Ch 13
The acuity of infants' vision is about ______ that of adults, and it reaches adult levels of acuity by ______ years of age. 10%; 5 50%; 16 5%; 21 5%; 10
5%; 10
Which of the following is true about exposure to excessive environmental noise? It can result in permanent hearing loss. Its effects can be reversed. Its effects only occur in older adulthood. Its effects are only detrimental in industrial work settings.
It can result in permanent hearing loss.
_____________ is a multistage process that takes place in the brain and includes selecting, processing, organizing, and integrating information received from the senses. Perception Sensation Habituation Spatial orientation Proprioception
Perception
______________ is the neural activity triggered by a stimulus that activates a sensory receptor and results in sensory nerve impulses traveling the sensory nerve pathways to the brain. Perception Sensation Habituation Spatial orientation Proprioception
Sensation
__________________ is the perception of actual object size despite the size of its image as projected on the retina. Size constancy Shape constancy Habituation Spatial orientation
Size constancy
__________________ perception is the type of intermodal perception that coordinates the properties of objects first seen and then felt. Visual-auditory Kinesthetic-visual Visual-kinesthetic Spatial-temporal
Visual-kinesthetic
Kinesthetic spatial orientation involves which of the following? the body's location the body's orientation laterality a and b a, b, and c
a and b
Which of the following are sources of information about distance and depth perception? detection of edges retinal disparity motion parallax b and c a, b, and c
b and c
What type of perception allows us to find embedded objects in a background? whole and part depth figure and ground
figure and ground
Which of the following kinesthetic receptors play the major role in position and movement sense? muscle spindles joint receptors vestibular semicircular canals b and c a, b, and c
muscle spindles
