ch 3 sight and hearing
Name___________________________________
Period________
Date_________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Research indicates that normally there are ________ kinds of cones for color vision.
A) four
B) three
C) five
D) two
1)
2) In the neural pathways connecting the eye to the brain, there are neurons that respond primarily
to each of the following light patterns EXCEPT ________.
A) red-green
B) orange-violet
C) blue-yellow
D) black-white
2)
3) The theory that we have three pairs of color receptors and that the members of each pair oppose
each other is known as the ________ theory.
A) trichromatic
B) complimentary color
C) color discrepancy
D) opponent-process
3)
4) The idea that the eye contains three pairs of color receptors (red-green, yellow-blue, and
black-white) is known as the ________ theory.
A) additive mixing
B) opponent-process
C) subtractive mixing
D) trichromatic
4)
5) Auditory receptor cells are located in the ________.
A) stirrup
C) Eustachian tube
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B) anvil
D) cochlea
6) There are two major theories of pitch discrimination: ________.
A) place theory and amplitude theory
B) place theory and frequency theory
C) transduction theory and volley theory
D) frequency theory and amplitude theory
6)
7) The place theory and the frequency theory attempt to explain ________.
A) timbre discrimination
B) how we see color
C) pitch discrimination
D) how we see timbre
7)
8) ________ is often considered the “dispensable” sense, the one we could most easily live without
if necessary.
A) Smell
B) Hearing
C) Touch
D) Vision
8)
9) ________ is the mental process of sorting, identifying, and arranging the raw data of experience
into meaningful patterns.
A) Abstraction
B) Sensation
C) Consciousness
D) Perception
9)
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10) When you stand to the side of a window frame, it casts a trapezoidal (nonrectangular) image on
your retina. It still seems rectangular to you, though, because of ________.
A) the phi phenomenon
B) size constancy
C) shape constancy
D) figure-ground constancy
10)
11) A child is asked to estimate the size of a poker chip. The child is then allowed to exchange the
poker chip for candy. The child is then asked to estimate the size of an identical poker chip. This
time the child's estimate of the size of the poker chip is MOST likely to be ________ the first
estimate.
A) much smaller than
B) larger than
C) slightly smaller than
D) identical to
11)
12) A child is asked to estimate the size of a poker chip. The child is then allowed to exchange the
poker chip for candy. The child is then asked to estimate the size of an identical poker chip. This
time the child's estimate of the poker chip is substantially larger, because the child has learned to
place value on the poker chip. This shows the effects of ________ on perception.
A) expectation
B) motivation
C) cognitive style
D) cultural background
12)
13) Visual distance and depth cues that require the use of only one eye are called ________ cues.
A) dichromatic
B) monaural
C) monocular
D) binocular
13)
14) Which of the following is NOT true of subliminal perception?
A) Attitudes can be affected by subliminal perception.
B) It is an effective technique for the mass manipulation of people's desires and behaviors.
C) Many of the effects attributed to subliminal messages may be the results of conscious
expectations.
D) People can perceive stimuli that they cannot consciously describe.
14)
15) When something occurs below our level of awareness, it is said to occur ________.
A) inductively
B) reflexively
C) subliminally
D) intuitively
15)
16) The process by which our senses adjust to varying levels of stimulation to allow them to operate
as sensitively as possible without becoming overloaded is called ________.
A) adaptation
B) transmutation
C) transduction
D) transformation
16)
17) The minimum stimulus intensity required for detection is the ________ whereas the smallest
detectable difference between a standard stimulus intensity and another stimulus value is the
________.
A) detection standard; beta criterion
B) absolute threshold; difference threshold
C) base value; just noticeable difference (jnd)
D) response criterion; sensory constant
17)
18) The term “just noticeable difference” is synonymous with ________ threshold.
A) response
B) separation
C) absolute
D) difference
18)
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19) Bundles of axons of ganglion cells make up the ________.
A) fovea
B) rods and cones
C) optic nerve
D) optic chiasm
19)
20) When light from a small object is focused directly on the blind spot, the object will ________.
A) appear to have a “hole” in the middle of it
B) have a distinct red tint to it
C) not be seen
D) have a distinct blue-violet tint to it
20)
21) There is a spot on the retina commonly called the “blind spot.” The blind spot exists because
________.
A) the cones in the optic disk are very insensitive to light
B) there are no ganglion cells there
C) there are no receptors where the optic nerve leaves the eye
D) you don't see at the fovea
21)
22) The process by which rods and cones become more sensitive to light in response to lowered
levels of illumination is called ________.
A) afterimage resolution
B) light adaptation
C) dark adaptation
D) afterimage adaptation
22)
23) Peter goes from bright sunlight into a dimly lit theater. At first, he can see little or nothing as he
looks for a seat. Over a ten-minute period he is gradually able to see things directly in front of
him more clearly. His ability to see things off to the side steadily improves for another twenty
minutes. This process is called ________.
A) dark adaptation
B) light adaptation
C) light compensation
D) dark compensation
23)
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
24) The hammer is the closest of the three bones in the middle ear to the cochlea.
24)
25) People can be influenced by information of which they are not consciously aware.
25)
26) Research has clearly demonstrated the existence of ESP.
26)
27) The stimulation of the senses is known as sensation.
27)
28) Any stimulation below the absolute threshold will not be experienced.
28)
29) The place where the nerve fibers from the eye to the brain cross over from right to left and vice
versa is called the optic chiasm.
29)
30) All animals see in color.
30)
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Answer Key
Testname: SIGHT AND HEARING TEST
1) B
2) B
3) D
4) B
5) D
6) B
7) C
8) A
9) D
10) C
11) B
12) B
13) C
14) B
15) C
16) A
17) B
18) D
19) C
20) C
21) C
22) C
23) A
24) FALSE
25) TRUE
26) FALSE
27) TRUE
28) TRUE
29) TRUE
30) FALSE
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