Chapter 5.1 Textbook Quiz

Two lines appear to be a different length, though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the ________ illusion. Meissner Ménière Merkel Müller-Lyer

Muller-Lyer

Sariah enters a room with several chirping crickets in it. Upon first entering the room, Sariah can hear the chirping; however, as she begins to talk to her friends, she is no longer aware of the chirping even though it is still there. The fact that Sariah no longer perceives the chirping sound demonstrates sensory ________. adaptation formation regression revision

adaptation

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 friendship habit mood

attention

Inattentional ________ refers to the failure to notice something that is completely visible due to a lack of attention. blindness responsiveness sublimation transduction

blindness

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." bottom-up sensory adaptation top-down vertical-horizontal

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 can't see without sunlight

can see

Hertz is a measure of ________. frequency loudness pitch purity

frequency

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

hearing a song on the radio

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

how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

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. bottom-up processing inattentional blindness sensory adaptation top-down processing

inattentional blindness

________ refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced; ________ refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor. perception; reception perception; sensation preception; postception sensation; perception

perception; sensation

What allows Nancy to run without watching her feet and hit a baseball without focusing on the bat? gustation proprioception somatosensation thermoception

proprioception

Catherine is at a crowded baseball game when she loses track of her son, Nick. Despite the loud cheering and noise of the crowd, she can pinpoint his location when he calls for her because she can distinguish the sound of his voice from the all the other voices. This illustrates ________ theory. absolute threshold just noticeable difference sensory adaptation signal detection

signal detection

Which of the following exemplifies olfaction? feeling the warmth of the sun hearing an airplane fly overhead smelling cookies in the oven tasting white chocolate fudge

smelling cookies in the oven

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

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

the height of a wave

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. bottom-down bottom-up top-down top-first

top down

Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts? absolute threshold signal detection subliminal top-down

top-down

Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________. just noticeable difference subliminal messaging top-down processing transduction

transduction

Vinnie is standing on one leg with his arms in the air. The ________ sense helps keep him balanced so he has less chance of falling over. nociception proprioception somatosensation vestibular

vestibular