Chapter 3 quiz

*________ sense is the body process that is mostly to blame if you become dizzy after a long ride on a carousel at the amusement park.* -Congenital -Vestibular -Olfactory -Kinesthetic

Vestibular

*Full dark adaptation, such as going from constant light to sudden darkness when turning out one's bedroom lights, takes about:* -90 minutes. -30 minutes. -10 minutes. -60 minutes.

30 minutes.

*Why is it that people who live in Western cultures are more susceptible to the Müller-Lyer illusion than those who do not?* -Buildings have more straight lines and corners in Western cultures. -There is a higher rate of monochrome color blindness in Western cultures. -People in Western cultures adapt more readily to changes in the Gestalts in their surroundings. -People in Western cultures tend to experience an accelerated rate of presbyopia.

Buildings have more straight lines and corners in Western cultures.

*__________ are sensitive to both motion and edges and will cause us to perceive a pencil moving rapidly up and down as if it is bending.* -Cones -Photoreceptors -Bipolar cells -End-stopped neurons

End-stopped neurons

*Which of the following is TRUE about the lens?* -It is the central area of the retina. -It changes shape to bring objects into focus. -It sends visual information to the brain. -It changes size depending on the amount of light in the environment.

It changes shape to bring objects into focus.

*The ________ illusion tends to occur more in societies with lots of buildings that have straight lines and corners.* -Müller-Lyer -stroboscopic motion -moon -convergence

Müller-Lyer

*If a researcher finds that one drop of perfume diffused through a three-room apartment is the minimum amount of stimuli needed to notice the scent, then this would be a test of one's:* -absolute threshold. -just noticeable difference. -sensory receptor. -subliminal stimuli.

absolute threshold.

*When you smell bread baking, the bread odor particles:* -are beginning to die. -stay in the air only. -are sensed by gustation. -are in the nose.

are in the nose.

*Cones are the special cells responsible for:* -focusing images on the retina. -noncolor sensitivity to low light. -color vision. -visual accommodation.

color vision.

*The tendency to believe that the dummy, not the ventriloquist, is doing the talking is largely due to:* -similarity. -continuity. -contiguity. -proximity.

contiguity.

*People who are blind from birth, but later have their sight restored, are unlikely to develop:* -depth perception. -visual contiguity. -visual continuity. -common region visualization.

depth perception.

*The body's reaction to dizziness with nausea is:* -rare in most people. -evolutionarily adaptive. -related to the kinesthetic sense. -most common with ear infections.

evolutionarily adaptive.

*Dara tends to have motion sickness while spinning around during her gymnastics routine. Her teacher advises her that she can avoid this problem by:* -letting her focus float freely. -focusing her eyes on a distant, fixed object. -paying more attention to her position along the x-, y-, and z-axes. -trying not to blink her eyes.

focusing her eyes on a distant, fixed object.

*You are driving down the highway, and you notice that as you look down the straight road, the sides of the road seem to merge together at some point. Which cue of depth perception best relates to this visual experience?* -relative size -linear perspective -motion parallax -aerial perspective

linear perspective

*The deep bass tones rattling the windows of the car next to you at a red light are at a:* -pure timbre. -high pitch. -low pitch. -low amplitude.

low pitch.

*The ___________ contains the receptor cells for the sense of hearing.* -auditory canal -organ of Corti -pinna -tympanic membrane

organ of Corti

*As many as 50 to 80 percent of people who have had amputations experience a condition called:* -visceral pain. -somatic pain. -congenital analgesia. -phantom limb pain.

phantom limb pain.

*"Packets" of light waves are referred to as __________.* -photons -brightness -color -saturation

photons

*Which part of the eye receives sensory signals and relays that information to the brain?* -cornea -iris -retina -pupil

retina

*Darren mixes white paint in with some of his blue to enhance the look of the sky in his painting. By adding white, Darren has just altered the ______ of his blue paint.* -reflection -brightness -saturation -amplitude

saturation

*Which is one of the five basic tastes?* -sour -tangy -vinegary -spicy

sour

*Many people believe that some stimuli act upon the unconscious mind and influence behavior, a process called:* -habituation. -sensory adaptation. -supraliminal perception. -subliminal perception.

subliminal perception.

*If you stare at something for a long time, it does not disappear because:* -tiny movements of the eyes keep them from adapting to what they see. -colors keep the eye from experiencing sensory adaptation. -the pupils dilate when you stare too long. -light waves are impervious to adaptation.

tiny movements of the eyes keep them from adapting to what they see.

*The eardrum is also known as the:* -malleus. -basilar membrane. -organ of Corti. -tympanic membrane.

tympanic membrane.

*The image projected on the retina is: * -exactly the same image that is registered by the brain. -right side up and reversed from left to right. -upside down and reversed from left to right. -upside down but on the same side as the visual field.

upside down and reversed from left to right.