Sensation & Perception Practice Quiz

location of source

A sound is often detected by one ear more intensely and a fraction of a second earlier than it is detected by the other ear. These cues help individuals determine

top-down processing

People listening to music played backward often perceive an evil message if specifically told what to listen for. That phenomenon best illustrates

Hold her nose while taking it

Tamika hates the bitter taste of her cough syrup. Which of the following would she find most helpful in minimizing the syrup's bad taste?

optic nerve

The axons of ganglion cells converge to form

the cochlea

The coiled tube in the inner ear that contains the auditory receptors is called

transfer sound information from the tympanic membrane to the oval window

The general function of the bones in the middle ear is to

Retina

corresponds to the light-sensitive surface of the eye that contains photoreceptors

CONTEXT PROCESSING

he sees it as a 13 when it is part of a larger number but as a B when it is part of a word. Rocco's response shows the importance of what perceptual concept?

Similarity

s we perceive the environment, we use Gestalt principles of good form to help organize things into meaningful groups and forms. In observing a football game on TV we are immediately able to recognize the players as members of their respective teams, regardless of their positions on the field. Which Gestalt principle is most responsible for this ability?

feature detectors

types of cells are located in the brain's occipital lobe

difference threshold

A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation, the experimenter is most likely measuring the individual's

the brain fills in missing information so there is no awareness that the visual field is incomplete

A reason that one typically does not notice a blind spot in the visual field is that

activates unconscious associations that affect perceptions, memories, and responses

A subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that it

Opponent-process theory

After staring at a green, black, and orange "American flag" for about a minute, an individual will see a red, white, and blue flag afterimage. Which of the following explains this phenomenon?

Hammer, anvil, and stirrup

Damage to which explains conduction deafness?

The Eardrum

Domingo has just hit Play to begin listening to a new song he bought. Based on the structure of the ear, what will the sound waves contact first after moving through Domingo's auditory canal?

DEPTH

Eleanor Gibson and her colleagues have used the visual cliff to measure an infant's ability to perceive

color constancy

Even though it was nearly dark outside, Kaci could still tell that the basketball she was playing with was orange. Which of the following concepts is best illustrated in this example?

opponent-process theory

Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by

the ability to perceive depth is at least partly innate

Experiments with the visual cliff suggest that

Occipital Cortex

Feature detectors are neurons that are turned on or off by specific features of visual stimuli like edges and movement. Where in the visual system are these feature detectors located?

Closure

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of

Interposition

In the same football game, we watch as a team attempts a field goal. Since the goal posts are distant and the time to make a decision is short, the referee must use many perceptual cues to decide whether the kick is good or not. One important ability is depth perception. Which of the following cues might be most helpful in deciding whether the field goal is successful?

Retina

In vision, transduction occurs within the

Selective Attention

Jason is attending a parade that features the local high school band. Jason's friend Brent plays the trombone in the band. It is difficult for Jason to hear Brent play at the parade. Which of the following would best allow Jason to hear Brent's trombone?

stroboscopic movement

Luis constructed a flip-book with 30 different still images of a cartoon cat. When Luis quickly flipped through successive images of the cat, the cat appeared to move. Which of the following concepts does the example illustrate?

SMELL

Olfaction refers to which sense

Hue

The pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light?

sensory interaction

The principle that one sense may influence another

Iris

The size of the pupil is controlled by the

Closure

The tendency of most people to identify a three-sided figure as a triangle, even when one of its sides is incomplete, is the result of a perceptual process known as

Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory

The theory that the retina contains three different color receptors- Red, Green, and Blue- is called

Cones

What part of the eye allows us to see color?

phi phenomenon

When a pair of lights flashing in quick succession seems to an observer to be one light moving from place to place, the effect is referred to as

placebo effect

When informed that a brief imperceptible message would be flashed repeatedly during a popular TV program, many viewers reported feeling strangely hungry or thirsty during the show. Since the imperceptible message had nothing to do with hunger or thirst, viewers' strange reactions best illustrate

linear perspective

Which monocular depth cue is illustrated in the figure above?

It has a short wavelength and high frequency.

Which of the following best explains why the pitch of the note sounds so high?

The sound has a high-amplitude sound wave.

Which of the following is the best explanation for the loudness of the sound?

difference threshold

Which of the following refers to the just-noticeable difference between two stimuli?

Cones

Which of the following refers to the photoreceptors responsible for color vision?

Transduction

Which of the following refers to the transformation of stimulus energy into neural impulses?

Afterimages

Which of the following supports the opponent-process theory of color vision?

change blindness

While a man provided directions to a construction worker, two experimenters rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door. The student's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates

Looking at a string of Christmas tree lights that blink quickly in succession

You are most likely to observe the phi phenomenon while

Finding the cold water of a swimming pool warmer after you've spent a few minutes in it

an example of sensory adaptation?

Place theory

how we perceive high-pitched sounds

Frequency theory

how we perceive low-pitched sounds

A lower absolute threshold for hearing than Oscar

ll summer Thomas hears the sound of the ice cream truck approaching before his brother Oscar hears it. Thomas most likely has which of the following?

auditory canal, eardrum, middle ear, cochlea

order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear.