Question 1

Regarding olfaction and gustation,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  A person could survive without either olfaction or gustation. 
B)  Olfaction and gustation are both considered chemical senses. 
C)  Olfaction is another name for the sense of taste. 
D)  Olfaction and gustation add pleasure to our lives. 
A)  A person could survive without either olfaction or gustation. 
B)  Olfaction and gustation are both considered chemical senses. 
C)  Olfaction is another name for the sense of taste. 
D)  Olfaction and gustation add pleasure to our lives.

Question 2

Individuals with which of the following conditions find it difficult to empathize with the pain of others?

Accepted Answer

A)  warning pain syndrome 
B)  a somesthetic sense 
C)  congenital pain insensitivity 
D)  a masochism disorder 
A)  warning pain syndrome 
B)  a somesthetic sense 
C)  congenital pain insensitivity 
D)  a masochism disorder

Question 3

Regarding the word somesthetic,soma means

Accepted Answer

A)  skin. 
B)  body. 
C)  motion. 
D)  feel. 
A)  skin. 
B)  body. 
C)  motion. 
D)  feel.

Question 4

When a person's limb is amputated,this limb still exists as far as the brain is concerned because the brain creates a body image called the

Accepted Answer

A)  ideal self. 
B)  neuromatrix. 
C)  psychic avatar. 
D)  superego. 
A)  ideal self. 
B)  neuromatrix. 
C)  psychic avatar. 
D)  superego.

Question 5

Which of the following is created by your brain and allows you to perceive your own body?

Accepted Answer

A)  an avatar 
B)  a neuromatrix 
C)  a sane hallucination 
D)  a figure-ground orientation 
A)  an avatar 
B)  a neuromatrix 
C)  a sane hallucination 
D)  a figure-ground orientation

Question 6

Which sense involves airborne molecules passing over five million nerve fibers with the receptor proteins on the surface of these fibers being stimulated by these molecules,causing signals to be sent to the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  hearing 
B)  touch 
C)  smell 
D)  taste 
A)  hearing 
B)  touch 
C)  smell 
D)  taste

Question 7

Regarding olfaction,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The brain uses the patterns of messages it gets from the olfactory receptors to recognize specific scents. 
B)  Scents are, in part, identified by the location of the receptors in the nose that are activated by a particular odor. 
C)  The number of activated receptors tells the brain how strong an odor is. 
D)  In humans, there are five different types of olfactory receptors. 
A)  The brain uses the patterns of messages it gets from the olfactory receptors to recognize specific scents. 
B)  Scents are, in part, identified by the location of the receptors in the nose that are activated by a particular odor. 
C)  The number of activated receptors tells the brain how strong an odor is. 
D)  In humans, there are five different types of olfactory receptors.

Question 8

Studies of people who have had their vision restored after a lifetime of blindness found that it takes time for these people to learn to organize their sensations into

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory habituations. 
B)  sensory sets. 
C)  realizations. 
D)  perceptions. 
A)  sensory habituations. 
B)  sensory sets. 
C)  realizations. 
D)  perceptions.

Question 9

Saltiness and sourness appear to be

Accepted Answer

A)  based on a lock-and-key match between molecules and the receptors. 
B)  triggered by a direct flow of charged atoms into the tips of the taste cells. 
C)  triggered by the otolith organs in the taste buds. 
D)  based on the place theory of olfaction. 
A)  based on a lock-and-key match between molecules and the receptors. 
B)  triggered by a direct flow of charged atoms into the tips of the taste cells. 
C)  triggered by the otolith organs in the taste buds. 
D)  based on the place theory of olfaction.

Question 10

Which of the following would be good advice to help a person to minimize motion sickness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fixate on a distant immobile object. 
B)  Move your head as little as possible. 
C)  Lie down if you can. 
D)  All of these are good suggestions. 
A)  Fixate on a distant immobile object. 
B)  Move your head as little as possible. 
C)  Lie down if you can. 
D)  All of these are good suggestions.

Question 11

You have a craving for ice cream.In the lunch room,you see a large bowl of pistachio ice cream.Excitedly,you run up to the bowl,only to find that it smells like tuna and is,in fact,a large bowl of tuna fish.You have just experienced

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory adaptation. 
B)  the Gestalt notion of similarity. 
C)  the failure of a perceptual hypothesis. 
D)  camouflage interfering with figure-ground organization. 
A)  sensory adaptation. 
B)  the Gestalt notion of similarity. 
C)  the failure of a perceptual hypothesis. 
D)  camouflage interfering with figure-ground organization.

Question 12

Which of the following contribute(s)to our feeling of motion sickness?

Accepted Answer

A)  olfactory bulb 
B)  otolith organs 
C)  auditory ossicles 
D)  tympanic membrane 
A)  olfactory bulb 
B)  otolith organs 
C)  auditory ossicles 
D)  tympanic membrane

Question 13

Which would represent the greatest loss to a professional wine taster or chef?

Accepted Answer

A)  vestibular loss 
B)  injury to the pinna 
C)  olfactory loss 
D)  injury to the cochlea 
A)  vestibular loss 
B)  injury to the pinna 
C)  olfactory loss 
D)  injury to the cochlea

Question 14

Which of the following perceptual skills will be the first to appear if a blind person regains his or her sight?

Accepted Answer

A)  perceptual set 
B)  size constancy 
C)  linear perspective 
D)  figure-ground 
A)  perceptual set 
B)  size constancy 
C)  linear perspective 
D)  figure-ground

Question 15

Skin sensations include

Accepted Answer

A)  light touch, pressure, wetness, cold, and warmth. 
B)  light touch, pressure, cold, warmth, and pain. 
C)  wetness, pressure, pain, cold, and warmth. 
D)  light touch, wetness, pain, cold, and warmth. 
A)  light touch, pressure, wetness, cold, and warmth. 
B)  light touch, pressure, cold, warmth, and pain. 
C)  wetness, pressure, pain, cold, and warmth. 
D)  light touch, wetness, pain, cold, and warmth.

Question 16

Devices that have recently been invented to correct hearing loss caused by damage to the hair cells are called

Accepted Answer

A)  Hunter's notches. 
B)  stimulation implants. 
C)  conduction patches. 
D)  cochlear implants. 
A)  Hunter's notches. 
B)  stimulation implants. 
C)  conduction patches. 
D)  cochlear implants.

Question 17

The latest cochlear implants make use of which theory of hearing to separate higher and lower tones?

Accepted Answer

A)  frequency 
B)  place 
C)  conduction 
D)  stimulation 
A)  frequency 
B)  place 
C)  conduction 
D)  stimulation

Question 18

Jessie has a nagging backache after a day spent raking leaves.This nagging pain

Accepted Answer

A)  involves the body's reminding system for pain. 
B)  is carried by small nerve fibers. 
C)  may cause agony long after this injury has healed. 
D)  involves all of these characteristics. 
A)  involves the body's reminding system for pain. 
B)  is carried by small nerve fibers. 
C)  may cause agony long after this injury has healed. 
D)  involves all of these characteristics.

Question 19

Perceptual misconstruction occurs when viewing the Ames room because

Accepted Answer

A)  our ordinary assumptions about the shape of the room are violated. 
B)  observers have prior knowledge of the experiment and expect bizarre experiences. 
C)  retinal disparity occurs and results in the phenomenon known as motion parallax. 
D)  of the autokinetic effect. 
A)  our ordinary assumptions about the shape of the room are violated. 
B)  observers have prior knowledge of the experiment and expect bizarre experiences. 
C)  retinal disparity occurs and results in the phenomenon known as motion parallax. 
D)  of the autokinetic effect.

Question 20

It is easier to visualize a wavy line on a squared-off line than to see a complex set of shapes.This tendency toward simplicity in organization is called

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 4: B: Sensation and Perception

Regarding olfaction and gustation,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Individuals with which of the following conditions find it difficult to empathize with the pain of others?

Regarding the word somesthetic,soma means

When a person's limb is amputated,this limb still exists as far as the brain is concerned because the brain creates a body image called the

Which of the following is created by your brain and allows you to perceive your own body?

Which sense involves airborne molecules passing over five million nerve fibers with the receptor proteins on the surface of these fibers being stimulated by these molecules,causing signals to be sent to the brain?

Regarding olfaction,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Studies of people who have had their vision restored after a lifetime of blindness found that it takes time for these people to learn to organize their sensations into

Saltiness and sourness appear to be

Which of the following would be good advice to help a person to minimize motion sickness?

You have a craving for ice cream.In the lunch room,you see a large bowl of pistachio ice cream.Excitedly,you run up to the bowl,only to find that it smells like tuna and is,in fact,a large bowl of tuna fish.You have just experienced

Which of the following contribute(s)to our feeling of motion sickness?

Which would represent the greatest loss to a professional wine taster or chef?

Which of the following perceptual skills will be the first to appear if a blind person regains his or her sight?

Skin sensations include

Devices that have recently been invented to correct hearing loss caused by damage to the hair cells are called

The latest cochlear implants make use of which theory of hearing to separate higher and lower tones?

Jessie has a nagging backache after a day spent raking leaves.This nagging pain

Perceptual misconstruction occurs when viewing the Ames room because

It is easier to visualize a wavy line on a squared-off line than to see a complex set of shapes.This tendency toward simplicity in organization is called

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