Question 1

Why is it important for sound vibrations to be amplified as they pass through the ear?

Accepted Answer

A)   The inner membrane gets less sensitive with age.
B)   More force is needed to create waves in fluid.
C)   Much of the vibration is lost in the eardrum.
D)   Too much is lost through friction.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Visual imagery is to ____ as auditory imagery is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   A1; A1
B)   V1; V1
C)   area MT; A1
D)   V1; A1E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

What does the vestibular system detect?

Accepted Answer

A)   The degree of stretch of muscles
B)   Vibrations on the skin
C)   The location of sounds
D)   Movement of the headE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Describe the basic mechanisms of taste receptors.

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Question 5

Discuss one theory of why a person might experience synesthesia.

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Question 6

Rena is in the woods and hears an owl. She looks around to see where the owl is located. Discuss three cues that she was able to perceive in order to located the owl by sound.

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Question 7

We can identify a wide variety of bitter substances because ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   we have many different bitter receptors
B)   we have only one bitter receptor that responds to all bitter substances
C)   we can combine the activity of the sour and salty receptors
D)   even Pacinian corpuscles respond to bitter substancesE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

The fact that the refractory period limits the firing rate of a neuron is problematic for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Frequency theory only
B)   Place theory only
C)   Volley theory only
D)   Both the frequency theory and the place theoryE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Napoleon has a small cut on his foot. His pain receptors would send pain messages to the brain as a result of _____ release.

Accepted Answer

A)   substance P
B)   substance P and glutamate
C)   glutamate
D)   neuromodulatorsE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

In adult humans, the taste buds are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   evenly distributed across the front half of the tongue
B)   evenly distributed across the whole tongue
C)   concentrated near the center of the tongue
D)   concentrated along the outside edge of the tongueE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

The current view of how we perceive high frequencies is based on ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   the frequency of responses by each auditory neuron
B)   volleys of responses by many auditory neurons
C)   where along the basilar membrane neurons fire most rapidly
D)   the ratio of firing among three types of receptorsE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Pain receptors of the skin are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   elaborate neuron endings
B)   also known as Ruffini endings
C)   simple, bare neuron endings
D)   also known as Meissner's corpusclesE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

The receptors for taste are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   true neurons
B)   covered in myelin
C)   modified skin cells
D)   modified blood cellsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Vibrations in the fluid of the cochlea cause ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   movement of the pinna
B)   hair cells to displace
C)   vibrations of the eardrum
D)   vestibular inputE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Chemicals that prevent sodium from crossing the membrane ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   intensify the salty taste
B)   do not affect taste
C)   reduce the intensity of salty tastes
D)   cause an increase in sensitivity to other primary tastesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Ruffini's endings are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   elaborate neuron endings for touch
B)   simple, bare neuron endings
C)   bare endings surrounded by non-neural cells
D)   important components of the bloodE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Mariee participated in a research study where she was told to imagine different sounds. While she was imagining, she had activation of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   her tympanic membrane
B)   A1
C)   cochlea
D)   hair cellsE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Following exposure to painful stimuli, brain activation is limited to the somatosensory cortex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Rosalinda has had damage to A1, and now she has _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   complete deafness
B)   amusia
C)   an inability to hear high pitched sounds
D)   problems detecting the source of a sound that is movingE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 20

Signe got her ears pierced. The earring was placed in her _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   tympanic membrane
B)   stapes
C)   pinna
D)   malleusE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Exam 6: Other Sensory Systems

Signe got her ears pierced. The earring was placed in her _____.

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Visual imagery is to ____ as auditory imagery is to ____.

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We can identify a wide variety of bitter substances because ____.

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Rosalinda has had damage to A1, and now she has _____.

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Discuss one theory of why a person might experience synesthesia.

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