Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

The science of measuring changes in physical stimuli and relating them to changes in psychological sensations is called __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The science of measuring changes in physical...

Question 3

An initial guess regarding how to organize and perceive a stimulus pattern is known as a(n) __________.

Accepted Answer

perceptual

Question 4

Jake is being administered a test of his visual acuity in which he will be required to read rows of letters of diminishing size until he can no longer distinguish them. Jake's visual acuity is being assessed using the

Accepted Answer

A)  Refraction Test. 
B)  Ishihara test. 
C)  Landolt rings. 
D)  Snellen chart. 
A)  Refraction Test. 
B)  Ishihara test. 
C)  Landolt rings. 
D)  Snellen chart.

Question 5

Bifocal lenses are used to correct

Accepted Answer

A)  near vision. 
B)  distance vision. 
C)  presbyopia. 
D)  both near vision and distance vision. 
A)  near vision. 
B)  distance vision. 
C)  presbyopia. 
D)  both near vision and distance vision.

Question 6

Which of the following involves the process of extracting perceptual features from stimulus patterns?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory analysis. 
B)  sensory adaptation. 
C)  perceptual gating. 
D)  perceptual localization. 
A)  sensory analysis. 
B)  sensory adaptation. 
C)  perceptual gating. 
D)  perceptual localization.

Question 7

Amputees often dream of intact, fully functional limbs without any phantom limb experiences at all because during sleep, sensory inputs from the area of the missing limb are

Accepted Answer

A)  activated. 
B)  suppressed. 
C)  pass through pain gates to the brain. 
D)  pass through the central biasing system. 
A)  activated. 
B)  suppressed. 
C)  pass through pain gates to the brain. 
D)  pass through the central biasing system.

Question 8

Regarding how they perceive the world, East Asians tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  be individualistic. 
B)  be collectivist. 
C)  explain actions in terms of internal factors. 
D)  focus on a sense of personal control. 
A)  be individualistic. 
B)  be collectivist. 
C)  explain actions in terms of internal factors. 
D)  focus on a sense of personal control.

Question 9

Using a cell phone while driving may result in your failure to perceive a car pulling out of a driveway that is in plain view but not the focus of your attention, a situation referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

inattentio

Question 10

As people become middle-aged, the lens of the eye becomes less flexible and less able to accommodate, resulting in a farsightedness due to aging known as

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

College students are downloading very high-pitched ring tones for their cell phones because their middle-aged professors cannot hear these high pitches due to

Accepted Answer

A)  accumulated damage to the auditory ossicles. 
B)  numerous punctures to their eardrums over time. 
C)  having numerous ear infections that created chronic fluid build-up in their middle ears. 
D)  noise-induced damage to the hair cells in the cochlea. 
A)  accumulated damage to the auditory ossicles. 
B)  numerous punctures to their eardrums over time. 
C)  having numerous ear infections that created chronic fluid build-up in their middle ears. 
D)  noise-induced damage to the hair cells in the cochlea.

Question 12

Repetitious stimuli shown in television commercials tend to be so boring that they fail in capturing our attention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

When you first get into the swimming pool, the water feels rather cool, but after swimming for a while, the water feels fine. A friend asks you how the water is, and you tell her the "water's great." She jumps in and then accuses you of lying because the water is freezing. You really were not lying. It is just that you experienced

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory gating. 
B)  sensory adaptation. 
C)  sensory conflict. 
D)  selective attention. 
A)  sensory gating. 
B)  sensory adaptation. 
C)  sensory conflict. 
D)  selective attention.

Question 14

Which of the following cause the colors we see to appear brighter or more intense?

Accepted Answer

A)  narrow bands of wavelengths 
B)  broad bands of wavelengths 
C)  waves of greater amplitude 
D)  waves of lower amplitude 
A)  narrow bands of wavelengths 
B)  broad bands of wavelengths 
C)  waves of greater amplitude 
D)  waves of lower amplitude

Question 15

Regarding perceptual constancies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  On the highway, alcohol intoxication impairs size and shape constancy, adding to the accident rate among drunk drivers. 
B)  The energy patterns reaching our senses are constantly changing, even when they occur from the same object. 
C)  Perceptual constancies are based solely on prior experience with no aspect of these constancies being innate. 
D)  Perceptual constancies impose order on the changing and often confusing information coming from the world around us. 
A)  On the highway, alcohol intoxication impairs size and shape constancy, adding to the accident rate among drunk drivers. 
B)  The energy patterns reaching our senses are constantly changing, even when they occur from the same object. 
C)  Perceptual constancies are based solely on prior experience with no aspect of these constancies being innate. 
D)  Perceptual constancies impose order on the changing and often confusing information coming from the world around us.

Question 16

Which of the following illusions involves a horizontal line with arrowheads at each end that appears to be shorter than a horizontal line with open V's at each end of the line?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Poggendorff illusion 
B)  the Munker-White illusion 
C)  the Müller-Lyer illusion 
D)  the Hering illusion 
A)  the Poggendorff illusion 
B)  the Munker-White illusion 
C)  the Müller-Lyer illusion 
D)  the Hering illusion

Question 17

A long-time rock musician who has been exposed to very loud sounds most likely suffers from a conductive hearing loss.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The type of sensation you experience depends on which brain area is activated with this process referred to as sensory __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The type of sensation you experience depends...

Question 19

Which receptor cells produce color sensations and fine details, work best in bright light, and lie mainly at the center of the eye?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Jack lost the lower part of his right leg during a roadside bomb attack in Iraq. He often feels like "his right foot" is in an awkward position and has burning pain sensations. Jack is experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  phantom limb sensation. 
B)  sensory conflict. 
C)  physiological nystagmus. 
D)  psychosomatic pain. 
A)  phantom limb sensation. 
B)  sensory conflict. 
C)  physiological nystagmus. 
D)  psychosomatic pain.

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

The science of measuring changes in physical stimuli and relating them to changes in psychological sensations is called __________.

An initial guess regarding how to organize and perceive a stimulus pattern is known as a(n) __________.

Jake is being administered a test of his visual acuity in which he will be required to read rows of letters of diminishing size until he can no longer distinguish them. Jake's visual acuity is being assessed using the

Bifocal lenses are used to correct

Which of the following involves the process of extracting perceptual features from stimulus patterns?

Amputees often dream of intact, fully functional limbs without any phantom limb experiences at all because during sleep, sensory inputs from the area of the missing limb are

Regarding how they perceive the world, East Asians tend to

Using a cell phone while driving may result in your failure to perceive a car pulling out of a driveway that is in plain view but not the focus of your attention, a situation referred to as __________.

As people become middle-aged, the lens of the eye becomes less flexible and less able to accommodate, resulting in a farsightedness due to aging known as

College students are downloading very high-pitched ring tones for their cell phones because their middle-aged professors cannot hear these high pitches due to

Repetitious stimuli shown in television commercials tend to be so boring that they fail in capturing our attention.

Which of the following cause the colors we see to appear brighter or more intense?

Regarding perceptual constancies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following illusions involves a horizontal line with arrowheads at each end that appears to be shorter than a horizontal line with open V's at each end of the line?

A long-time rock musician who has been exposed to very loud sounds most likely suffers from a conductive hearing loss.

The type of sensation you experience depends on which brain area is activated with this process referred to as sensory __________.

Which receptor cells produce color sensations and fine details, work best in bright light, and lie mainly at the center of the eye?

Jack lost the lower part of his right leg during a roadside bomb attack in Iraq. He often feels like "his right foot" is in an awkward position and has burning pain sensations. Jack is experiencing

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Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

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

The science of measuring changes in physical stimuli and relating them to changes in psychological sensations is called __________.

An initial guess regarding how to organize and perceive a stimulus pattern is known as a(n) __________.

Jake is being administered a test of his visual acuity in which he will be required to read rows of letters of diminishing size until he can no longer distinguish them. Jake's visual acuity is being assessed using the

Bifocal lenses are used to correct

Which of the following involves the process of extracting perceptual features from stimulus patterns?

Amputees often dream of intact, fully functional limbs without any phantom limb experiences at all because during sleep, sensory inputs from the area of the missing limb are

Regarding how they perceive the world, East Asians tend to

Using a cell phone while driving may result in your failure to perceive a car pulling out of a driveway that is in plain view but not the focus of your attention, a situation referred to as __________.

As people become middle-aged, the lens of the eye becomes less flexible and less able to accommodate, resulting in a farsightedness due to aging known as

College students are downloading very high-pitched ring tones for their cell phones because their middle-aged professors cannot hear these high pitches due to

Repetitious stimuli shown in television commercials tend to be so boring that they fail in capturing our attention.

Which of the following cause the colors we see to appear brighter or more intense?

Regarding perceptual constancies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following illusions involves a horizontal line with arrowheads at each end that appears to be shorter than a horizontal line with open V's at each end of the line?

A long-time rock musician who has been exposed to very loud sounds most likely suffers from a conductive hearing loss.

The type of sensation you experience depends on which brain area is activated with this process referred to as sensory __________.

Which receptor cells produce color sensations and fine details, work best in bright light, and lie mainly at the center of the eye?

Jack lost the lower part of his right leg during a roadside bomb attack in Iraq. He often feels like "his right foot" is in an awkward position and has burning pain sensations. Jack is experiencing

Introducing Psychology

Brain and Behavior

Human Development

Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Memory

Cognition and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Human Sexuality

Personality

Health Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Herapies

Social Psychology

Applied Psychology

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