psych ch.3 quiz

All of the following are examples of sensation EXCEPT: _______. a. sleeping in a bed b. hearing a bell c. smelling a flower d. feeling the wind blow

sleeping in a bed

Artists use the trick of ________ to give the illusion of depth in a painting. a. accommodation b. binocular disparity c. convergence d. texture gradient

texture gradiant

The ________ passes messages from the ear to the brain. a. pinna b. basilar membrane c. eardrum d. auditory nerve

auditory nerve

Which of the following statements related to culture and perception is TRUE? a. People in all cultures perceive the "devil's trident" as a three-dimensional drawing. b. People in all cultures perceive the "devil's trident" as a two-dimensional drawing. c. Culture can affect visual perception. d. Perceptual expectancies do not vary depending on culture.

Culture can affect visual perception.

__________ 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. a. Cones b. Bipolar cells c. Photoreceptors d. End-stopped neurons

End-stopped neurons

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

Müller-Lyer

The most common cause of conduction hearing impairment is: a. an infection. b. exposure to loud noises. c. loss of hair cells in the cochlea. d. normal aging.

an infection?

________ cells have a single dendrite at one end and a single axon at the other. a. Glial b. Bipolar c. Stem d. Lens

bipolar

Closure is the tendency to: a. complete figures that are incomplete. b. perceive objects that look similar as being part of the same group. c. experience visual illusions in which the figure and ground can be reversed. d. perceive objects as existing on a background.

complete figures that are incomplete.

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

evolutionarily adaptive.

As your lens hardens through aging, you may have trouble with: a. focusing on distant objects. b. focusing on near objects. c. blind spots. d. color blindness.

focusing on near objects

How many primary taste sensations have been identified by researchers? a. two b. three c. four d. five

four

The best current explanation for how pain works is the: a. volley principle. b. evolutionary theory. c. frequency theory. d. gate-control theory.

gate-control theory.

The research of Ernst Weber led to the formulation of a theory of: a. just noticeable differences. b. subliminal perception. c. sensory adaptation. d. habituation.

just noticeable differences

According to the textbook, _______ have greater odds of inheriting color-deficient vision than ______. a. Whites; African Americans b. African Americans; Whites c. males; females d. females; males

males; females

When Stephen looks out at a field of red, purple, and yellow tulips, he can only see shades of gray. His condition is: a. red-blue color blindness. b. red-yellow color blindness. c. monochrome color blindness. d. red-green color blindness.

monochrome color blindness.

The ___________ contains the receptor cells for the sense of hearing. a. organ of Corti b. pinna c. tympanic membrane d. auditory canal

organ of Corti

When you smell an odor, which aspect of the substance you are smelling actually enters your nose to create the sensation of smell? a. particles of the substance itself b. waves emitted by the substance c. papillae emitted by the substance d. chemicals secreted by the substance

particles of the substance itself

Randy and Amad are both listening to the same music. Randy thinks the music is mellow and relaxing while Amad thinks the music is unpleasant to the ear. Randy and Amad appear to have different _______ when it comes to the music they are listening to. a. perceptions b. thresholds c. sensations d.measures of frequency

perceptions

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

phantom limb pain.

"Packets" of light waves are referred to as __________. a. saturation b. brightness c. photons d. color

photons

Thomas Young's theory of color vision: a. suggested that color vision is made possible by red, yellow and blue cones. b. suggested that color vision is made possible by red, blue, and green cones. c. theorized that light is made up of four primary colors. d. revealed that the eye must have a recovery period to adjust to variances in light exposure.

suggested that color vision is made possible by red, yellow and green cones

In _________, a small, stationary light in a darkened room will appear to move because of the lack of cues to indicate that the light is not moving. a. the autokinetic effect b. convergence c. the Müller-Lyer illusion d. stroboscopic motion

the autokinetic effect

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

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

________ pain is detected in the organs. a. Anhidrosis b. Somatic c. Visceral d. Phantom limb

visceral