Question 1

Which of the following processes can be consciously controlled?

Accepted Answer

A) sensory coding 
B) selective attention 
C) sensory adaptation 
D) sensory transduction 
A) sensory coding 
B) selective attention 
C) sensory adaptation 
D) sensory transduction

Question 2

Even though the retinal image of the desk you are looking at changes as you view the desk from different angles, your perception of the desk does not change. This is due to

Accepted Answer

A) shape constancy. 
B) the reversible figure-ground effect. 
C) brightness constancy. 
D) retinal disparity. 
A) shape constancy. 
B) the reversible figure-ground effect. 
C) brightness constancy. 
D) retinal disparity.

Question 3

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy would be achieved

Accepted Answer

A) through habituation. 
B) through the construction of perceptual sets. 
C) by being aware of motives and expectations that can influence your perceptions. 
D) by engaging in more routine top-down processing. 
A) through habituation. 
B) through the construction of perceptual sets. 
C) by being aware of motives and expectations that can influence your perceptions. 
D) by engaging in more routine top-down processing.

Question 4

Some video games can cause motion sickness because the computer-generated visual images change as if the viewer's body is in motion, but the viewer is being "told" he or she is standing still by the __________ system.

Accepted Answer

A) limbic 
B) auditory 
C) vestibular 
D) parasympathetic 
A) limbic 
B) auditory 
C) vestibular 
D) parasympathetic

Question 5

Melzack believes that the pain relieving effects of acupuncture are explained by the __________ theory.

Accepted Answer

A) sensory adaptation 
B) sensory conflict 
C) Gestalt perception 
D) gate control 
A) sensory adaptation 
B) sensory conflict 
C) Gestalt perception 
D) gate control

Question 6

In pain clinics, mild electric currents are applied to the skin or directly to the spinal cord. This procedure sends mild pain messages to the spinal cord and brain, which effectively close the neurological gates to reduce the patient's more agonizing pain. This technique is an application of the __________ theory.

Accepted Answer

A) sensory conflict 
B) lock-and-key 
C) gate control 
D) sensory adaptation. 
A) sensory conflict 
B) lock-and-key 
C) gate control 
D) sensory adaptation.

Question 7

As a teacher writes on the board, she detects over her shoulder a student about to throw a wad of paper at her. This excellent peripheral vision is due to the large concentration of which of the following in the periphery of her eyes?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Gestalt organizing principles and the perceptual constancies are two excellent examples of

Accepted Answer

A) sensory conflict theory. 
B) perceptual dishabituation. 
C) bottom-up perceptual construction. 
D) top-down perceptual construction. 
A) sensory conflict theory. 
B) perceptual dishabituation. 
C) bottom-up perceptual construction. 
D) top-down perceptual construction.

Question 9

A ventriloquist is able to convince you that words are coming from his dummy's mouth because the dummy's mouth movements match the timing of the words actually coming from the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist is making use of the perceptual principle of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Regarding difference thresholds, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Difference thresholds occur when we can first detect some stimulus. 
B) Difference thresholds occur when we can first detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus. 
C) Difference thresholds involve the decrease in sensory response to an unchanging stimulus. 
D) Difference thresholds involve the mental process of organizing sensations into meaningful patterns. 
A) Difference thresholds occur when we can first detect some stimulus. 
B) Difference thresholds occur when we can first detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus. 
C) Difference thresholds involve the decrease in sensory response to an unchanging stimulus. 
D) Difference thresholds involve the mental process of organizing sensations into meaningful patterns.

Question 11

Which theory of color vision explains what happens in the optic pathways and in the brain after information leaves the eye?

Accepted Answer

A) opponent-process 
B) trichromatic 
C) three-opponent 
D) stage primary 
A) opponent-process 
B) trichromatic 
C) three-opponent 
D) stage primary

Question 12

In Luisa's painting, the most distant cacti and rocks appear smaller than the objects she wishes to appear closer to the viewer. This illustrates her use of the pictorial depth cue known as

Accepted Answer

A) texture gradients. 
B) relative size. 
C) height in the picture plan. 
D) aerial perspective. 
A) texture gradients. 
B) relative size. 
C) height in the picture plan. 
D) aerial perspective.

Question 13

When one can alternately see both a wine glass and then two faces within the same image, this illustrates the reversibility of __________ images.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When one can alternately see both a...

Question 14

A decrease in perceptual responding to a predictable and unchanging stimulus is known as

Accepted Answer

A) habituation. 
B) dishabituation. 
C) perseveration. 
D) a perceptual set. 
A) habituation. 
B) dishabituation. 
C) perseveration. 
D) a perceptual set.

Question 15

Before sending messages down the spinal cord and closing the pain gate, messages from the small, slow fibers must first pass through the pain gate and on to the __________ system.

Accepted Answer

A) central biasing 
B) vestibular 
C) kinesthetic 
D) sensory matrix 
A) central biasing 
B) vestibular 
C) kinesthetic 
D) sensory matrix

Question 16

A person who can distinguish some colors but has an inability to distinguish red from green or yellow from blue is said to have

Accepted Answer

A) myopia. 
B) hyperopia. 
C) color agnosia. 
D) color weakness. 
A) myopia. 
B) hyperopia. 
C) color agnosia. 
D) color weakness.

Question 17

The fact that we see afterimages is supported by the opponent-process theory of color vision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following refers to changes in the brain that alter how we process sensory information so that we can focus on just one part of a group of stimuli rather than processing all of the stimuli?

Accepted Answer

A) sensory adaptation 
B) sensory habituation 
C) perceptual learning 
D) perceptual accommodation 
A) sensory adaptation 
B) sensory habituation 
C) perceptual learning 
D) perceptual accommodation

Question 19

Anosmia can be caused by all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) exposure to ammonia. 
B) overeating. 
C) blows to the head. 
D) infections and allergies. 
A) exposure to ammonia. 
B) overeating. 
C) blows to the head. 
D) infections and allergies.

Question 20

Regarding the sense of touch, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) If one lost the sense of touch below the neck, he or she would be unable to tell which position his or her body was in without seeing it. 
B) Skin receptors produce at least five different sensations, including light touch, pressure, pain, cold, and warmth. 
C) The skin has more nerve endings for temperature than for touch and pressure or for pain. 
D) Receptors with particular shapes appear to specialize in various sensations. 
A) If one lost the sense of touch below the neck, he or she would be unable to tell which position his or her body was in without seeing it. 
B) Skin receptors produce at least five different sensations, including light touch, pressure, pain, cold, and warmth. 
C) The skin has more nerve endings for temperature than for touch and pressure or for pain. 
D) Receptors with particular shapes appear to specialize in various sensations.

Which of the following processes can be consciously controlled?

Even though the retinal image of the desk you are looking at changes as you view the desk from different angles, your perception of the desk does not change. This is due to

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy would be achieved

Some video games can cause motion sickness because the computer-generated visual images change as if the viewer's body is in motion, but the viewer is being "told" he or she is standing still by the __________ system.

Melzack believes that the pain relieving effects of acupuncture are explained by the __________ theory.

As a teacher writes on the board, she detects over her shoulder a student about to throw a wad of paper at her. This excellent peripheral vision is due to the large concentration of which of the following in the periphery of her eyes?

Gestalt organizing principles and the perceptual constancies are two excellent examples of

A ventriloquist is able to convince you that words are coming from his dummy's mouth because the dummy's mouth movements match the timing of the words actually coming from the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist is making use of the perceptual principle of

Regarding difference thresholds, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which theory of color vision explains what happens in the optic pathways and in the brain after information leaves the eye?

In Luisa's painting, the most distant cacti and rocks appear smaller than the objects she wishes to appear closer to the viewer. This illustrates her use of the pictorial depth cue known as

When one can alternately see both a wine glass and then two faces within the same image, this illustrates the reversibility of __________ images.

A decrease in perceptual responding to a predictable and unchanging stimulus is known as

Before sending messages down the spinal cord and closing the pain gate, messages from the small, slow fibers must first pass through the pain gate and on to the __________ system.

A person who can distinguish some colors but has an inability to distinguish red from green or yellow from blue is said to have

The fact that we see afterimages is supported by the opponent-process theory of color vision.

Which of the following refers to changes in the brain that alter how we process sensory information so that we can focus on just one part of a group of stimuli rather than processing all of the stimuli?

Anosmia can be caused by all of the following EXCEPT

Regarding the sense of touch, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Which of the following processes can be consciously controlled?

Even though the retinal image of the desk you are looking at changes as you view the desk from different angles, your perception of the desk does not change. This is due to

The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy would be achieved

Some video games can cause motion sickness because the computer-generated visual images change as if the viewer's body is in motion, but the viewer is being "told" he or she is standing still by the __________ system.

Melzack believes that the pain relieving effects of acupuncture are explained by the __________ theory.

As a teacher writes on the board, she detects over her shoulder a student about to throw a wad of paper at her. This excellent peripheral vision is due to the large concentration of which of the following in the periphery of her eyes?

Gestalt organizing principles and the perceptual constancies are two excellent examples of

A ventriloquist is able to convince you that words are coming from his dummy's mouth because the dummy's mouth movements match the timing of the words actually coming from the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist is making use of the perceptual principle of

Regarding difference thresholds, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which theory of color vision explains what happens in the optic pathways and in the brain after information leaves the eye?

In Luisa's painting, the most distant cacti and rocks appear smaller than the objects she wishes to appear closer to the viewer. This illustrates her use of the pictorial depth cue known as

When one can alternately see both a wine glass and then two faces within the same image, this illustrates the reversibility of __________ images.

A decrease in perceptual responding to a predictable and unchanging stimulus is known as

Before sending messages down the spinal cord and closing the pain gate, messages from the small, slow fibers must first pass through the pain gate and on to the __________ system.

A person who can distinguish some colors but has an inability to distinguish red from green or yellow from blue is said to have

The fact that we see afterimages is supported by the opponent-process theory of color vision.

Which of the following refers to changes in the brain that alter how we process sensory information so that we can focus on just one part of a group of stimuli rather than processing all of the stimuli?

Anosmia can be caused by all of the following EXCEPT

Regarding the sense of touch, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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States of Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Memory

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Intelligence

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Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

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Therapies

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