Question 1

An animal species normally active at night (or nocturnal) would be expected to have a visual system that consists primarily of ​

Accepted Answer

A) rods. 
B) cones. 
C) bipolar cells. 
D) ganglion cells.

Question 2

Food generally tastes bland when you have a severe head cold because

Accepted Answer

A) your cold will cause the sweet receptors in your mouth to become inactivated. 
B) your high temperature will cause your brain to block signals from the taste buds. 
C) your naturally produced antibodies interfere with chemical molecules stimulated by your taste buds. 
D) with a reduced sense of smell your sense of taste will be diminished.

Question 3

Briefly explain what happens when you undergo dark adaptation by explaining why, when you enter a dark room after being in a very bright light, you cannot see anything for approximately 10 minutes and are unable to see things clearly for 30 minutes. ​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Briefly explain what happens when you undergo...

Question 4

Axons carrying visual information exit the eye at the _____.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Axons carrying visual information exit the eye...

Question 5

Humans can hear sounds ranging in frequency from

Accepted Answer

A) 10-120 dB. 
B) 20-2,000 dB. 
C) 200-2,000 Hz. 
D) 20-20,000 Hz.

Question 6

Rather than provide details about the party she just attended, Patty tried to give her overall impression.  Patty was operating on the assumption of _____, that the whole may be greater than the mere sum of its parts. ​

Accepted Answer

A) psychophysics 
B) holistic psychology 
C) Gestalt psychology 
D) psychodynamics

Question 7

The theory of hearing that views the basilar membrane as being like a drumhead is _____ theory.

Accepted Answer

A) place 
B) timpani 
C) frequency 
D) opponent process

Question 8

Vanessa describes a new melody that she heard at a concert by telling you each of the individual notes in the order that they were played. In providing this type of description, it appears that Vanessa processed the melody using

Accepted Answer

A) top-down processing. 
B) figure-ground processing. 
C) opponent processes. 
D) bottom-up processing.

Question 9

A variety of physical stimuli including mechanical, thermal, and chemical energy are the stimuli for the sense of ​

Accepted Answer

A) touch. 
B) smell. 
C) taste. 
D) both taste and smell.

Question 10

A recently recognized fifth taste is known as umami, which is a _____ taste.

Accepted Answer

A) hot 
B) savory 
C) sweet 
D) bitter

Question 11

Gabriella was looking for shelter from a sudden cloudburst, but she had difficulty judging whether the old barn or the farmhouse was closer. However, when she noticed that the barn partially obscured the corner of the house, she headed for the barn. She was able to judge which building was closer based on

Accepted Answer

A) texture gradient. 
B) interposition. 
C) relative size. 
D) linear perspective.

Question 12

The process of detecting specific elements in visual input and assembling them into a more complex form is known as ​

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual set. 
B) inattentional blindness. 
C) feature analysis. 
D) top-to-bottom processing.

Question 13

The perceptual tendency to perceive a pile of change as being composed of pennies, nickels, and dimes is the result of ​

Accepted Answer

A) closure. 
B) similarity. 
C) proximity. ​ 
D) continuity.

Question 14

The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the ​

Accepted Answer

A) horizontal-vertical illusion. 
B) Ponzo illusion. 
C) Müller-Lyer illusion. 
D) illusion of relative size.

Question 15

Although located in the eye, the _____ is actually an extension of the central nervous system and is responsible for processing images. ​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Although located in the eye, the _____...

Question 16

Psychologists who took the structuralist approach to the study of consciousness believed that the best way to understand an individual's conscious experiences was to understand all the component parts that combined to produce the experience. This view is MOST consistent with  the _____ model of perception.

Accepted Answer

A) top-down processing 
B) eclectic 
C) bottom-up processing 
D) opponent process

Question 17

If an announcer describing each pitch during a baseball game fails to notice a naked fan running across the infield, the announcer would be demonstrating ​

Accepted Answer

A) inattentional blindness. 
B) attentional blindness. 
C) perceptual set. 
D) feature analysis.

Question 18

The depth perception cue based on the observation that parallel lines converge in the distance is ​

Accepted Answer

A) height in plane. 
B) retinal disparity. 
C) linear perspective. 
D) interposition.

Question 19

If you mix red, green, and blue paint, you will get ​

Accepted Answer

A) purple. 
B) white. 
C) orange. 
D) black.

Question 20

Provide an overview of the place and frequency theories of pitch perception, and resolve the "debate" between the two.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Provide an overview of the place and...

Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

An animal species normally active at night (or nocturnal) would be expected to have a visual system that consists primarily of ​

Food generally tastes bland when you have a severe head cold because

Briefly explain what happens when you undergo dark adaptation by explaining why, when you enter a dark room after being in a very bright light, you cannot see anything for approximately 10 minutes and are unable to see things clearly for 30 minutes. ​

Axons carrying visual information exit the eye at the _____.

Humans can hear sounds ranging in frequency from

Rather than provide details about the party she just attended, Patty tried to give her overall impression. Patty was operating on the assumption of _____, that the whole may be greater than the mere sum of its parts. ​

The theory of hearing that views the basilar membrane as being like a drumhead is _____ theory.

Vanessa describes a new melody that she heard at a concert by telling you each of the individual notes in the order that they were played. In providing this type of description, it appears that Vanessa processed the melody using

A variety of physical stimuli including mechanical, thermal, and chemical energy are the stimuli for the sense of ​

A recently recognized fifth taste is known as umami, which is a _____ taste.

The process of detecting specific elements in visual input and assembling them into a more complex form is known as ​

The perceptual tendency to perceive a pile of change as being composed of pennies, nickels, and dimes is the result of ​

The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the ​

Although located in the eye, the _____ is actually an extension of the central nervous system and is responsible for processing images. ​

If an announcer describing each pitch during a baseball game fails to notice a naked fan running across the infield, the announcer would be demonstrating ​

The depth perception cue based on the observation that parallel lines converge in the distance is ​

If you mix red, green, and blue paint, you will get ​

Provide an overview of the place and frequency theories of pitch perception, and resolve the "debate" between the two.

An animal species normally active at night (or nocturnal) would be expected to have a visual system that consists primarily of

Briefly explain what happens when you undergo dark adaptation by explaining why, when you enter a dark room after being in a very bright light, you cannot see anything for approximately 10 minutes and are unable to see things clearly for 30 minutes.

Rather than provide details about the party she just attended, Patty tried to give her overall impression. Patty was operating on the assumption of _____, that the whole may be greater than the mere sum of its parts.

A variety of physical stimuli including mechanical, thermal, and chemical energy are the stimuli for the sense of

The process of detecting specific elements in visual input and assembling them into a more complex form is known as

The perceptual tendency to perceive a pile of change as being composed of pennies, nickels, and dimes is the result of

The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the

Although located in the eye, the _____ is actually an extension of the central nervous system and is responsible for processing images.

If an announcer describing each pitch during a baseball game fails to notice a naked fan running across the infield, the announcer would be demonstrating

The depth perception cue based on the observation that parallel lines converge in the distance is

If you mix red, green, and blue paint, you will get