Question 1

Which fact MOST strongly supports the trichromatic theory of color vision?

Accepted Answer

A)  A red light plus a green light does not look reddish-green. 
B)  If you stare at a yellow square for a minute and then look away,you will see a blue afterimage. 
C)  Some color-blind individuals can distinguish blue and green but not red and green. 
D)  Some cones in the retina respond primarily to red light,while others respond primarily to blue light. 
A)  A red light plus a green light does not look reddish-green. 
B)  If you stare at a yellow square for a minute and then look away,you will see a blue afterimage. 
C)  Some color-blind individuals can distinguish blue and green but not red and green. 
D)  Some cones in the retina respond primarily to red light,while others respond primarily to blue light. D

Question 2

The smallest intensity of a sound that you can hear half the time is the absolute threshold.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The Muller-Lyer and Ponzo illusions make lines that are actually equal in length appear to be unequal.This is accomplished by:

Accepted Answer

A)  creating a disproportionate contrast between other nearby lines. 
B)  providing cues that make one of the lines appear farther away than the other. 
C)  tricking the eye into moving along one line more quickly than the other. 
D)  presenting more than one Gestalt grouping principle at the same time. 
A)  creating a disproportionate contrast between other nearby lines. 
B)  providing cues that make one of the lines appear farther away than the other. 
C)  tricking the eye into moving along one line more quickly than the other. 
D)  presenting more than one Gestalt grouping principle at the same time. B

Question 4

A blind person who can read Braille is an excellent example of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  body's ability to turn on new skin receptors. 
B)  sensitivity of the skin. 
C)  insensitivity of sighted persons. 
D)  sensitivity of the saccule. 
A)  body's ability to turn on new skin receptors. 
B)  sensitivity of the skin. 
C)  insensitivity of sighted persons. 
D)  sensitivity of the saccule.

Question 5

Your psychology instructor divides the class into partners.You are blindfolded and your partner places decreasing weights on the back of your hand until you can only detect the smallest weight half the time. You have just determined your ____________ for touch.

Accepted Answer

A)  adaptive threshold 
B)  adaptation rate 
C)  absolute threshold 
D)  difference threshold 
A)  adaptive threshold 
B)  adaptation rate 
C)  absolute threshold 
D)  difference threshold

Question 6

You are pregnant.Your obstetrician looks at the fuzzy image on the sonogram and says,"There are your baby's legs,and there's his penis.He's a boy." You look at the image and can't determine where the legs are and which part is the penis.Your obstetrician is able to interpret what she sees to a greater extent than you are able,demonstrating her well-developed:

Accepted Answer

A)  visual sense. 
B)  sensory receptor cells. 
C)  perceptual ability. 
D)  associative ability. 
A)  visual sense. 
B)  sensory receptor cells. 
C)  perceptual ability. 
D)  associative ability.

Question 7

Compared to members of most other cultures,members of the Bariba society in West Africa appear to:

Accepted Answer

A)  be able to tolerate pain more easily. 
B)  have a greater difficulty tolerating pain. 
C)  have the same pain tolerance,but they tend to be more vocal about their pain in order to ensure that others come to their aid. 
D)  have the same pain tolerance,but they tend to inhibit their expression of pain because it is considered ungodly. 
A)  be able to tolerate pain more easily. 
B)  have a greater difficulty tolerating pain. 
C)  have the same pain tolerance,but they tend to be more vocal about their pain in order to ensure that others come to their aid. 
D)  have the same pain tolerance,but they tend to inhibit their expression of pain because it is considered ungodly.

Question 8

Recent research has demonstrated that humans have olfactory receptors for how many different chemicals in the air we breathe?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 
B)  7 
C)  12 
D)  hundreds or thousands 
A)  5 
B)  7 
C)  12 
D)  hundreds or thousands

Question 9

Which skin receptors play a primary role in sensing temperature and pain?

Accepted Answer

A)  basket cells 
B)  free nerve endings 
C)  specialized end bulbs 
D)  tactile discs 
A)  basket cells 
B)  free nerve endings 
C)  specialized end bulbs 
D)  tactile discs

Question 10

The blind spot is the area of the retina:

Accepted Answer

A)  where the cones are heavily concentrated. 
B)  in which no rods or cones exist. 
C)  where the rods are heavily concentrated. 
D)  where the fovea is located. 
A)  where the cones are heavily concentrated. 
B)  in which no rods or cones exist. 
C)  where the rods are heavily concentrated. 
D)  where the fovea is located.

Question 11

As you drive home from school,you hardly notice movement when you look out of the windshield of your car,but as you turn to look out the side window,objects are whizzing by.You perceive objects out the side window as closer because of the depth perception cue called:

Accepted Answer

A)  shadowing. 
B)  aerial perspective. 
C)  superposition. 
D)  speed of movement. 
A)  shadowing. 
B)  aerial perspective. 
C)  superposition. 
D)  speed of movement.

Question 12

If you stare at the blue sky for a while and then look down at the sidewalk,the sidewalk may appear yellow.This phenomenon fits the:

Accepted Answer

A)  color blindness theory. 
B)  opponent-process theory. 
C)  trichromatic theory. 
D)  color constancy theory. 
A)  color blindness theory. 
B)  opponent-process theory. 
C)  trichromatic theory. 
D)  color constancy theory.

Question 13

Which of the following provides the body with information about orientation and movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  vestibular organ 
B)  nocioceptors 
C)  endorphins 
D)  tactile discs 
A)  vestibular organ 
B)  nocioceptors 
C)  endorphins 
D)  tactile discs

Question 14

Which skin receptors are wound around the base of hairs?

Accepted Answer

A)  basket cells 
B)  free nerve endings 
C)  specialized end bulbs 
D)  tactile discs 
A)  basket cells 
B)  free nerve endings 
C)  specialized end bulbs 
D)  tactile discs

Question 15

To perceive intense heat,both warm and ____________ free nerve endings are stimulated.

Accepted Answer

The answer of To perceive intense heat,both warm and ____________...

Question 16

Abigail delights in spinning round and round.After a few minutes,she tries to walk and falls down.Abigail appears to be overstimulating her:

Accepted Answer

A)  vestibular senses. 
B)  rotational senses. 
C)  kinesthetic senses. 
D)  skin senses. 
A)  vestibular senses. 
B)  rotational senses. 
C)  kinesthetic senses. 
D)  skin senses.

Question 17

In the dark,the retina increases its sensitivity to light by a factor of:

Accepted Answer

A)  10. 
B)  100. 
C)  10,000. 
D)  100,000. 
A)  10. 
B)  100. 
C)  10,000. 
D)  100,000.

Question 18

The process of changing one form of energy into another is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  transformation. 
B)  transduction. 
C)  translation. 
D)  transmission. 
A)  transformation. 
B)  transduction. 
C)  translation. 
D)  transmission.

Question 19

The Gestalt principles of proximity and figure-ground are examples of monocular depth cues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Single wavelength is to multiple wavelengths as:

Accepted Answer

A)  dim light is to bright light. 
B)  saturated is to unsaturated. 
C)  bright light is to dim light. 
D)  unsaturated is to saturated. 
A)  dim light is to bright light. 
B)  saturated is to unsaturated. 
C)  bright light is to dim light. 
D)  unsaturated is to saturated.

Which fact MOST strongly supports the trichromatic theory of color vision?

The smallest intensity of a sound that you can hear half the time is the absolute threshold.

The Muller-Lyer and Ponzo illusions make lines that are actually equal in length appear to be unequal.This is accomplished by:

A blind person who can read Braille is an excellent example of the:

Your psychology instructor divides the class into partners.You are blindfolded and your partner places decreasing weights on the back of your hand until you can only detect the smallest weight half the time. You have just determined your ____________ for touch.

Compared to members of most other cultures,members of the Bariba society in West Africa appear to:

Recent research has demonstrated that humans have olfactory receptors for how many different chemicals in the air we breathe?

Which skin receptors play a primary role in sensing temperature and pain?

The blind spot is the area of the retina:

As you drive home from school,you hardly notice movement when you look out of the windshield of your car,but as you turn to look out the side window,objects are whizzing by.You perceive objects out the side window as closer because of the depth perception cue called:

If you stare at the blue sky for a while and then look down at the sidewalk,the sidewalk may appear yellow.This phenomenon fits the:

Which of the following provides the body with information about orientation and movement?

Which skin receptors are wound around the base of hairs?

To perceive intense heat,both warm and ____________ free nerve endings are stimulated.

Abigail delights in spinning round and round.After a few minutes,she tries to walk and falls down.Abigail appears to be overstimulating her:

In the dark,the retina increases its sensitivity to light by a factor of:

The process of changing one form of energy into another is called:

The Gestalt principles of proximity and figure-ground are examples of monocular depth cues.

Single wavelength is to multiple wavelengths as:

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Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

Which fact MOST strongly supports the trichromatic theory of color vision?

The smallest intensity of a sound that you can hear half the time is the absolute threshold.

The Muller-Lyer and Ponzo illusions make lines that are actually equal in length appear to be unequal.This is accomplished by:

A blind person who can read Braille is an excellent example of the:

Your psychology instructor divides the class into partners.You are blindfolded and your partner places decreasing weights on the back of your hand until you can only detect the smallest weight half the time. You have just determined your ____________ for touch.

Compared to members of most other cultures,members of the Bariba society in West Africa appear to:

Recent research has demonstrated that humans have olfactory receptors for how many different chemicals in the air we breathe?

Which skin receptors play a primary role in sensing temperature and pain?

The blind spot is the area of the retina:

As you drive home from school,you hardly notice movement when you look out of the windshield of your car,but as you turn to look out the side window,objects are whizzing by.You perceive objects out the side window as closer because of the depth perception cue called:

If you stare at the blue sky for a while and then look down at the sidewalk,the sidewalk may appear yellow.This phenomenon fits the:

Which of the following provides the body with information about orientation and movement?

Which skin receptors are wound around the base of hairs?

To perceive intense heat,both warm and ____________ free nerve endings are stimulated.

Abigail delights in spinning round and round.After a few minutes,she tries to walk and falls down.Abigail appears to be overstimulating her:

In the dark,the retina increases its sensitivity to light by a factor of:

The process of changing one form of energy into another is called:

The Gestalt principles of proximity and figure-ground are examples of monocular depth cues.

Single wavelength is to multiple wavelengths as:

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The Interplay of Nature and Nurture

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Basic Principles of Learning

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