Psychology 150;Chapter 5, Sensation and Perception

Which field of psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure? Select one: a. biometric b. Gestalt c. Pacinian d. somatosensory

B

Which part of the eye holds eye color? Select one: a. cornea b. iris c. lens d. retina

B

________ is another term for the malleus. Select one: a. drum b. hammer c. nail d. percussive

B

The ________is also known as the anvil. Select one: a. cochlea b. hair cell c. incus d. malleus

C

Petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment? Select one: a. cones b. fovea c. lens d. rods

a.

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "Neuropathic pain is pain from damage to neurons of either the brain or central nervous system." Select one: a. The word "brain" should be changed to the word "peripheral." b. The word "central" should be changed to the word "middle." c. The word "neurons" should be changed to the word "protons." d. The word "neuropathic" should be changed to the word "neurosympathetic."

a.

Which of the following describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli? Select one: a. just noticeable b. signal detection c. subliminal d. top down

a.

Derek wants to win the student of the year award so badly that when the name of the award winner is announced, he is convinced that he hears his name. He stands up and begins to leave the aisle when his friend grabs his hand. Someone else won the award. This illustrates how ________can affect perception. Select one: a. attention b. motivation c. peripherals d. sensation

b.

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. Select one: a. bottom-down b. bottom-up c. top-down d. top-first

c.

Congenital deafness refers to deafness ________. Select one: a. as a result of disease b. as a result of old age c. due to deliberate damage d. since birth

d.

Honeybees can see light in the ________ range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Select one: a. beta b. gamma c. infrared d. ultraviolet

d.

What is the X-shaped structure that sits just below the brain's ventral surface and represents the merging of the optic nerves from the two eyes? Select one: a. fovea b. iris c. lens d. optic chiasm

d.

Which of the following exemplifies gustation? Select one: a. feeling a piece of petrified wood b. hearing a cat purr c. smelling fresh mint in a garden d. tasting freshly caught salmon

d.

________ is exemplified by stroking the hand of another person. Select one: a. audition b. gustation c. olfaction d. somatosensation

d.

Kimya stares at a bright light and then looks away. After she looks away, she perceives a spot. What is this spot? Select one: a. afterimage b. blind spot c. preimage d. night blindness

A

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. Select one: a. attention b. friendship c. habit d. mood

A

What has research by Goolkasian & Woodbury (2010) demonstrated about pattern perception? Select one: a. Subliminal priming is more effective than priming above the absolute threshold. b. Those who are given verbal priming produce a biased interpretation of complex ambiguous figures. c. Those who have a preexisting phobia will interpret innocuous patterns as threatening. d. Those who receive less auditory priming are more likely to hear things than those who receive more auditory priming.

B

What is a binaural cue? Select one: a. single eye and a single ear triangulating distance b. two ears hearing different frequencies of the same sound c. two-eared cue to localize sound d. two-eyed cue to focus distant sight

B

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "The frequency theory of pitch perception asserts that frequency is coded by the activity level of a sensory neuron." Select one: a. The word "coded" should be changed to the word "encoded." b. The word "frequency" should be changed to the word "temporal." c. The word "neuron" should be changed to the word "proton." d. The word "pitch" should be changed to the word "wave."

B

Which of the following was demonstrated by the 1998 research of Ayabe-Kanamura, Saito, Distel, Martínez-Gómez, & Hudson? Select one: a. Children described as thrill seekers are more likely to show taste preferences for intense sour flavors. b. Individuals who hold positive attitudes toward reduced-fat foods are more likely to rate foods labeled as reduced fat as tasting good. c. The ability to identify an odor, and rate its pleasantness and its intensity, varies cross-culturally. d. Vision is affected by cultural factors. Clear my choice

C

Due to his sense of ________, Abraham knows he is cold when he is outside during a blizzard, and he knows he is hot after he comes inside and eats soup by the fire. Select one: a. gustation b. olfaction c. somatosensation d. thermoception

D

In a normal-sighted individual, the ________ will focus images perfectly on a small indentation in the back of the eye known as the ________. Select one: a. cornea; iris b. fovea; lens c. iris; retina d. lens; fovea

D

Individuals suffering from congenital analgesia have a shorter life span due to ________. Select one: a. their brain's inability to process pain medicine b. their high suicide rate c. their inability to tolerate the slightest change in pressure or temperature d. their injuries and secondary infections of injured sites

D

Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts? Select one: a. absolute threshold b. signal detection c. subliminal d. top-down

D

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 ________. Select one: a. just noticeable difference b. subliminal messaging c. top-down processing d. transduction

D

Wesley is in a movie theater with no windows—the only light is low illumination from the emergency lights on the floor. Which photoreceptors will be most useful to Wesley as he attempts to leave the theater? Select one: a. cones b. fovea c. iris d. rods

D.

How does a cochlear implant enable the deaf to hear? Select one: a. It receives incoming sound information and bypasses the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain through the optic nerve. b. It receives incoming sound information and directly stimulates the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain. c. It receives incoming sound information and directly stimulates the basilar membrane to transmit information to the brain. d. It receives incoming sound information and indirectly stimulates the auditory nerve to transmit information to the brain.

b.

Ravon was born deaf, so he is diagnosed with ________ deafness. Select one: a. conductive b. congenital c. postnatal d. prenatal

b.

When light levels are low, the pupil will become ________, to allow more light to enter the eye. Select one: a. contracted b. dilated c. longer d. smaller

b.

________ 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. Select one: a. perception; reception b. perception; sensation c. preception; postception d. sensation; perception

b.