Question 1

If you are able to taste one teaspoon of salt in a bucketful of hot buttered popcorn, this amount is above your

Accepted Answer

A)  difference threshold. 
B)  equilibrium. 
C)  vestibular sense. 
D)  olfaction. 
E)  absolute threshold. 
A)  difference threshold. 
B)  equilibrium. 
C)  vestibular sense. 
D)  olfaction. 
E)  absolute threshold.

Question 2

Joachim and Maricella are going for a romantic walk in the park after an afternoon storm. Maricella looks up in the sky and sees a rainbow. She exclaims, "How beautiful!" Joachim, being something of a science buff, might correctly say,

Accepted Answer

A)  "You are just seeing the visible spectrum." 
B)  "That's because you are seeing all the wavelengths of light we can see from short to long." 
C)  "That's because different wavelengths lead to the perception of different colors." 
D)  "That's because the visible spectrum ranges from red to violet wavelengths of light." 
E)  All of these things would be correct. 
A)  "You are just seeing the visible spectrum." 
B)  "That's because you are seeing all the wavelengths of light we can see from short to long." 
C)  "That's because different wavelengths lead to the perception of different colors." 
D)  "That's because the visible spectrum ranges from red to violet wavelengths of light." 
E)  All of these things would be correct.

Question 3

Explain the major principles of Gestalt psychology and discuss two specific laws of perceptual grouping.

Accepted Answer

This perspective believes that the brain

Question 4

Top-down processing is also known as ________ processing.

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulus-driven 
B)  data-driven 
C)  conceptually-driven 
D)  feature-driven 
E)  time-driven 
A)  stimulus-driven 
B)  data-driven 
C)  conceptually-driven 
D)  feature-driven 
E)  time-driven

Question 5

Which of the following is the most basic reason why we perceive different types of sensations (sounds, sights, smells, etc.) differently?

Accepted Answer

A)  Expectations cause us to experience things as sounds, smells, tastes, and other forms of sensory input. 
B)  Our sensory systems change based on our level of consciousness. 
C)  Different sensations occur because different parts of the brain receive these varying messages. 
D)  The sensory receptors are all actually identical, but the strength at which they are stimulated causes different types of perceptions. 
E)  Attentional factors cause us to have different perceptions of the stimuli in our surroundings. 
A)  Expectations cause us to experience things as sounds, smells, tastes, and other forms of sensory input. 
B)  Our sensory systems change based on our level of consciousness. 
C)  Different sensations occur because different parts of the brain receive these varying messages. 
D)  The sensory receptors are all actually identical, but the strength at which they are stimulated causes different types of perceptions. 
E)  Attentional factors cause us to have different perceptions of the stimuli in our surroundings.

Question 6

Closing your eyes and then touching your nose with your forefinger most accurately illustrates which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  vestibular sense 
B)  kinesthetic sense 
C)  somasthetic sense 
D)  anomalous cognition 
E)  tactile sense 
A)  vestibular sense 
B)  kinesthetic sense 
C)  somasthetic sense 
D)  anomalous cognition 
E)  tactile sense

Question 7

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 started at a low intensity and then became louder. The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she started to hear a sound. The doctor was testing Ann's

Accepted Answer

A)  auditory convergence. 
B)  absolute threshold. 
C)  refractory threshold. 
D)  difference threshold. 
E)  Weber threshold. 
A)  auditory convergence. 
B)  absolute threshold. 
C)  refractory threshold. 
D)  difference threshold. 
E)  Weber threshold.

Question 8

Perceptual constancy reflects the understanding of the perceiver that

Accepted Answer

A)  objects remain the same despite changes in their appearance. 
B)  most objects readily change their shape but not their color. 
C)  our brain is readily fooled by sensory input. 
D)  images can be interpreted in more than one way. 
E)  perceived boundaries are not a function of the stimulus. 
A)  objects remain the same despite changes in their appearance. 
B)  most objects readily change their shape but not their color. 
C)  our brain is readily fooled by sensory input. 
D)  images can be interpreted in more than one way. 
E)  perceived boundaries are not a function of the stimulus.

Question 9

The concept of ________ explains why you know a door is rectangular even though your sensory image is distorted when you are not looking at it straight on.

Accepted Answer

A)  closure 
B)  the law of proximity 
C)  the placebo effect 
D)  perceptual constancy 
E)  olfaction 
A)  closure 
B)  the law of proximity 
C)  the placebo effect 
D)  perceptual constancy 
E)  olfaction

Question 10

The average threshold for human hearing is the tick of a watch from ________ feet under very quiet conditions.

Accepted Answer

A)  20 
B)  60 
C)  40 
D)  80 
E)  100 
A)  20 
B)  60 
C)  40 
D)  80 
E)  100

Question 11

When she was a child, Rashida was stricken with a disease that caused significant damage to her auditory nerves. As a result, she has struggled with partial hearing loss for most of her life and had to wear hearing aids all throughout middle school, high school, and college. What was the condition from which Rashida was most likely suffering?

Accepted Answer

A)  mumps 
B)  measles 
C)  chicken pox 
D)  shingles 
E)  shigella 
A)  mumps 
B)  measles 
C)  chicken pox 
D)  shingles 
E)  shigella

Question 12

Figure is to ground as

Accepted Answer

A)  light is to dark. 
B)  obvious is to hidden. 
C)  characteristics are to background. 
D)  shape is to texture. 
E)  Gestalt is to learning. 
A)  light is to dark. 
B)  obvious is to hidden. 
C)  characteristics are to background. 
D)  shape is to texture. 
E)  Gestalt is to learning.

If you are able to taste one teaspoon of salt in a bucketful of hot buttered popcorn, this amount is above your

Joachim and Maricella are going for a romantic walk in the park after an afternoon storm. Maricella looks up in the sky and sees a rainbow. She exclaims, "How beautiful!" Joachim, being something of a science buff, might correctly say,

Explain the major principles of Gestalt psychology and discuss two specific laws of perceptual grouping.

Top-down processing is also known as ________ processing.

Which of the following is the most basic reason why we perceive different types of sensations (sounds, sights, smells, etc.) differently?

Closing your eyes and then touching your nose with your forefinger most accurately illustrates which of the following?

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 started at a low intensity and then became louder. The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she started to hear a sound. The doctor was testing Ann's

Perceptual constancy reflects the understanding of the perceiver that

The concept of ________ explains why you know a door is rectangular even though your sensory image is distorted when you are not looking at it straight on.

The average threshold for human hearing is the tick of a watch from ________ feet under very quiet conditions.

Figure is to ground as

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Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

If you are able to taste one teaspoon of salt in a bucketful of hot buttered popcorn, this amount is above your

Joachim and Maricella are going for a romantic walk in the park after an afternoon storm. Maricella looks up in the sky and sees a rainbow. She exclaims, "How beautiful!" Joachim, being something of a science buff, might correctly say,

Explain the major principles of Gestalt psychology and discuss two specific laws of perceptual grouping.

Top-down processing is also known as ________ processing.

Which of the following is the most basic reason why we perceive different types of sensations (sounds, sights, smells, etc.) differently?

Closing your eyes and then touching your nose with your forefinger most accurately illustrates which of the following?

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 started at a low intensity and then became louder. The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she started to hear a sound. The doctor was testing Ann's

Perceptual constancy reflects the understanding of the perceiver that

The concept of ________ explains why you know a door is rectangular even though your sensory image is distorted when you are not looking at it straight on.

The average threshold for human hearing is the tick of a watch from ________ feet under very quiet conditions.

Figure is to ground as

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