d. brightness
19. The lens in the eye
a. converts light energy into neural energy
b. controls the amount of light entering the eye
c. bends entering light rays and focuses them onto the retina
d. is the part of the eye that gives it its color
20. As people age the lens of the eye loses its ability to accommodate, and it tends to remain flat, instead of
becoming fat and round. This suggests that as people age they will
a. lose their ability to focus on objects in the distance
b. be less likely to detect differences in light purity
c. be more likely to detect differences in brightness and hue
d. lose their ability to focus on objects that are close
21. Courtney wears glasses to correct the far-sightedness in her left eye. If she were not wearing her glasses
a. the lens would focus images in front of the retina in her left eye
b. the pupil in her left eye would dilate and let in too much light energy
c. the lens would focus images behind the retina in her left eye
d. the pupil in her left eye would constrict and not let in sufficient light energy
22. The structure that controls the size of the pupil is the
a. lens
b. iris
c. ciliary muscle
d. vitreous humor
23. The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by changes in the size of the
a. pupil
b. lens
c.
cornea
d.
retina
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24. In bright sunlight, the pupil of the eye is
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a. the same size as it is in a dark room
b. dilated
c. constricted
d. closed
25. In dim light, the pupil of the eye is
a. dilated, producing a sharper image
b. constricted, producing a sharper image
c. constricted, producing an image that is not as sharp
d. dilated, producing an image that is not as sharp
26. The optic disk is
a. where the optic nerve exits the retina
b. the brain structure responsible for the merging of visual fields from both eyes
c. where light enters the eye
d. another term for the lens
27. The blind spot in the eye is
a. where photoreceptor cells do not "bleach"
b. the point at which ganglion cells synapse with bipolar cells
c. where the optic nerve exits the back of the eye
d. what leads to color blindness
28. hnagine that biologists have discovered an animal that has eyes very similar to human eyes, but that the only
receptor cells in the retina are rods; there are no cones. Based on what is known about human vision you
might expect that this animal would
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a. have poor vision in low illumination
b. have no color vision
c. have poor peripheral vision
d. be able to detect extremely fine details
29. "Parallel processing" in the visual pathways suggests that separate neural channels
a. do the same things at different locations
b. extract different information from visual inputs
c. send the same information to many different places
d. provide safety backups for each other
30. The primary visual cortex is located in the
a. occipital lobes
b. temporal lobes
c. parietal lobes
d. frontal lobes
31. Cells in the visual cortex that respond selectively to specific features of complex stimuli are called
a. ganglion cells
b. feature detectors
c. selective detectors
d. hypocomplex cells
32. While finger painting, Chris mixed yellow paint and blue paint and ended up with green, an example of
a. trichromatic theory
b. additive color mixing
c. subtractive color mixing
d. multiplicative color mixing
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33.
If you project a red, a green, and a blue light into space, the point at which the three lights cross willlead to
the perception of
a. black light
b. ultraviolet light
c. white light
d. infrared light
34.
At the musical he attended over the weekend, Andrew noticed that whenever the red and green spotlights
overlapped, they seemed to change to a yellow spotlight. This can be explained using the principles of
a. additive color mixing
b. subtractive color mixing
c. hypercomplex feature detection
d. opponent-processing of colors
35.
Television sets are able to recreate the entire visible spectrum by additively mixing three primary colors. This
process is similar to the view of human color vision called
a. opponent-process theory
b. saturation theory
c. complementary color theory
d. trichromatic theory
36.
Hering's opponent-process theory suggests that receptors are linked antagonistically in pairs. His opposed
paIrs were
a. red-yellow; blue-green; black-white
b. red-green; yellow-blue; black-white
c. red-black; yellow-white; green-blue
d. yellow-green; red-blue; black-white
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Eric has been wearing green welding goggles for the past 30 minutes. Based on the opponent-process theory
of color vision, when Eric takes off the green goggles he should expect that objects will temporarily appear to
be
. a. blue
b. yellow
c. orange
d. red
38.
According to one theory of color vision, colors are signaled in pairs by neurons that fire faster to one color
and slower to another color. This theory is known as the
a. opponent process theory
b. trichromatic theory
c. signal-detection theory
d. feature-detection theory
39.
Denise was momentarily blinded when a paparazzi snapped her picture using a blue flash. Following the
flash, she saw spots for several minutes. Based on the opponent-process theory of color vision, the spots that
Denise saw
a. would be yellow
b. were most likely red
c. were probably green
d. would also appear to be blue
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40. Three people look at the same sketch and report seeing three different things. This illustrates the contributior"
to perception of
a. stimulus ambiguity
b. perceptual set
c. sensory readiness
d. cognitive interpretation
41. A perceptual set implies that
a. people often see what they expect to see
b. visual perception is based on a bottom-up processing strategy
c. feature analysis is a "hard-wired" process
d. the focused-attention stage of processing is often overridden by preattentive processes
42. Feature analysis assumes that we progress from individual elements to the whole in the formation of our
perceptions. This is a case of
a. bottom-up processing
b. bottom-down processing
c. top-down processing
d. top-to-bottom processing
43. Psychologists who took the structuralist approach to the study of consciousness believed that the best way to
understand an individual's conscious experiences was to understand all the component parts that combined to
produce the experience. This view is most consistent with .
a. the top-down processing model of perception
b. the eclectic model of perception
c. the bottom-up processing model of perception
d. the opponent-process model of perception
44. The ability to rapidly process words in reading depends most on
a. top-down processing
b. bottom-up processing
c. bottom-to-top processing
d. lateral processing
45. Vanessa describes a new melody that she heard at a concert by telling you each of the individual notes, in the
order that they were played. In providing this type of description, it appears that Vanessa processed the
melody using
a. top-down processing
b. figure-ground processing
c. opponent-processes
d. bottom-up processing
46. The successive blinking on and off of the lights on the neon sign gave the impression of beer filling a glass.
This illusion of motion is the
a. phi phenomenon
b. constancy principle
c. common-fate principle
d. motion parallax effect
47. Paintings or drawings that lead to ambiguous interpretations often invert the
a. figure and ground
b. sensation and perception
c. top and bottom
d. open processing and closed processing
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48. The Gestalt principle of proximity refers to the idea that
a. people tend to gravitate toward a common interaction distance
b. center-surround cells are closer fire more often
c. perception occurs in discrete time frames
d. objects nearer to each other are seen as forming a unit
49. Natalie sat on her porch looking out at the field of soybeans. The fact that Natalie perceived the soybean
plants as being grouped into a series of separate rows is consistent with the Gestalt principle of
a. closure
b. simplicity
c. proximity
d. similarity
50. Blake was at a football game, and even though people wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly
throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans.
Blake's perception is most consistent with the Gestalt principle of
a. proximity
b. similarity
c. closure
d. simplicity
51. Christina was skiing down an intermediate run when the run broke into two separate trails. One trail turned
off at a 90-degree angle; the second trail appeared to continue in the same general direction she had been
headed. If Christina takes the second trail her actions would be consistent with the Gestalt principle of
a. continuity
b. closure
c. proximity
d. common regIOn
52. We often perceive a series of dots on a printed form as a "solid" line because of the Gestalt principle of
a. constancy
b. similarity
c. closure
d. symmetry
53. If you are looking at an object such as a book, the object itself can be referred to as
a. a distal stimulus
b. a proximal stimulus
c. an approximate stimulus
d. a distilled stimulus
54. Amanda had an operation on her eyes, but the doctors were unable to saVethe vision in her left eye. One
major change that will affect Amanda's perception is the fact that she will
a. no longer have any perception of depth
b. be more likely to misinterpret perceptual illusions
c. no longer be able to utilize binocular depth cues
d. lose her ability to perceive colors accurately
55. As the large butterfly flew toward Richard, he could tell it was getting closer because he could feel his eyes
turning inward toward his nOSeas he watched it. In this instance, Richard was able to judge how far away the
butterfly was using the depth cue of
a. convergence
b. binocular disparity
c. accommodation
d. relatiVe size
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56. In order to keep focusing on an object as it moves closer to your face, you must
,..
a. rotate your eyes outward
b. rotate your eyes inward
c. look straight ahead
d. focus at a point some distance beyond the approaching object
57. As Briana drove down the highway the pickets of the fences moved past her in a blur, but the mountains in
the distance didn't appear to move at all. Briana was experiencing
a. the pictorial cue for depth called texture gradient
b. the binocular cue for depth called convergence
c. the binocular cue for depth called retinal disparity
d. the monocular cue for depth called motion parallax
58. hnages that occupy more space on your retina are seen as nearer relative to images that occupy less space.
This is a cue to depth perception known as
a. accommodation
b. foveal disparity
c. phrenetic search
d. relative size
59. Interposition refers to
a. the relationship between bipolar and ganglion cells
b. the processing of auditory information at the cochlear level
c. an environmental depth cue in which closer objects overlap objects farther away
d. the lens's ability to change shape and focus light directly on the retina
60. Timothy was painting a picture of ajet on a runway; however in his painting the sides of the runway are
parallel to each other. Timothy's picture will seem to lack depth because he has failed to make use of the
monocular depth cue of
a. convergence
b. motion parallax
c. linear perspective
d. height in plane
61. The sand at Jason feet appeared coarse, and he could see the individual grains of sand. However, the sand
down the beach appeared to be much finer and less granular. This apparent difference in the sand may have
partially resulted from the depth cue of
a. interposition
b. light and shadow
c. relative size
d. texture gradient
62. Ashley is trying to create a small Christmas village on the mantle of her fireplace. She bought 3-inch high
figures to put at the front of the mantle and smaller figures to put near the back. Ashley is trying to increase
the impression of depth in her Christmas village through the use of
a. light and shadow
b. relative size
c.
convergence
d.
texture gradient
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63. The phenomenon of size constancy implies that
a. the perception of size is not related to the perception of distance
b. the farther away an object is, the more we underestimate its true size
c. two objects will be perceived as the same size whenever they produce the same size
retinal image
d. two objects may be perceived as being the same size even though they produce different
size retinal images
64. Perceptual constancy refers to
a. the same thing as functional fixedness
b. our perception of objects remaining stable despite the fact that sensory information
changes
c. the existence of schemas that guide our perceptions
d. visual fields in the retina that allow our perception of the world to remain stable
65. The fact that the comer of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away
from the viewer can be accounted for by the
a. horizontal-vertical illusion
b. Ponzo illusion
c. Miiller-Lyer illusion
d. illusion of relative size
66. The perception associated with the amplitude of a sound wave is
a. timbre
b. loudness
c. tonal quality
d. richness
67. The perception of timbre corresponds to a sound wave's
a. pitch
b. panache
c. amplitude
d. purity
68. Compared to the low notes on a piano, the high notes always produce sound waves that have
a. a higher frequency
b. a lower amplitude
c. a higher amplitude
d. a lower frequency
69. When a clarinet plays a high C followed by a low C, these two notes are perceived differently because they
differ in
a. amplitude
b. purity
c. complexity
d. frequency
70. If the human ear could not detect differences in the amplitude of sound waves, people would not be able to
detect differences in the
a. pitch of sounds
b. timbre of sounds
c. loudness of sounds
d. saturation of sounds
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71. The structure of the ear that conducts sound waves to the middle ear is the
a. auditory canal
b. auditory conduction tube
c. auditory tract
d. auditory lineal
72. The structure of the ear that transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses is the
a. cochlea
b. oval window
c. temporal lobe
d. stirrup
73. The retina is to the eye as the
a. eardrum is to the ear
b. ossicles are to the ear
c. pinna is to the ear
d. cochlea is to the ear
74. The actual, direct receptors for hearing are the
a. ossicles
b. cochleas
c. hair cells
d. basilar cells
75. According to place theory, the ability to hear pitch corresponds to
a. specific hair cells being stimulated along the length of the semicircular canals
b. vibrations occurring at specific locations down the length of the 1)asilarmembrane
c. the entire cochlea vibrating at a speed equivalent to the wavelengths the ear is being
stimulated with
d. differential movement of specific ossicles
76. Imagine the basilar membrane in the human ear were longer. Based on place theory, you might expect that
humans would be able to
a. hear a wider range of sounds, especially high frequency sounds
b. hear a wider range of sounds, eSpecially low frequency sounds
c. detect sound waves that had a lower amplitude
d. localize sounds more accurately
77. The theory of hearing that views the basilar membrane as being like a drumhead is
a. place theory
b. timpani theory
c. frequency theory
d. opponent process theory
78. The maximum firing rate for individual neurons is 1000 neural impulses per second. This biological
limitation would make it difficult for
a. place theory to fully explain pitch perception
b. opponent-process theory to fully explain color perception
c. trichromatic theory to fully explain color perception
d. frequency theory to fully explain pitch perception
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79. Imagine that human neurons reach a maximum firing rate of 5000 impulses per second, rather than only 1000
impulses per second. Using the volley principle, this would mean that
a. place theory could explain the full range of human pitch perception
b. neither frequency theory nor place theory could fully explain human pitch perception
c. frequency theory could explain the full range of human pitch perception
d. both place theory and frequency theory would be necessary to fully explain human pitch
perception
80. The frequency theory of pitch perception is flawed because
a. structurally, it is impossible for the basilar membrane to vibrate
b. neurons cannot fire fast enough to account for hearing tones higher than 1,000
cycles/second
c. it places the transduction process in the semicircular canals and not the cochlea
d. the action of the ossicles interacting with the auditory nerve was misidentified
81. The volley principle suggests that
a. spreading effects from one semicircular canal to another interact to produce pitch
perception for frequencies higher than 5,000 Hz
b. ossicles of the middle ear "echo" or "volley" auditory transmission back and forth to
stimulate hair cells
c. sound localization is an interpretation of time discrepancies between the time when the
same sound reaches each ear
d. groups of auditory neurons are able fire neural impulses in rapid succession, sending
signals that exceed the firing rate of any single neuron
82. Pitch perception can best be explained by
for very low-pitched sounds,
for very
high-pitched sounds, and
for pitches in the middle range.
a. place theory; frequency theory; place theory
b. frequency theory; both theories; place theory
c. place theory; both theories; frequency theory
d. frequency theory; place theory; both theories
83. Clifford was in an accident and he has lost all the hearing in his right ear. The deafness in this ear will mostly
affect Clifford's ability to
a. localize sounds accurately
b. separate speech sounds from background noise
c. detect high frequency sounds
d. detect high amplitude sounds
84. Juan and Karletta were walking one night when they heard a car backfire. Juan was convinced the sound
came from directly in front of them, and Karletta was convinced the sound came from directly behind them.
One reason they might have difficulty localizing the sound is
a. the sound waves would have arrived at both ears at the same instant
b. we are able to judge distance better than direction for sounds
c. sound localization is more difficult in the dark
d. only speech sounds can be accurately localized
85. Auditory localization is to hearing as
a. size constancy is to vision
b. optical illusion is to vision
c. retinal disparity is to vision
d. depth perception is to vision
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86. The two major cues we use to localize sound sources in space are
a. distance and loudness
b. intensity and timing differences at the ears
c. pitch and loudness differences at the ears
d. loudness and timbre differences at the ears
87. You would predict from a knowledge of distance cues that accuracy of localizing sounds would be poorest
for a source
a. 90 degrees to the right
b. 90 degrees to the left
c. 45 degrees to the front left
d. directly in front of the person
88. If you are sitting in a room facing exactly north and a sound emanates exactly from the south, you will
perceive the sound as coming from
a. either the north or the south
b. either the east or the west
c. directly over your head
d. all directions at the same time
89. The loudness difference between the two ears is greatest when the sound source is
a. directly behind the listener's head
b. directly in front of the listener
c. a long distance away
d. well off to one side
90. The sense associated with the perception of taste is referred to as the
a. gustatory system
b. olfactory system
c. vagus system
d. vestibular system
91. Generally, the four basic tastes are considered to be
a. salty, sweet, sour, and bitter
b. salty, spicy, bland, and sour
c. sour, bitter, bland, and hot
d. sweet, sour, spicy, and smooth
92. The rods and cones are to vision as the taste buds are to
a. olfaction
b. kinesthesis
c. gustation
d. flavation
93. Newborn infants react
to sweet tastes and
to strong sour tastes.
a. neutrally; negatively
b. positively; neutrally
c. positively; positively
d. positively; negatively
94. Eloise is an individual who is classified as a supertaster. She is likely to be especially sensitive to
a. sweet and salty tastes
b. sweet and bitter tastes
c. salty and sour tastes
d. sour and bitter tastes
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95. Food generally tastes bland when you have a severe head cold because
a. you cold will cause the sweet receptors in your mouth to become inactivated
b. your high temperature will cause your brain to block signals from the taste buds in the
mouth
c. because your naturally produced antibodies interfere with chemical molecules stimulated
by your taste buds
d. flavor is influenced by smell as well as taste, and with a reduced sense of smell your
sense of taste will be diminished
96. The sense associated with the perception of smell is
a. gustation
b. olfaction
c. kinesthesis
d. audition
97. Of the following, the only sensory system that does not project upward to the cerebral cortex through the
thalamus, is
a.
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100.
101.
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vision
b. hearing
c. gustation
d. olfaction
Which of the following is a true statement regarding the olfactory capacity of humans?
a. With specialized training, we could track a timber wolf through a mountain range.
b. Although there are some species whose sense of smell is superior, human olfaction
compares favorably with that of many animals.
c. Since our capacity is so limited, we can only detect fairly powerful odors.
d. Although we are especially sensitive to food odors, we are not particularly sensitive to
other odors.
Stimulation of sensory receptors of the skin is processed by the
a. septal cortex, which is located in the cerebellum
b. limbic system, which is located in the hypothalamus
c. somatosensory cortex, which is located in the parietal lobes
d. medial forebrain bundle, which is located in the temporal lobes
You place your left hand in a pan of cool water and your right hand in a pan of warm water, for a minute. If
you then place both your hands in a pan of lukewarm water, the lukewarm water will feel
a. lukewarm to both hands
b. warm to your left hand but cool to your right hand
c. cool to your left hand but warm to your right hand
d. cool to both hands
Information that an injury has just occurred is carried to the brain via the
pain pathway;
information that the injury has not yet healed is carried to the brain via the
pain pathway.
a. fast; slow
b. fast; fast
c. slow; fast
d. slow; slow
The pathway for pain that results in the experience of pain being less localized and longer lasting is the
a. thalamic pathway
b. endorphin pathway
c. slow pathway
d. generic pathway
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Which of the following has not been shown to influence the perception of pain in humans?
a. mood
b. personality
c. expectations
d. age
104. A theory that can account for the fact that people suffering from pain sometimes report pain relief from a
sugar pill placebo is
a. gate-control theory
b. sensory adaptation theory
c. perceptual constancy theory
d. cognitive control theory
105. One's ability to overcome tremendous amounts of pain in certain situations (such as an athlete who plays with
a broken foot and does not feel the pain until later) can be explained by
a. sympathetic nervous system control mechanisms
b. the hypnotic induction control theory ofpain
c. an overactive thyroid response (hormone release)
d. the gate-control theory of pain
106.
The
a.
b.
c.
d.
brain receives information about the positions of the various parts of the body through the
vestibular sense
kinesthetic sense
kinetic sense
homeostatic sense
107.
Receptors for the kinesthetic sense are found in the
a. cochlea
b. semicircular canals
c. basilar membrane
d. joints and muscles
108. A police officer asked Stanley to close his eyes and touch the tip of his nose using first his right index finger
and then his left index finger. To complete this test of coordination Stanley would need to rely on
a. his vestibular sense
b. his reticular sense
c. sensory accommodation
d. his kinesthetic sense
109.
The
a.
b.
c.
d.
vestibular sense reports information
the joints
the muscles
the inner ear
the skin
from a set of receptors in
110.
Which of the following parts of the ear has a role in maintaining balance?
a. the cochlea
b. the basilar membrane
c. the semicircular canals
d. the ossicles
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Loreen has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is spinning, and she has trouble keeping her balance.
It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the
a. semicircular canals
b. periaqueductal gray
c. olfactory bulb
d. parvocellular system
You have a severe ear infection. One potential side effect would be
a. blurred vision
b. loss of balance
c. loss of ability to taste the "flavor" of food
d. an enhanced sense of smell
In order to create the illusion of three-dimensional reality, a painter must use
a. bivariate depth cues
b. binocular depth cues
c. myopic depth cues
d. pictorial depth cues
The door-in-the-face technique involves
a. making a very large request that is likely to be turned down to increase the chances that
people will agree to a smaller request later
b. making a very small request that is likely to be accepted to increase the chances that
people will agree to a larger request later
c. concealing some of the costs associated with a request until after the request has been
accepted
d. adding incentives to a request that has been turned down until people finally agree to go
along with the initial request
Last year Fiona had a yard sale. She marked the prices of items very reasonably, and she refused to reduce
them when people tried to "deal." This year she had another yard sale, but this time she marked the prices of
items quite high, and then reduced them by 50% or more when people asked to "deal." Fiona was surprised to
find that she made much more money this year. When she asks you why this might have happened you
explain how judgments can be affected by
a. absolute thresholds
b. sensory adaptation
c. contrast effects
d. subliminal comparitors
The visual cortex is to the auditory cortex as the occipital lobe is to the
a. occipital lobe
b. frontal lobe
c. temporal lobe
d. parietal lobe
The retina is to the basilar membrane as depth perception is to
a. auditory adaptation
b. auditory localization
c. auditory afterimages
d. auditory feature detection
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The fact that we are generally much more aware of the changes in our sensory environments than we are of /
the constants is the general idea behind
a. signal detection theory
b. sensory adaptation
c. the method of constant stimuli
d. sensory equalization
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The
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b.
c.
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major difference between a green light and a blue light is the
wave frequency
wave purity
wavelength
wave saturation
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receiving area of a retinal cell is called the
cone
foveal field
rod
receptive field
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Which theory of color vision best explains why the color of an afterimage is the complement of the original
color?
a. the trichromatic theory
b. the opponent process theory
c. both theories explain this phenomenon equally well
d. neither theory adequately explains this phenomenon
122.
Gate-control theory is an attempt to explain
a. why the perception of pain is so subjective
b. how subliminal perception works
c. how receptive fields influence one another
d. how the optic chiasm directs visual information
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Light is converted into neural energy that travels to the brain to produce visual experience by the
a. pupil
b. lens
c. retina
d. optic disk
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Night and peripheral vision depend mainly on
on
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purity of a wavelength of light corresponds to the perception of
hue
saturation
brightness
color constancies
, while daylight and acute vision depend mainly
rod cells; cone cells
cone cells; rod cells
rod cells; bipolar cells
bipolar cells; cone cells
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proximal stimulus is the
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a. sheet of paper; projection on the retina
b. projection on the retina; sheet of paper
c. square shape; square shape
d. trapezoidal shape; square shape
127. Which of the following describes how we hear according to place theory?
a. Different sound frequencies vibrate different portions of the basilar membrane,
producing different pitches.
b. Our perception of pitch corresponds to the rate or frequency at which the entire basilar
membrane vibrates.
c. We perceive differences in pitch according to the number of hair cells that vibrate at any
one time.
d. Different sound frequencies affect the intensity with which the membrane separating the
middle ear from the inner ear vibrates, producing different pitches.
128. Which of the following can cause disruption of your vestibular system?
a. riding on an amusement park thrill ride that spins you around
b. having an upset stomach
c. having a cold that temporarily robs you of your sense of taste
d. temporarily losing sensation in your arm because you slept on it
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