ch 6c physch exam saywah

Every day we inhale and exhale nearly _____ breaths of life-sustaining air.

20,000

When one sees the mouth movements for "ga" while hearing "ba" one may perceive "da." This best illustrates the _____ effect.

McGurk

Nociceptors initiate the sensation of:

pain

The practice of acupuncture is based on the theory that one way to block _____ messages is to create competing stimulation. This in turn is based on the gate-control theory.

pain

Marla has a persistent itch on her arm. This is most likely caused by:

pain receptors

Receptor cells for the _____ sense send messages to the cerebellum.

vestibular

______ is a split in consciousness.

Dissociation

Marissa's preterm baby is stimulated with hand massage several times each day. Which of the following can she expect to happen to her baby? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

Her baby will gain weight faster and to be able to go home sooner than preterm babies who are not stimulated with hand massage.

What was the conclusion that Murray and Wheeler reached regarding the percentage of respondents who correctly predicted the death of the Lindbergh baby?

It was roughly the same percentage that would be expected by chance.

_____ initiate the sensation of pain.

Nociceptors

Judith suffers from painful arthritis. Judith's physician gave her medication to help ease her pain. The medication Judith was given contained water, rather than actual medicine. However, Judith reported that her pain reduced. Which of the following is the best explanation for this?

The medication dampened the central nervous system's attention and response to her back pain.

How are the basilar membrane and taste bud receptors alike?

They both use hair cells to detect sensations.

Chris has had a cold for five days, and his nose is so stuffy he cannot smell anything. When he goes to drink his coffee, he realizes it has no taste. What is the most likely reason for this?

To savor a taste, people need to breathe the aroma through the nose.

Happy Moon Restaurant uses monosodium glutamate in most of its dishes to enhance the flavor. This also stimulates the fifth taste of:

Unami

Judith suffers from painful arthritis. Judith's physician gave her medication to help ease her pain. The medication Judith was given contained water, rather than actual medicine. However, Judith reported that her pain reduced. Judith was given a(n) _____.

amplitude

Cynthia had her deviated septum repaired last week. Her nose is packed with gauze. She has no interest in eating. Perhaps Cynthia has developed _____.

anosmia

Damage to the _____ membrane is most likely to affect one's audition. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

basilar

Hermann von Helmholtz said that one hears different pitches because different sound waves trigger activity at different places along the cochlea's _____ membrane. His theory is called place theory.

basilar

Taste is a(n) _____ sense.

chemical

A mystic claims that she can perceive that a bank is in the process of being robbed. This ability is known as:

clairvoyance.

Wilson was born deaf. At 3 years of age his parents had the doctor put in a(n) _____ implant so he will be able to hear.

cochlear

This theory claims that hypnosis causes a split in consciousness. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

dissociation theory

Sandra is at a social gathering with a lot of good friends. She will likely feel that the temperature in the room is warmer than her friend who is feeling excluded. This phenomenon is called:

embedded cognition.

Mary has worked at a factory for almost 15 years. She has noticed that many of the new workers are complaining about wrist and hand pain. Mary, too, begins to feel pain in her wrist and hand and has a growing concern that she may have carpal tunnel. Mary may feel ______ for the new workers.

empathy

Kamea has always had a bad back. Lately she has been experiencing a great deal of pain in her lower back. Her experience of pain is in part the result of her _____ about pain.

expectations

Enrico is having trouble telling the difference between the sound of a tuba and the sound of a piccolo. Even though a piccolo produces much shorter, _____ sound waves than does a tuba, he has trouble picking out the differences in the pitch of these sounds.

faster

We sense sounds as vibrations that are conducted through our bones. It follows that sound is also ______. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

felt

The practice of acupuncture is based on the theory that one way to block pain messages is to create competing stimulation. This in turn is based on:

gate-control theory

After a rap concert, as Dominique walks out into the fresh air, she notices her ears are ringing. This ringing indicates possible damage to the _____ cells of her basilar membrane.

hair

The basilar membrane and taste bud receptors are alike because they both use _____cells to detect sensations.

hair

Conduction _____ loss occurs when the eardrum is punctured or if the tiny bones in the middle ear lose their ability to vibrate.

hearing

One sense influencing the perception of another is known as sensory _____.

interaction

The sensory experience of bending one's knees or raising one's arms illustrates _____.

kinesthesis

The brain's circuitry for smell also connects with areas involved in: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

memory storage

Luke is a plumber determining the temperature of the water running through two plastic pipes. When he puts the two pipes together they seem like they are burning hot. He has: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

one pipe with very cold water and one pipe with warm water.

Memories of painful events tend to depend on the pain's _____ moment and the amount of pain felt at the end.

peak

Patrice is convinced she smells rotten eggs, but no one in the house can smell the odor. Patrice's sensation is known as _____ smells.

phantom

Enrico is having trouble telling the difference between the sound of a tuba and the sound of a piccolo. Even though a piccolo produces much shorter, faster sound waves than does a tuba, he has trouble picking out the differences in the _____ of these sounds. Please type the correct answer in the following input field, and then select the submit answer button or press the enter key when finished.

pitch

The volley principle is most relevant to understanding how one senses: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

pitch

Judith suffers from painful arthritis. Judith's physician gave her medication to help ease her pain. The medication Judith was given contained water, rather than actual medicine. However, Judith reported that her pain reduced. Judith was given a(n) _____.

placebo

The ability to move objects with one's mind is known as:

psychokinesis.

Gretta is 85 years old and having trouble with her hearing. She worked in a factory manufacturing auto parts for many years. The most likely reasons for her _____ hearing loss are normal aging and prolonged exposure to ear-splitting noise.

sensorineural

Astra is house-sitting. On the first night, a thunderstorm causes the electricity to go out. She remembers seeing some candles and matches next to the grandfather clock. Why does she automatically cock her head when trying to pinpoint the sound of the clock?

so that her two ears will receive slightly different messages

Today, a man on television described his experience of _____, a condition in which the senses become joined. He explained that, when certain types of music are played, he often sees patterns of colors.

synesthesia

While at work Tim experiences a ringing-in-the-ears sensation known as:

tinnitus.

Hearing is the result of the _____ of vibrating air into nerve impulses that are interpreted by the brain.

transduction

_____ are more sensitive to pain than are ___.

women, men