Question 1

The visual cliff is an apparatus designed to study _____ in young children and animals.

Accepted Answer

A)   color discrimination
B)   shape constancy
C)   depth perception
D)   monocular vision

Question 2

Feature detectors are specialized cells in the brain that _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   detect and alert the nervous system to painful stimuli
B)   detect the difference between different kinds of touch
C)   detect and respond only to certain sensory information
D)   detect and respond only to certain features in the visual field

Question 3

A whistling or ringing sensation in the ears is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   pitch error
B)   timbre error
C)   tingling
D)   tinnitus

Question 4

_____ refers to a binocular cue that comes from the separation of the eyes, which causes different images to fall on each retina.

Accepted Answer

A)   Stereoscopic vision
B)   Convergence
C)   Retinal disparity
D)   Binocular disparity

Question 5

Cone receptor cells in the retina _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   are equally distributed across the retina
B)   outnumber the rods
C)   become less numerous toward the center of the retina
D)   become more numerous toward the center of the retina

Question 6

Your companion on a train ride through Illinois notices that telephone poles near the tracks are passing by very quickly, while telephone poles in the distance are passing by much more slowly. This is an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   motion parallax
B)   accomodation
C)   speed perception
D)   speed constancy

Question 7

The theory of color vision that is based on three systems of color opposites is called the _____ theory.

Accepted Answer

A)   opponent-process
B)   trichromatic
C)   paired-process
D)   opposing-pairs

Question 8

George Stratton's experiment using special goggles that distort the world is considered a classic today because it demonstrated _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   the role of perceptual adaptation
B)   innate factors in human perception
C)   role of perceptual set
D)   the ability of the retina to invert images

Question 9

The fluid-filled structure that contains receptors for hearing is the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   hammer
B)   cochlea
C)   vestibular canals
D)   anvil

Question 10

Children who sing the alphabet song and mistake the letters L, M, N, O, P for the word "elamenopee" are displaying what principle of perceptual form organization?

Accepted Answer

A)   continuity
B)   closure
C)   proximity
D)   similarity

Question 11

Describe the importance of the three body senses in relationship to achieving excellent performance in a gymnastics competition.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

A phenomenon in which the perceived intensity of a repeated stimulus decreases over time is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory coding
B)   sensory assimilation
C)   sensory accommodation
D)   sensory adaptation

Question 13

"Picky" eating is related to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   the degree to which the sense of smell influences taste
B)   a doctor's evaluation of an individual's diet
C)   malformed nerve connections in the tongue and mouth
D)   cultural messages about what is tasty or "yucky"

Question 14

Describe the difference between sensation and perception, using fireworks on the Fourth of July as an example. Include the sensory stimuli involved, as well as bottom-up and top-down processing.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Reading is a process of:

Accepted Answer

A)   bottom-up processing
B)   top-down processing
C)   psychophysics
D)   both a and b

Question 16

The tendency for the environment to be perceived as remaining the same even with changes in sensory input is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   perceptual constancy
B)   the constancy of expectation
C)   an illusory correlation
D)   Gestalt's primary principle

Question 17

The noise level at the rock concert you went to last night registered 120 decibels. This level of sound _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   is within safe levels
B)   can cause temporary conduction deafness
C)   can cause permanent nerve deafness
D)   can cause temporary tinnitus in your ears

Question 18

When the brain is sorting out and attending only to the most important messages from the senses, it is engaged in the process of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   sensory adaptation
B)   sensory habituation
C)   selective attention
D)   selective sorting

Question 19

The only current treatment for nerve deafness is:

Accepted Answer

A)   stimulation of the temporal lobe
B)   cochlear reconstruction
C)   cochlear implant
D)   hearing aids

Question 20

Coming home at night, Edward sees a dark car parked in his neighbor's driveway and knows it is red. However, he is uncertain about the color of the dark car parked in the street. Color constancy explains the difference in Edward's perception of color based on _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   the location of each car
B)   Edward's familiarity with each car
C)   where the streetlight is in relationship to each car
D)   the actual color of each car

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The visual cliff is an apparatus designed to study _____ in young children and animals.

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The noise level at the rock concert you went to last night registered 120 decibels. This level of sound _____.

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Children who sing the alphabet song and mistake the letters L, M, N, O, P for the word "elamenopee" are displaying what principle of perceptual form organization?

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The theory of color vision that is based on three systems of color opposites is called the _____ theory.

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"Picky" eating is related to _____.

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A whistling or ringing sensation in the ears is called ______.

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The fluid-filled structure that contains receptors for hearing is the _____.

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Coming home at night, Edward sees a dark car parked in his neighbor's driveway and knows it is red. However, he is uncertain about the color of the dark car parked in the street. Color constancy explains the difference in Edward's perception of color based on _____.

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A phenomenon in which the perceived intensity of a repeated stimulus decreases over time is called _____.

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_____ refers to a binocular cue that comes from the separation of the eyes, which causes different images to fall on each retina.

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Your companion on a train ride through Illinois notices that telephone poles near the tracks are passing by very quickly, while telephone poles in the distance are passing by much more slowly. This is an example of _____.

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Describe the difference between sensation and perception, using fireworks on the Fourth of July as an example. Include the sensory stimuli involved, as well as bottom-up and top-down processing.

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Cone receptor cells in the retina _____.

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Reading is a process of:

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George Stratton's experiment using special goggles that distort the world is considered a classic today because it demonstrated _____.

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Feature detectors are specialized cells in the brain that _____.

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When the brain is sorting out and attending only to the most important messages from the senses, it is engaged in the process of _____.

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The tendency for the environment to be perceived as remaining the same even with changes in sensory input is called _____.

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