Question 1

Imagine Uncle Charlie who wears hearing aids.Suddenly the battery for the hearing aid in the left ear fails.What will be the effect on hearing?​

Accepted Answer

A) Sounds will seem to him to have lower pitches than usual. 
B) ​Sounds will seem to him to have higher pitches than usual. 
C) ​He will localize sounds as coming from the right side. 
D) ​He will localize sounds as coming from the left side. 
A) Sounds will seem to him to have lower pitches than usual. 
B) ​Sounds will seem to him to have higher pitches than usual. 
C) ​He will localize sounds as coming from the right side. 
D) ​He will localize sounds as coming from the left side.

Question 2

By what means do we perceive the pitch of a high-frequency sound (such as 4000 Hz)?​

Accepted Answer

A) The number of hair cells responding is proportional to the sound frequency. 
B) ​The sound wave excites a particular location on the basilar membrane. 
C) ​Each hair cell produces an impulse for each sound wave. 
D) ​Each sound wave excites a group, or volley, of hair cells. 
A) The number of hair cells responding is proportional to the sound frequency. 
B) ​The sound wave excites a particular location on the basilar membrane. 
C) ​Each hair cell produces an impulse for each sound wave. 
D) ​Each sound wave excites a group, or volley, of hair cells.

Question 3

Which of these is an example of synesthesia?​

Accepted Answer

A) Someone cannot hear the difference between the notes B and B-flat. 
B) ​Someone can localize the direction of the note B, but not B-flat. 
C) ​Someone says that B-flat tastes like a tomato. 
D) ​A sound, such as B-flat, seems to last long after the stimulus ends. 
A) Someone cannot hear the difference between the notes B and B-flat. 
B) ​Someone can localize the direction of the note B, but not B-flat. 
C) ​Someone says that B-flat tastes like a tomato. 
D) ​A sound, such as B-flat, seems to last long after the stimulus ends.

Question 4

Which of the following is necessary for vision?​

Accepted Answer

A) Light comes into your eyes. 
B) ​You send sight rays from your eyes. 
C) ​Sight rays go out of your eyes and then come back in. 
D) ​You send out sight rays and light enters the eyes at the same time. 
A) Light comes into your eyes. 
B) ​You send sight rays from your eyes. 
C) ​Sight rays go out of your eyes and then come back in. 
D) ​You send out sight rays and light enters the eyes at the same time.

Question 5

Experimenters Hubel and Wiesel found cells in the visual cortex that respond only to a pattern of light in a particular shape and location.We would describe those cells as what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Opponent processes 
B) ​Gestalts 
C) ​Feature detectors 
D) ​Photopigments 
A) Opponent processes 
B) ​Gestalts 
C) ​Feature detectors 
D) ​Photopigments

Question 6

What is meant by subliminal perception?​

Accepted Answer

A) Intuitively understanding someone's emotional condition based on nonverbal signals 
B) ​A behavioral influence based on something that did not reach any of your sense organs 
C) ​A behavioral influence based on something you didn't perceive consciously 
D) ​Incorrectly reporting the presence of a stimulus that was actually absent 
A) Intuitively understanding someone's emotional condition based on nonverbal signals 
B) ​A behavioral influence based on something that did not reach any of your sense organs 
C) ​A behavioral influence based on something you didn't perceive consciously 
D) ​Incorrectly reporting the presence of a stimulus that was actually absent

Question 7

What happens if you rub capsaicin (from jalapeño peppers)on your skin?​

Accepted Answer

A) A gradual itching sensation 
B) ​First a burning sensation, then decreased pain sensitivity 
C) ​An increased sensitivity to differences in tastes 
D) ​No change in your sensation 
A) A gradual itching sensation 
B) ​First a burning sensation, then decreased pain sensitivity 
C) ​An increased sensitivity to differences in tastes 
D) ​No change in your sensation

Question 8

Intense emotional distress activates some of the same brain areas as what does?​

Accepted Answer

A) Dizziness 
B) ​Sleep 
C) ​Pain 
D) ​Digestion 
A) Dizziness 
B) ​Sleep 
C) ​Pain 
D) ​Digestion

Question 9

If you misjudge the distance to something you see,what will you probably also misjudge?​

Accepted Answer

A) Its brightness​ 
B) ​Its size 
C) ​Its color 
D) ​Its direction of movement 
A) Its brightness​ 
B) ​Its size 
C) ​Its color 
D) ​Its direction of movement

Question 10

What is one reason why the moon appears larger at the horizon?​

Accepted Answer

A) Light gets distorted as it passes through the atmosphere. 
B) ​We compare the moon at the horizon to other objects we see there. 
C) ​Most eyes are not exactly round. 
D) ​It is easier to make horizontal eye movements than vertical eye movements. 
A) Light gets distorted as it passes through the atmosphere. 
B) ​We compare the moon at the horizon to other objects we see there. 
C) ​Most eyes are not exactly round. 
D) ​It is easier to make horizontal eye movements than vertical eye movements.

Question 11

The spaces between words help us group letters together,so that GOT ROT means something different from GO TROT.Which of the Gestalt principles is at work here?​

Accepted Answer

A) Continuation 
B) ​Proximity 
C) ​Similarity 
D) ​Closure 
A) Continuation 
B) ​Proximity 
C) ​Similarity 
D) ​Closure

Question 12

Which of these might help relieve pain in your mouth?​

Accepted Answer

A) Chew a jalapeño pepper. 
B) ​Talk with someone who has the same pain. 
C) ​Put some baking soda on your lips and cheeks. 
D) ​Close your eyes and cover your ears. 
A) Chew a jalapeño pepper. 
B) ​Talk with someone who has the same pain. 
C) ​Put some baking soda on your lips and cheeks. 
D) ​Close your eyes and cover your ears.

Question 13

According to the retinex theory of color vision,how do we perceive color?​

Accepted Answer

A) We compare the rates of responses by three types of cones. 
B) ​We compare an object to other objects in the scene. 
C) ​We detect whether a cell in the retina is increasing or decreasing its response. 
D) ​We compare the mean firing rate of cones to the mean rate of rods. 
A) We compare the rates of responses by three types of cones. 
B) ​We compare an object to other objects in the scene. 
C) ​We detect whether a cell in the retina is increasing or decreasing its response. 
D) ​We compare the mean firing rate of cones to the mean rate of rods.

Question 14

Acetaminophen,which relieves pain,also reduces which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hallucinations 
B) ​Itch sensations 
C) ​Hurt feelings 
D) ​Hunger 
A) Hallucinations 
B) ​Itch sensations 
C) ​Hurt feelings 
D) ​Hunger

Question 15

According to the trichromatic theory,how do we distinguish red from orange?​

Accepted Answer

A) The two colors produce different velocities of action potentials. 
B) ​The two colors produce different ratios of responses by types of cones. 
C) ​The two colors produce excitation in different areas of the brain. 
D) ​The two colors produce different durations of response by most of the cones. 
A) The two colors produce different velocities of action potentials. 
B) ​The two colors produce different ratios of responses by types of cones. 
C) ​The two colors produce excitation in different areas of the brain. 
D) ​The two colors produce different durations of response by most of the cones.

Question 16

Which of the following contains the hair receptors responsible for hearing?​

Accepted Answer

A) Otolith organ 
B) ​Temporal cortex 
C) ​Cochlea 
D) ​Fovea 
A) Otolith organ 
B) ​Temporal cortex 
C) ​Cochlea 
D) ​Fovea

Question 17

You form a negative afterimage of an object,and now you try to focus on a different part of the object.Why does the image move?​

Accepted Answer

A) Changing your fixation point causes different brain areas to become active. 
B) ​You are fatiguing a different set of receptors. 
C) ​Dominance shifts from one hemisphere to the other. 
D) ​The image is on your eyes themselves. 
A) Changing your fixation point causes different brain areas to become active. 
B) ​You are fatiguing a different set of receptors. 
C) ​Dominance shifts from one hemisphere to the other. 
D) ​The image is on your eyes themselves.

Question 18

An older person with hearing problems would probably hear a voice best under which condition?​

Accepted Answer

A) Listening to an unfamiliar person while watching his/her face. 
B) ​Listening to an unfamiliar person while looking at something else. 
C) ​Listening to the spouse while watching his/her face. 
D) ​Listening to the spouse while looking at something else. 
A) Listening to an unfamiliar person while watching his/her face. 
B) ​Listening to an unfamiliar person while looking at something else. 
C) ​Listening to the spouse while watching his/her face. 
D) ​Listening to the spouse while looking at something else.

Question 19

The optic nerve consists of axons from which type(s)of cell?​

Accepted Answer

A) Ganglion cells 
B) ​Cones 
C) ​Both cones and rods, equally 
D) ​Rods 
A) Ganglion cells 
B) ​Cones 
C) ​Both cones and rods, equally 
D) ​Rods

Question 20

Your absolute sensory threshold for a faint light would depend mostly on which of these?​

Accepted Answer

A) Whether you are nearsighted or farsighted 
B) ​The distance between the pupils of your left and right eyes 
C) ​Your personality with regard to extraversion and introversion 
D) ​Where you were during the time before the test 
A) Whether you are nearsighted or farsighted 
B) ​The distance between the pupils of your left and right eyes 
C) ​Your personality with regard to extraversion and introversion 
D) ​Where you were during the time before the test

Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Imagine Uncle Charlie who wears hearing aids.Suddenly the battery for the hearing aid in the left ear fails.What will be the effect on hearing?​

By what means do we perceive the pitch of a high-frequency sound (such as 4000 Hz)?​

Which of these is an example of synesthesia?​

Which of the following is necessary for vision?​

Experimenters Hubel and Wiesel found cells in the visual cortex that respond only to a pattern of light in a particular shape and location.We would describe those cells as what?​

What is meant by subliminal perception?​

What happens if you rub capsaicin (from jalapeño peppers)on your skin?​

Intense emotional distress activates some of the same brain areas as what does?​

If you misjudge the distance to something you see,what will you probably also misjudge?​

What is one reason why the moon appears larger at the horizon?​

The spaces between words help us group letters together,so that GOT ROT means something different from GO TROT.Which of the Gestalt principles is at work here?​

Which of these might help relieve pain in your mouth?​

According to the retinex theory of color vision,how do we perceive color?​

Acetaminophen,which relieves pain,also reduces which of the following?​

According to the trichromatic theory,how do we distinguish red from orange?​

Which of the following contains the hair receptors responsible for hearing?​

You form a negative afterimage of an object,and now you try to focus on a different part of the object.Why does the image move?​

An older person with hearing problems would probably hear a voice best under which condition?​

The optic nerve consists of axons from which type(s)of cell?​

Your absolute sensory threshold for a faint light would depend mostly on which of these?​

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Imagine Uncle Charlie who wears hearing aids.Suddenly the battery for the hearing aid in the left ear fails.What will be the effect on hearing?

By what means do we perceive the pitch of a high-frequency sound (such as 4000 Hz)?

Which of these is an example of synesthesia?

Which of the following is necessary for vision?

Experimenters Hubel and Wiesel found cells in the visual cortex that respond only to a pattern of light in a particular shape and location.We would describe those cells as what?

What is meant by subliminal perception?

What happens if you rub capsaicin (from jalapeño peppers)on your skin?

Intense emotional distress activates some of the same brain areas as what does?

If you misjudge the distance to something you see,what will you probably also misjudge?

What is one reason why the moon appears larger at the horizon?

The spaces between words help us group letters together,so that GOT ROT means something different from GO TROT.Which of the Gestalt principles is at work here?

Which of these might help relieve pain in your mouth?

According to the retinex theory of color vision,how do we perceive color?

Acetaminophen,which relieves pain,also reduces which of the following?

According to the trichromatic theory,how do we distinguish red from orange?

Which of the following contains the hair receptors responsible for hearing?

You form a negative afterimage of an object,and now you try to focus on a different part of the object.Why does the image move?

An older person with hearing problems would probably hear a voice best under which condition?

The optic nerve consists of axons from which type(s)of cell?

Your absolute sensory threshold for a faint light would depend mostly on which of these?