Question 1

Loudness is associated with a sound wave's ___________.

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A)  amplitude
B)  length
C)  pitch
D)  timbre A

Question 2

The part of the ear we see is called the ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cochlea
B)  pinna
C)  tympanic membrane
D)  ossicle

Question 3

Clay has played professional soccer for seven years and is easily able to tune out the sound of the crowd and all other irrelevant sensory information during the game.Bruce is a rookie and is often distracted by what his opponents are saying and the mood of the crowd.Clay and Bruce are showing differing levels of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  absolute thresholds
B)  parallel processing
C)  selective attention
D)  top-down processing

Question 4

When Brett walks out of the theatre into the glare of the sun,his _______________ get smaller to let less light in.

Accepted Answer

A)  pupils
B)  lenses
C)  corneas
D)  retinas

Question 5

The spiral-shaped sense organ used for hearing is the _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  basilar membrane
B)  cochlea
C)  timbre
D)  pinna B

Question 6

Keegan notices that his favorite 55-cent candy bar seems lighter than usual and so he checks the label to find that it is lighter by 10 g than it used to be.He decides to buy a larger candy bar instead and doesn't notice that the 99-cent candy bar is also 10 g lighter.Keegan's behaviour illustrates the fact that

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A)  the just noticeable difference is not a reliable measure of psychophysiological judgment.
B)  sensory adaptation may occur in the short time between holding one candy bar and then the other.
C)  difference thresholds are unpredictable because sometimes he can and sometimes he can't detect a 10 g change.
D)  the larger a weight is,the greater the change must be before one can detect a difference.

Question 7

Which of the following is a binocular cue to depth?

Accepted Answer

A)  interposition
B)  height in plane
C)  retinal disparity
D)  linear perspective

Question 8

According to your textbook,which of the following is true regarding cochlear implants?

Accepted Answer

A)  They can greatly improve language comprehension and expression in young children.
B)  Adults do not benefit from cochlear implants.
C)  They are most effective for the treatment of conduction hearing loss.
D)  Most people with cochlear implants report an immediate and pleasurable increase in their ability to hear.

Question 9

__________ involves the detection of energy by sense organs,whereas __________ involves interpreting sensory inputs.

Accepted Answer

A)  Perception;sensation
B)  Adaptation;perception
C)  Sensation;perception
D)  Sensation;adaptation

Question 10

Which is the correct order of structures as visual information travels from the eye to the visual cortex?

Accepted Answer

A)  LGN;optic chiasm;occipital lobe
B)  optic chiasm;occipital lobe;LGN
C)  LGN;occipital lobe;optic chiasm
D)  optic chiasm;LGN;occipital lobe

Question 11

In __________ processing,we construct a whole stimulus from its parts.

Accepted Answer

A)  parallel
B)  bottom-up
C)  perceptual set
D)  top-down

Question 12

The name given to the sense of our body position is _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  gustation
B)  the kinesthetic sense
C)  somatosensory sense
D)  the vestibular sense

Question 13

The ability to detect external events through our sensory systems is known as ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  accommodation
B)  perception
C)  sensation
D)  sensory adaptation

Question 14

When Ann went to her doctor,he gave her a hearing test.During the test,the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones.The tones varied only along the loud-soft dimensions (from very loud to very soft) .The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she heard a sound.The doctor was testing Ann's _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  auditory convergence
B)  refractory threshold
C)  absolute threshold
D)  difference threshold

Question 15

Which of the following is true regarding the normal perception of faces?

Accepted Answer

A)  We rely most on the nose and ears to identify faces.
B)  The perception of faces is no different than the perception of any other object.
C)  Viewing a face upside down makes it much more difficult to recognize facial expressions.
D)  A part of the frontal lobe is specialized for facial recognition. C

Question 16

The pupil is the

Accepted Answer

A)  coloured part of the eye.
B)  opening in the centre of the iris.
C)  white of the eye.
D)  lining in the back of the eyeball.

Question 17

According to the opponent process theory of colour vision,the correct pairings of opposite colours are

Accepted Answer

A)  black versus white,red versus green,and blue versus yellow
B)  black versus gray and white versus coloured
C)  grayscales,blue versus red,and green versus yellow
D)  blue versus green and red versus yellow

Question 18

Ursula is an army veteran who had to have her leg amputated after an explosive device detonated near her.Surprisingly,she still awakens in the middle of the night and feels her missing leg itching,twitching,or even hurting.Ursula is experiencing _________________ sensations.

Accepted Answer

A)  amputation syndrome
B)  gate-control
C)  phantom limb
D)  post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 19

Uri is walking home alone on a dark night.He hears a stick breaking and immediately turns to his right to see what made the noise.What cue could Uri have used to tell which direction the sound came from?

Accepted Answer

A)  the location along the basilar membrane stimulated by the sound
B)  the slight time difference between when the sound reached each ear
C)  the overall loudness of the sound
D)  the frequency of the sound

Question 20

_____________ are sensitive to the different wavelengths of light,which is what allows us to detect colour.______________ do not detect colour,but can work under low light conditions.

Accepted Answer

A)  Foveae;Retinas
B)  Retinas;Foveae
C)  Cones;Rods
D)  Rods;Cones

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Loudness is associated with a sound wave's ___________.

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The part of the ear we see is called the ____________.

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When Brett walks out of the theatre into the glare of the sun,his _______________ get smaller to let less light in.

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The spiral-shaped sense organ used for hearing is the _______________.

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Which of the following is a binocular cue to depth?

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According to your textbook,which of the following is true regarding cochlear implants?

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involves the detection of energy by sense organs,whereas involves interpreting sensory inputs.

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Which is the correct order of structures as visual information travels from the eye to the visual cortex?

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In __________ processing,we construct a whole stimulus from its parts.

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The name given to the sense of our body position is _____________.

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The ability to detect external events through our sensory systems is known as ______________.

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According to the opponent process theory of colour vision,the correct pairings of opposite colours are

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Ursula is an army veteran who had to have her leg amputated after an explosive device detonated near her.Surprisingly,she still awakens in the middle of the night and feels her missing leg itching,twitching,or even hurting.Ursula is experiencing _________________ sensations.

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Uri is walking home alone on a dark night.He hears a stick breaking and immediately turns to his right to see what made the noise.What cue could Uri have used to tell which direction the sound came from?

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_ are sensitive to the different wavelengths of light,which is what allows us to detect colour.__ do not detect colour,but can work under low light conditions.

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The part of the ear we see is called the ____________.

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When Brett walks out of the theatre into the glare of the sun,his _______________ get smaller to let less light in.

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The spiral-shaped sense organ used for hearing is the _______________.

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Which of the following is a binocular cue to depth?

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According to your textbook,which of the following is true regarding cochlear implants?

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__________ involves the detection of energy by sense organs,whereas __________ involves interpreting sensory inputs.

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Which is the correct order of structures as visual information travels from the eye to the visual cortex?

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In __________ processing,we construct a whole stimulus from its parts.

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The ability to detect external events through our sensory systems is known as ______________.

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According to the opponent process theory of colour vision,the correct pairings of opposite colours are

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Ursula is an army veteran who had to have her leg amputated after an explosive device detonated near her.Surprisingly,she still awakens in the middle of the night and feels her missing leg itching,twitching,or even hurting.Ursula is experiencing _________________ sensations.

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Uri is walking home alone on a dark night.He hears a stick breaking and immediately turns to his right to see what made the noise.What cue could Uri have used to tell which direction the sound came from?

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_____________ are sensitive to the different wavelengths of light,which is what allows us to detect colour.______________ do not detect colour,but can work under low light conditions.

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