Question 1

Peripheral vision (side vision) is handled by the rods.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The organ of Corti is a chamber inside the cochlea.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The receptors for taste are the:

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A)   taste cells inside the papillae.
B)   papillae.
C)   taste cells inside the taste buds.
D)   taste buds.

Question 4

There are ________ basic odours.

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A)   an unknown number of
B)   ten thousand
C)   four
D)   seven

Question 5

Match the theories with the appropriate person(s) .
-visual cliff apparatus

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A)  Hubel and Wiesel
B)  Young and Helmholtz
C)  Johannes Müller
D)  Walk and Gibson
E)  Melzack and Wall

Question 6

A decline in sensory responsiveness that occurs when a stimulus is unchanging or repetitive is called:

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A)   sensory adjustment.
B)   sensory adaptation.
C)   the difference threshold.
D)   psychophysics.

Question 7

Light travels in the form of waves, and these waves affect three aspects of our visual world. Describe, in detail, the three aspects that are psychological dimensions of our visual experience.

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Question 8

________ can cause a visual stimulus that is constant and unchanging to disappear.

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A)   Sensory deprivation
B)   Sensory overload
C)   Sensory adaptation
D)   Sensory constancy

Question 9

Our sense of vision produces a two-dimensional image on the back of the eye, but we interpret the world in three dimensions due to the process of:

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A)   sensation.
B)   functional encoding.
C)   specific nerve energy.
D)   perception.

Question 10

________ allows a researcher to distinguish between a person's response bias and his or her actual sensory capacity.

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A)   Threshold theory
B)   Signal-detection theory
C)   Weber's law
D)   Sensory adaptation

Question 11

The opponent-process theory of colour vision:

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A)   compares colour processing in the fovea vs. the periphery of the retina.
B)   looks at how neurons code colour information.
C)   looks at the way rods respond to different colours.
D)   looks at the way cones respond to different colours.

Question 12

Special feature-detector cells in the frontal lobe respond maximally to faces.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Hunter plunges into a lake and is surprised at the icy-cold temperature. But after swimming for 5 minutes he urges his friends to join him because, "The water really isn't that cold at all!" Describe what is happening in terms of Hunter's sensory experience.

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Question 14

The great educator Helen Keller was blind and deaf since her babyhood. She once called one of the human senses "the fallen angel of the senses." Which sense was she describing? Cite evidence to support why you agree or disagree with her statement.

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Question 15

When kittens were exposed to either vertical or horizontal stripes for several months, it was found that the:

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A)   kittens ran to play only when the researcher held up a bar matching their visual experience.
B)   perception of vertical stripes is innate, and so some kittens functioned in a normal manner.
C)   kittens that had been exposed to these extreme conditions seemed blind to all contours.
D)   perception of horizontal stripes in innate, and so some kittens functioned in a normal manner.

Question 16

Match the definition with the appropriate term.
-A habitual way of perceiving, based on expectations.

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A)  parapsychology
B)  perceptual illusions
C)  perceptual constancy
D)  phantom pain
E)  perceptual set

Question 17

Rods are more sensitive to light than are cones.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

________ is a set of mental operations that organize sensory impulses into meaningful patterns.

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A)   Synesthesia
B)   Sensation
C)   Signal detection
D)   Perception

Question 19

The basic taste sensations that we experience are:

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A)   salty, sweet, and sour.
B)   salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami.
C)   salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and spicy.
D)   salty, sweet, bitter, and sour.

Question 20

The physiological details of the sense of taste are still not well understood.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

________ can cause a visual stimulus that is constant and unchanging to disappear.

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________ allows a researcher to distinguish between a person's response bias and his or her actual sensory capacity.

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Our sense of vision produces a two-dimensional image on the back of the eye, but we interpret the world in three dimensions due to the process of:

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Match the definition with the appropriate term. -A habitual way of perceiving, based on expectations.

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Hunter plunges into a lake and is surprised at the icy-cold temperature. But after swimming for 5 minutes he urges his friends to join him because, "The water really isn't that cold at all!" Describe what is happening in terms of Hunter's sensory experience.

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The opponent-process theory of colour vision:

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Special feature-detector cells in the frontal lobe respond maximally to faces.

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When kittens were exposed to either vertical or horizontal stripes for several months, it was found that the:

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The great educator Helen Keller was blind and deaf since her babyhood. She once called one of the human senses "the fallen angel of the senses." Which sense was she describing? Cite evidence to support why you agree or disagree with her statement.

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Match the theories with the appropriate person(s) . -visual cliff apparatus

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The organ of Corti is a chamber inside the cochlea.

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Peripheral vision (side vision) is handled by the rods.

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The receptors for taste are the:

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Rods are more sensitive to light than are cones.

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________ is a set of mental operations that organize sensory impulses into meaningful patterns.

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Light travels in the form of waves, and these waves affect three aspects of our visual world. Describe, in detail, the three aspects that are psychological dimensions of our visual experience.

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There are ________ basic odours.

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The basic taste sensations that we experience are:

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The physiological details of the sense of taste are still not well understood.

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A decline in sensory responsiveness that occurs when a stimulus is unchanging or repetitive is called:

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