Ch 5 Post Test

Which of the following statements about deaf culture is false? Deaf individuals believe children should receive a cochlear implant as soon as possible after birth. Deaf individuals prefer to teach children to communicate in American Sign Language rather than teaching children to read lips. Deaf individuals communicate using American Sign Language. Deaf individuals primarily communicate through signing.

Deaf individuals believe children should receive a cochlear implant as soon as possible after birth.

Which of the following statements about olfactory receptors is false? They are bulb-like structures at the tip of the frontal lobe where the olfactory nerves begin. They are cells. They are located in a mucous membrane at the top of the nose. They have small, hair-like extensions.

They are bulb-like structures at the tip of the frontal lobe where the olfactory nerves begin.

Why are olfaction and gustation called chemical senses? They are unrelated to biological senses. They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe. Neither one has sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe. We cannot use these senses without the presence of specific chemicals in the body.

They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe.

Sarit is at a bar full of music, chatter, and laughter. He gets involved in an interesting conversation with a woman named Mona, and he tunes out all the background noise. Sarit's friend, Karen, taps him on the shoulder and asks what song just played on the jukebox. Sarit says he doesn't know, even though he is sitting right next to the jukebox and is familiar with popular music. This illustrates the role that ________ plays in what is sensed versus what is perceived. attention habit mood friendship

attention

________ disparity refers to the slightly different view of the world that each eye receives. monoculuar trichromatic cyclopean binocular

binocular

What kind of processing is exemplified by the following scenario? Esther's mother offers her a new dish she's been working on―a raisin-jalapeno quiche. Esther's body responds first: Esther eyes the content of the skillet, and smells the mix of raisins, jalapenos, and eggs. Her stomach churns and she looks away. Feeling disgust and disappointment, she says "I'm not hungry." vertical-horizontal sensory adaptation top-down bottom-up

bottom-up

The visible spectrum refers to the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we ________. can see can see only in the dark can't see without sunlight can't see

can see

Light waves are transmitted across the ________ and enter the eye through the ________. cornea; pupil pupil; cornea lens; retina iris; pupil

cornea; pupil

When light levels are low, the pupil will become ________, to allow more light to enter the eye. dilated contracted smaller longer

dilated

When light levels are low, the pupil will become ________, to allow more light to enter the eye. smaller longer dilated contracted

dilated

Hertz is a measure of ________.

frequency

_______ is another term for the malleus hammer drum nail percussive

hammer

Which of the following exemplifies the sense of audition? tasting warm bread covered in pumpkin butter hearing a song on the radio petting a cat smelling lilacs

hearing a song on the radio

________-frequency sound waves are perceived as high-pitched sounds, while ________-frequency sound waves are perceived as low-pitched sounds. truncated; high high; low condensed; sharp low; high

high; low

________ amplitudes are associated with ________ sounds. higher; weaker higher; quieter higher; louder lower; louder

higher; louder

What is described by the concept of perception? how interpretation of sensations is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced the change in stimulus detection as a function of current mental state

how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

what was the original focus of Swets' (1964) signal detection theory detecting brain tumors improving the sensitivity of air traffic controllers to plane blips improving the accuracy of military codebreakers increasing typing speed for telephone operators

improving the sensitivity of air traffic controllers to plane blips

What concept is illustrated by the following study? Participants were instructed to focus on either white or black objects, disregarding the other color. When a red cross passed across the screen, about one third of the subjects did not notice it. inattentional blindness top-down processing bottom up processing sensory adaptation

inattentional blindness

The ________is also known as the anvil. cochlea hair cell incus malleus

incus

Honeybees can see light in the ________ range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

infrared

Which part of the eye holds eye color? iris lens retina cornea

iris

Which term describes the perception of the body's movement through space? nociception neurasthenia kinesthesia dimensionality

kinesthesia

which term describe the perception of the body's movement through space? kinesthesia nociception neurasthenia dimenionality

kinesthesia

At the point of the optic chiasm, information from the right visual field (which comes from both eyes) is sent to the ________ side of the brain, and information from the left visual field is sent to the ________ side of the brain. left; left right; left left; right right; right

left; right

In a normal-sighted individual, the ________ will focus images perfectly on a small indentation in the back of the eye known as the ________. lens; fovea iris; retina fovea; lens cornea; iris

lens; fovea

Within the visible spectrum, our experience of red is associated with ________. longer wavelengths shorter wavelengths intermediate wavelengths wavelengths of indeterminate length

longer wavelengths

Derek wants to win the student of the year award so badly that when the name of the award winner is announced, he is convinced that he hears his name. He stands up and begins to leave the aisle when his friend grabs his hand. Someone else won the award. This illustrates how ________can affect perception. motivation attention peripherals sensation

motivation

Two lines appear to be a different length, though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the ________ illusion. merkel meissner meniere muller-lyer

muller-lyer

Tyrahn's rods do not transform light into nerve impulses as easily and efficiently as they should, so he has difficulty seeing in dim light. This is called ________. night vision night impairment legal blindness night blindness

night blindness

Which nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain? photoreceptor optic cornea linear

optic

which nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain? photoreceptor optic linear cornea

optic

Wesley is in a movie theater with no windows—the only light is low illumination from the emergency lights on the floor. Which photoreceptors will be most useful to Wesley as he attempts to leave the theater? rods cones fovea iris

rods

Congenital deafness refers to deafness ________.

since birth

________ is exemplified by stroking the hand of another person. olfaction gustation somatosensation audition

somatosensation

Which of the following exemplifies gustation? feeling a piece of petrified wood hearing a cat purr smelling fresh mint in a garden tasting freshly caught salmon

tasting freshly caught salmon

individuals suffering from congenital analgesia have a shorter life span due to _________ their injuries and secondary infections of injured sites their high suicide rate their brain's inability to process pain medicine their inability to tolerate the slightest change in pressure or temperature

their injuries and secondary infections of injured sites

What kind of processing is exemplified by the following scenario? Shimon offers Mouin some salmon. Mouin thinks, "How nice. My friend is offering me fish. I wonder where he got it." This thought leads Mouin to feel happy, appreciative, and curious; he responds with a smile and an extended hand. top-down top-first bottom-down bottom-up

top-down

What is a binaural cue?

two-eared cue to localize sound

What has research shown about processing subliminal messages? Outside of laboratory settings, people have a lower absolute threshold. In laboratory settings, people can process and respond to information outside of their awareness. In real life, people obey subliminal messages like zombies. In laboratory settings, people do not perceive information outside of their awareness.

In laboratory settings, people can process and respond to information outside of their awareness.

what has research shown about processing subliminal messages? Outside of laboratory settings, people have a lower absolute threshold. In real life, people obey subliminal messages like zombies. In laboratory settings, people do not perceive information outside of their awareness. In laboratory settings, people can process and respond to information outside of their awareness.

In laboratory settings, people can process and respond to information outside of their awareness.

How does a cochlear implant enable the deaf to hear? It receives incoming sound information and directly stimulates the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain. It receives incoming sound information and indirectly stimulates the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain. It receives incoming sound information and bypasses the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain through the optic nerve. It receives incoming sound information and directly stimulates the basilar membrane to transmit information to the brain.

It receives incoming sound information and directly stimulates the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain.

Several studies have suggested that non-Black participants identify weapons faster and are more likely to identify non-weapons as weapons when the image of the weapon is paired with the image of a Black person. What does this imply about perception? Perceptions in laboratory settings are inaccurate. Perceptions of weapons are influenced by our race. Perceptions are influenced by our ethnic background. Perceptions our influenced by implicit prejudice and stereotypes.

Perceptions our influenced by implicit prejudice and stereotypes.

Which of the following is false about sensation? We have more than five senses. Sensation refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced. We have a sensory system that provides information about balance, called the vestibular sense. When sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor, sensation has occurred.

Sensation refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.

what is amplitude? a sound's purity the lowest point of a wave the height of a wave a logarithmic unit of sound intensity

The hieght of the wave

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "Neuropathic pain is pain from damage to neurons of either the brain or central nervous system." The word "central" should be changed to the word "middle." The word "brain" should be changed to the word "peripheral." The word "neuropathic" should be changed to the word "neurosympathetic." The word "neurons" should be changed to the word "protons."

The word "brain" should be changed to the word "peripheral

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "The central tenet of Gestalt psychology is that the pattern is different from the sum of its parts." The word "central" should be changed to the word "primary." The word "sum" should be changed to the word "components." The word "tenet" should be changed to the word "claim." The word "pattern" should be changed to the word "whole."

The word "pattern" should be changed to the word "whole."

Read the following two sentences. (1) Gre eng rass gr ow son themoun tain. (2) Green grass grows on the mountain. How does the principle of proximity explain why the second sentence makes sense immediately, but the first sentence does not? We group letters of a given word together because there are no spaces between the letters, and we perceive words because there are spaces between each word. The first sentence is encoded, and the second sentence is decoded. We read the first sentence as practice and the second sentence as real. We learn the first sentence subliminally which lets us translate the meaning of the second sentence quicker.

We group letters of a given word together because there are no spaces between the letters, and we perceive words because there are spaces between each word.

Imagine yourself in a dark classroom reading PowerPoint slides. If an audience member were to check the internet using her cell phone and causing her screen to light up, chances are that many people would notice the change in illumination in the classroom. However, if the same thing happened in a brightly lit classroom during a discussion, very few people would notice. The cell phone brightness does not change, but its ability to be detected as a change in illumination varies dramatically between the two contexts. This is an example of ________. merkel's theory weber's law the law of thermoception

weber's law