Question 1

Everyone is asleep but you. You turn down the television set's volume until you can just barely hear it. What method of measuring a sensory threshold are you using?

Accepted Answer

A)  method of incremented stimuli 
B)  estimation method 
C)  method of constant stimuli 
D)  method of adjustment

Question 2

"Single-eye vision is to _______ as double-eye vision is to _______."

Accepted Answer

A)  kinetic; monocular 
B)  monocular; kinetic 
C)  monocular; binocular 
D)  binocular; monocular

Question 3

Perrone's result, using a rigid box moving away from the observer, suggests that the contraction of the retinal image causes the observer to perceive that the box was moving away and getting smaller. The perception of the box getting smaller SEEMS to violate which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  size constancy 
B)  shape constancy 
C)  figure-ground reversal 
D)  proximity

Question 4

The shape of the lens adjusts in order to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  protect the eye from too much light 
B)  let in more light when it is dark 
C)  focus on different objects at different distances 
D)  allow time for the eye to adjust to bright light

Question 5

If a subject in a perception study were listening to sounds and asked to assign one of a provided set of numbers to match to each sound's intensity, the method being used to measure the psychophysical function is _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cross-modality matching 
B)  category judgment 
C)  magnitude estimation 
D)  Weber's Law

Question 6

What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Accepted Answer

A)  tiny bones located in the middle ear 
B)  types of cones on the retina 
C)  types of sound that most people can detect 
D)  words often used by audiologists in testing for hearing difficulties

Question 7

Suppose you look at a given figure and decide that, depending on how you look at it, it can be perceived as either an old woman or a young lady. Such a figure would be said to be ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  mixed 
B)  confused 
C)  reversible 
D)  inconsistent

Question 8

The middle ear includes the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  ear canal 
B)  round window 
C)  hammer 
D)  basilar membrane

Question 9

When people are nearsighted, this most likely means that their eye:

Accepted Answer

A)  focuses light behind the retina. 
B)  focuses light on the blindspot. 
C)  focuses light in front of the retina. 
D)  has shifted the near point of accommodation due to distortion of the lens.

Question 10

An illusion ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  is the same thing as a vision 
B)  is due to the action of the rods versus the cones in the retina 
C)  is a perception that does not correspond to reality 
D)  corresponds directly to something that you dreamed

Question 11

Put the bones of the middle ear in the

Accepted Answer

The answer of Put the bones of the middle ear...

Question 12

Decibels are used to measure _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  frequency 
B)  amplitude 
C)  loudness 
D)  overtones

Question 13

The place theory of pitch was suggested by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Helmholtz 
B)  Hering 
C)  Wald 
D)  Rutherford

Question 14

The fovea is made up of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  all rods and no cones 
B)  mostly cones with some rods 
C)  mostly rods with some cones 
D)  all cones and no rods

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue?

Accepted Answer

A)  clearness 
B)  linear perspective 
C)  retinal disparity 
D)  texture

Question 16

You detect the strong smell of cedar when you enter a furniture store. However, after a short while in the store, you no longer can detect the smell. This process is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory adaptation. 
B)  habituation. 
C)  perceptual constancy. 
D)  accommodation.

Question 17

Describe how sound waves become nerve impulses as they enter the ear. How are the important characteristics of sound coded?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe how sound waves become nerve impulses...

Question 18

There are seven primary tastes: hot, sour, spicy, sweet, brothy, acid, and bitter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The outermost part of the ear is called the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  pinna 
B)  oval window 
C)  tympanic membrane 
D)  cochlea

Question 20

Which type of information helps with depth perception?

Accepted Answer

A)  revision 
B)  dispartic 
C)  binocular 
D)  all of the above

Exam 3: Sensation and Perception