Question 1

Our sensory systems act as data selection systems. This means that they

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A) can change one form of energy to another. 
B) transmit information to the brain in the form of codes. 
C) select and analyze information and send only the most important data to the brain. 
D) are only sensitive to a small range of sensations that will require additional interpretation by the brain. 
A) can change one form of energy to another. 
B) transmit information to the brain in the form of codes. 
C) select and analyze information and send only the most important data to the brain. 
D) are only sensitive to a small range of sensations that will require additional interpretation by the brain.

Question 2

If you focus on your fingertip and bring it toward your eyes until they almost cross, you will actually feel the muscles that control eye movement working harder as your fingertip gets closer through a process known as

Accepted Answer

A) habituation. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) convergence. 
D) overlap. 
A) habituation. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) convergence. 
D) overlap.

Question 3

Food tends to lose its "taste" when one has a cold because

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A) the taste buds are damaged by the cold virus. 
B) the somesthetic sense is disrupted. 
C) the olfactory sense is disrupted. 
D) fever causes one to salivate too much. 
A) the taste buds are damaged by the cold virus. 
B) the somesthetic sense is disrupted. 
C) the olfactory sense is disrupted. 
D) fever causes one to salivate too much.

Question 4

A perceptual hypothesis that we are likely to apply to a stimulus, even if applying it is inappropriate, is called

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A) dishabituation. 
B) a perceptual expectancy. 
C) reality testing. 
D) extrasensory perception. 
A) dishabituation. 
B) a perceptual expectancy. 
C) reality testing. 
D) extrasensory perception.

Question 5

Regarding size constancy, which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A) Size constancy is a completely innate ability. 
B) Size constancy is completely based on prior experience and learning. 
C) Some aspects of size constancy are innate, while size constancy is also affected by learning. 
D) Scientists have not conducted research to determine whether size constancy is innate or learned. 
A) Size constancy is a completely innate ability. 
B) Size constancy is completely based on prior experience and learning. 
C) Some aspects of size constancy are innate, while size constancy is also affected by learning. 
D) Scientists have not conducted research to determine whether size constancy is innate or learned.

Question 6

Which of the following is the perceptual principle involving the nearness in time and space and which is often responsible for the perception that one thing has caused another?

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A) closure 
B) continuation 
C) figure-ground 
D) contiguity 
A) closure 
B) continuation 
C) figure-ground 
D) contiguity

Question 7

As you sit reading this page, receptors for touch and pressure in the seat of your pants are sending nerve impulses to your brain. Although these sensations have been present all along, you were probably not aware of them until just now. This "seat-of-the-pants phenomenon" is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) selective attention. 
B) selective accommodation. 
C) sensory deceleration. 
D) sensory gating. 
A) selective attention. 
B) selective accommodation. 
C) sensory deceleration. 
D) sensory gating.

Question 8

Enhanced perceptual accuracy can be achieved through

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A) unconscious transference. 
B) actively attending to stimuli. 
C) attempting to do three or four things simultaneously. 
D) altered states of consciousness. 
A) unconscious transference. 
B) actively attending to stimuli. 
C) attempting to do three or four things simultaneously. 
D) altered states of consciousness.

Question 9

You perfectly time the movement of your visible hand "knocking" on your head, while your hidden hand knocks on the table. The perception of the "knocking" sound coming from your head illustrates the Gestalt principle of contiguity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In order to perceive distances, a person with only one eye must rely on which depth cue?

Accepted Answer

A) convergence 
B) retinal disparity 
C) stereoscopic vision 
D) motion parallax 
A) convergence 
B) retinal disparity 
C) stereoscopic vision 
D) motion parallax

Question 11

Like most experiences, seeing a "sunrise" is a mental model of an event, that is actively created by your brain and is referred to as a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

perceptual

Question 12

A perceptual expectancy is

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A) a readiness to perceive in a particular manner. 
B) the organization of perceptions by beginning with low-level features. 
C) an ingrained pattern of perceptual organization and attention. 
D) the information surrounding a stimulus that gives meaning to the stimulus. 
A) a readiness to perceive in a particular manner. 
B) the organization of perceptions by beginning with low-level features. 
C) an ingrained pattern of perceptual organization and attention. 
D) the information surrounding a stimulus that gives meaning to the stimulus.

Question 13

The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called

Accepted Answer

A) sensory completion. 
B) closure. 
C) figure-ground. 
D) continuation. 
A) sensory completion. 
B) closure. 
C) figure-ground. 
D) continuation.

Question 14

You are standing in the middle of a field of long, tall grass and flowers. When you look at your feet and at the area immediately around you, you can see great detail and pick out all the individual pieces of foliage. However, when you look up in the distance, the grass and flowers lose detail and begin to merge together. This phenomenon involves the pictorial depth cue of

Accepted Answer

A) texture gradient. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) relative size. 
D) relative motion. 
A) texture gradient. 
B) linear perspective. 
C) relative size. 
D) relative motion.

Question 15

The Gestalt principles offer us some basic "plans" for organizing parts of our day-to-day perceptions based on

Accepted Answer

A) habituation. 
B) sensory adaptation. 
C) top-down processing. 
D) bottom-up processing. 
A) habituation. 
B) sensory adaptation. 
C) top-down processing. 
D) bottom-up processing.

Question 16

The skin has approximately how many nerve endings for touch and pressure?

Accepted Answer

A) 200,000 
B) 500,000 
C) one million 
D) three million 
A) 200,000 
B) 500,000 
C) one million 
D) three million

Question 17

The fact that objects that are close in space to each other tend to be grouped together is known as the Gestalt principle of

Accepted Answer

A) closure. 
B) continuation. 
C) similarity. 
D) nearness. 
A) closure. 
B) continuation. 
C) similarity. 
D) nearness.

Question 18

Visible light starts at the "short" wavelengths, which we sense as

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A) red. 
B) green. 
C) yellow. 
D) purple. 
A) red. 
B) green. 
C) yellow. 
D) purple.

Question 19

Because each form of iodopsin is most sensitive to light in roughly the red, green, or blue region, the three types of cones fire nerve impulses at different rates to produce various color sensations, according to which theory of color vision?

Accepted Answer

A) gate-control 
B) opponent-process 
C) primary stage 
D) trichromatic 
A) gate-control 
B) opponent-process 
C) primary stage 
D) trichromatic

Question 20

Upon seeing the Fraser's spiral, most people must carefully trace one of the circles to confirm what is "real" in the design. Tracing one of the circles is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) sensation analysis. 
B) perceptual evaluation. 
C) perceptual verification. 
D) reality testing. 
A) sensation analysis. 
B) perceptual evaluation. 
C) perceptual verification. 
D) reality testing.

Our sensory systems act as data selection systems. This means that they

If you focus on your fingertip and bring it toward your eyes until they almost cross, you will actually feel the muscles that control eye movement working harder as your fingertip gets closer through a process known as

Food tends to lose its "taste" when one has a cold because

A perceptual hypothesis that we are likely to apply to a stimulus, even if applying it is inappropriate, is called

Regarding size constancy, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following is the perceptual principle involving the nearness in time and space and which is often responsible for the perception that one thing has caused another?

As you sit reading this page, receptors for touch and pressure in the seat of your pants are sending nerve impulses to your brain. Although these sensations have been present all along, you were probably not aware of them until just now. This "seat-of-the-pants phenomenon" is an example of

Enhanced perceptual accuracy can be achieved through

You perfectly time the movement of your visible hand "knocking" on your head, while your hidden hand knocks on the table. The perception of the "knocking" sound coming from your head illustrates the Gestalt principle of contiguity.

In order to perceive distances, a person with only one eye must rely on which depth cue?

Like most experiences, seeing a "sunrise" is a mental model of an event, that is actively created by your brain and is referred to as a(n)__________.

A perceptual expectancy is

The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called

The Gestalt principles offer us some basic "plans" for organizing parts of our day-to-day perceptions based on

The skin has approximately how many nerve endings for touch and pressure?

The fact that objects that are close in space to each other tend to be grouped together is known as the Gestalt principle of

Visible light starts at the "short" wavelengths, which we sense as

Because each form of iodopsin is most sensitive to light in roughly the red, green, or blue region, the three types of cones fire nerve impulses at different rates to produce various color sensations, according to which theory of color vision?

Upon seeing the Fraser's spiral, most people must carefully trace one of the circles to confirm what is "real" in the design. Tracing one of the circles is an example of

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Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Our sensory systems act as data selection systems. This means that they

If you focus on your fingertip and bring it toward your eyes until they almost cross, you will actually feel the muscles that control eye movement working harder as your fingertip gets closer through a process known as

Food tends to lose its "taste" when one has a cold because

A perceptual hypothesis that we are likely to apply to a stimulus, even if applying it is inappropriate, is called

Regarding size constancy, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following is the perceptual principle involving the nearness in time and space and which is often responsible for the perception that one thing has caused another?

As you sit reading this page, receptors for touch and pressure in the seat of your pants are sending nerve impulses to your brain. Although these sensations have been present all along, you were probably not aware of them until just now. This "seat-of-the-pants phenomenon" is an example of

Enhanced perceptual accuracy can be achieved through

You perfectly time the movement of your visible hand "knocking" on your head, while your hidden hand knocks on the table. The perception of the "knocking" sound coming from your head illustrates the Gestalt principle of contiguity.

In order to perceive distances, a person with only one eye must rely on which depth cue?

Like most experiences, seeing a "sunrise" is a mental model of an event, that is actively created by your brain and is referred to as a(n)__________.

A perceptual expectancy is

The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called

The Gestalt principles offer us some basic "plans" for organizing parts of our day-to-day perceptions based on

The skin has approximately how many nerve endings for touch and pressure?

The fact that objects that are close in space to each other tend to be grouped together is known as the Gestalt principle of

Visible light starts at the "short" wavelengths, which we sense as

Because each form of iodopsin is most sensitive to light in roughly the red, green, or blue region, the three types of cones fire nerve impulses at different rates to produce various color sensations, according to which theory of color vision?

Upon seeing the Fraser's spiral, most people must carefully trace one of the circles to confirm what is "real" in the design. Tracing one of the circles is an example of

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Human Development

States of Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

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Health, Stress, and Coping

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Social Thinking and Social Influence

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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