Question 1

In general, which of the following would tend to decrease pain?

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A) unpleasant emotions 
B) having some control over the pain 
C) focusing directly on the pain 
D) all of these 
A) unpleasant emotions 
B) having some control over the pain 
C) focusing directly on the pain 
D) all of these

Question 2

Regarding depth perception, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Recent research has shown that depth perception begins to develop as early as two weeks of age. 
B) The development of depth perception is not complete until about 18 months old. 
C) When placed on the visual cliff, both human infants and newborn animals prefer the shallow end and refuse to go over the edge of the cliff. 
D) Older infants who have just learned to walk must again learn to avoid the "deep" side of the visual cliff. 
A) Recent research has shown that depth perception begins to develop as early as two weeks of age. 
B) The development of depth perception is not complete until about 18 months old. 
C) When placed on the visual cliff, both human infants and newborn animals prefer the shallow end and refuse to go over the edge of the cliff. 
D) Older infants who have just learned to walk must again learn to avoid the "deep" side of the visual cliff.

Question 3

Explain how sound travels from the pinna to the auditory nerve and to the brain, naming each part of the ear and its function along the way.

Accepted Answer

Answer will include that hearing begins

Question 4

A receiver runs down field, turns, and focuses on the tiny "missile" spiraling down to him. This receiver's ability to see the football emphasizes his excellent visual acuity due to the fovea of his eyes having a large concentration of

Accepted Answer

A) rods. 
B) cones. 
C) phosphenes. 
D) stereocilia. 
A) rods. 
B) cones. 
C) phosphenes. 
D) stereocilia.

Question 5

The stimuli below are seen as one group of circles and one group of squares due to the organizational principle of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

If you hold your left hand a few inches in front of your nose and your right hand at arm's length. Your right hand should appear to be about half the size of your left hand. To perceive your hand accurately, you have to draw on past experience to construct your perception. This illustrates

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Figure-ground organization is probably inborn, because it is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which type of hearing loss is caused when the eardrum or ossicles are damaged by disease or injury?

Accepted Answer

A) noise-induced 
B) conductive 
C) sensorineural 
D) aphasic 
A) noise-induced 
B) conductive 
C) sensorineural 
D) aphasic

Question 9

Smog, fog, and haze add to the apparent distance of an object. This is called

Accepted Answer

A) linear perspective. 
B) aerial perspective. 
C) relative size. 
D) relative motion. 
A) linear perspective. 
B) aerial perspective. 
C) relative size. 
D) relative motion.

Question 10

Regarding ways to reduce pain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) In general, pleasant emotions increase pain, while unpleasant emotions decrease pain. 
B) The more control one feels over a painful stimulus, the less pain is experienced. 
C) Any time you can anticipate pain, you can lower anxiety by making sure you are fully informed. 
D) Distractions, such as listening to music, reduce pain. 
A) In general, pleasant emotions increase pain, while unpleasant emotions decrease pain. 
B) The more control one feels over a painful stimulus, the less pain is experienced. 
C) Any time you can anticipate pain, you can lower anxiety by making sure you are fully informed. 
D) Distractions, such as listening to music, reduce pain.

Question 11

As Aisha reads her psychology textbook, the words on the page seem to be focused and then become fuzzy. After an hour of struggling to read her textbook with some of the words in focus and other not, she has developed a severe headache. When her eye doctor examines her eyes, he finds that her lenses are misshapen. Aisha has which visual problem?

Accepted Answer

A) myopia 
B) hyperopia 
C) astigmatism 
D) presbyopia 
A) myopia 
B) hyperopia 
C) astigmatism 
D) presbyopia

Question 12

The spread of electromagnetic energies to which the eyes respond is called the

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual field. 
B) gamma quadrant. 
C) visible spectrum. 
D) spectral composite. 
A) perceptual field. 
B) gamma quadrant. 
C) visible spectrum. 
D) spectral composite.

Question 13

You are walking on a graveled road. As you look down at your feet, you can make out the varied shapes, sizes, colors, and jagged edges of the rocks, but as you look at the road in the distance, the rocks appear smaller and smoother. This differing view of the rocks illustrates

Accepted Answer

A) linear perspective. 
B) A texture gradient. 
C) interposition. 
D) accommodation. 
A) linear perspective. 
B) A texture gradient. 
C) interposition. 
D) accommodation.

Question 14

In order for a frog's visual bug- detector to be activated, the bug must be

Accepted Answer

A) a dark color. 
B) coming closer to the frog. 
C) stationary. 
D) moving. 
A) a dark color. 
B) coming closer to the frog. 
C) stationary. 
D) moving.

Question 15

Regarding the perceptual abilities of expert and novice players of a sport, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Expert players are much better than beginners at paying attention to key information. 
B) Experts tend to scan actions and events more quickly than do the novice players. 
C) Experts tend to focus on only the most meaningful information in the sporting situation. 
D) Experts tend to make decisions more reflectively and react more slowly than novice players do. 
A) Expert players are much better than beginners at paying attention to key information. 
B) Experts tend to scan actions and events more quickly than do the novice players. 
C) Experts tend to focus on only the most meaningful information in the sporting situation. 
D) Experts tend to make decisions more reflectively and react more slowly than novice players do.

Question 16

Most of the focusing is done at the front of the eye by a clear membrane that bends light inward. This membrane is called the

Accepted Answer

A) lens. 
B) iris. 
C) cornea. 
D) pupil. 
A) lens. 
B) iris. 
C) cornea. 
D) pupil.

Question 17

Advertisers would love it if they heard several people humming their products' jingles because it means that television viewers are falling prey to the attention-getting strategy called __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Advertisers would love it if they heard...

Question 18

Perceptual habits are

Accepted Answer

A) ingrained patterns of organization and attention. 
B) muscular responses to sudden movements. 
C) bodily sensations. 
D) innate patterns of behavior. 
A) ingrained patterns of organization and attention. 
B) muscular responses to sudden movements. 
C) bodily sensations. 
D) innate patterns of behavior.

Question 19

The purported ability to perceive events in ways that cannot be explained by known sensory capacities is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) top-down processing. 
B) bottom-up processing. 
C) the perceptual set. 
D) extrasensory perception. 
A) top-down processing. 
B) bottom-up processing. 
C) the perceptual set. 
D) extrasensory perception.

Question 20

In a classic study in which participants were asked to count the number of times a basketball was passed between the team members wearing black, half the participants failed to notice the person wearing the gorilla suit who walked into the middle of the basketball game.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In general, which of the following would tend to decrease pain?

Regarding depth perception, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Explain how sound travels from the pinna to the auditory nerve and to the brain, naming each part of the ear and its function along the way.

A receiver runs down field, turns, and focuses on the tiny "missile" spiraling down to him. This receiver's ability to see the football emphasizes his excellent visual acuity due to the fovea of his eyes having a large concentration of

The stimuli below are seen as one group of circles and one group of squares due to the organizational principle of

If you hold your left hand a few inches in front of your nose and your right hand at arm's length. Your right hand should appear to be about half the size of your left hand. To perceive your hand accurately, you have to draw on past experience to construct your perception. This illustrates

Figure-ground organization is probably inborn, because it is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight.

Which type of hearing loss is caused when the eardrum or ossicles are damaged by disease or injury?

Smog, fog, and haze add to the apparent distance of an object. This is called

Regarding ways to reduce pain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The spread of electromagnetic energies to which the eyes respond is called the

You are walking on a graveled road. As you look down at your feet, you can make out the varied shapes, sizes, colors, and jagged edges of the rocks, but as you look at the road in the distance, the rocks appear smaller and smoother. This differing view of the rocks illustrates

In order for a frog's visual bug- detector to be activated, the bug must be

Regarding the perceptual abilities of expert and novice players of a sport, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Most of the focusing is done at the front of the eye by a clear membrane that bends light inward. This membrane is called the

Advertisers would love it if they heard several people humming their products' jingles because it means that television viewers are falling prey to the attention-getting strategy called __________.

Perceptual habits are

The purported ability to perceive events in ways that cannot be explained by known sensory capacities is referred to as

In a classic study in which participants were asked to count the number of times a basketball was passed between the team members wearing black, half the participants failed to notice the person wearing the gorilla suit who walked into the middle of the basketball game.

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Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

In general, which of the following would tend to decrease pain?

Regarding depth perception, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Explain how sound travels from the pinna to the auditory nerve and to the brain, naming each part of the ear and its function along the way.

A receiver runs down field, turns, and focuses on the tiny "missile" spiraling down to him. This receiver's ability to see the football emphasizes his excellent visual acuity due to the fovea of his eyes having a large concentration of

The stimuli below are seen as one group of circles and one group of squares due to the organizational principle of

If you hold your left hand a few inches in front of your nose and your right hand at arm's length. Your right hand should appear to be about half the size of your left hand. To perceive your hand accurately, you have to draw on past experience to construct your perception. This illustrates

Figure-ground organization is probably inborn, because it is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight.

Which type of hearing loss is caused when the eardrum or ossicles are damaged by disease or injury?

Smog, fog, and haze add to the apparent distance of an object. This is called

Regarding ways to reduce pain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The spread of electromagnetic energies to which the eyes respond is called the

You are walking on a graveled road. As you look down at your feet, you can make out the varied shapes, sizes, colors, and jagged edges of the rocks, but as you look at the road in the distance, the rocks appear smaller and smoother. This differing view of the rocks illustrates

In order for a frog's visual bug- detector to be activated, the bug must be

Regarding the perceptual abilities of expert and novice players of a sport, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Most of the focusing is done at the front of the eye by a clear membrane that bends light inward. This membrane is called the

Advertisers would love it if they heard several people humming their products' jingles because it means that television viewers are falling prey to the attention-getting strategy called __________.

Perceptual habits are

The purported ability to perceive events in ways that cannot be explained by known sensory capacities is referred to as

In a classic study in which participants were asked to count the number of times a basketball was passed between the team members wearing black, half the participants failed to notice the person wearing the gorilla suit who walked into the middle of the basketball game.

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior

Human Development

States of Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Personality

Health, Stress, and Coping

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

Social Thinking and Social Influence

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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