Question 1

A psychophysicist would be most directly concerned with:

Accepted Answer

A)  our psychological reactions to physical stress 
B)  the effects of genetics on the endocrine system 
C)  the effect of neurotransmitters on depression 
D)  the relation between the wavelength of light and the experience of color

Question 2

When an artist creates the illusion of depth in a painting,she does so by using:

Accepted Answer

A)  depth cues from stereoscopic vision 
B)  binocular depth cues 
C)  monocular depth cues 
D)  depth cues from retinal disparity

Question 3

There is a loaf of bread behind a container of milk on the table in front of you.You see the bread as a single loaf rather than two half loaves,one on either side of the milk container.Which Gestalt principle accounts for this outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  similarity 
B)  good continuation 
C)  parallelism 
D)  closure

Question 4

Someone who needs reading glasses to see at a close distance has problems _____ her lens.Someone who needs glasses to see objects at a distance has problems _____ his lens.

Accepted Answer

A)  thickening; flattening 
B)  flattening; flattening 
C)  thickening; thickening 
D)  flattening; thickening

Question 5

Encharta is sitting outside,looking at her beautiful garden.As the sun goes down,the colors become less bright and finally all become shades of gray.This change happens because the:

Accepted Answer

A)  amount of photopigment is decreasing 
B)  amount of photopigment is increasing 
C)  cones are taking over for the rods 
D)  rods are taking over for the cones

Question 6

Some animals have ears that they can rotate in different directions.These animals have superior perception of:

Accepted Answer

A)  pitch 
B)  location 
C)  loudness 
D)  intensity

Question 7

Object agnosia provides support for the idea that there are two separate streams of analysis of visual information because it shows that:

Accepted Answer

A)  both streams are necessary for perception 
B)  damage to one stream produces partial dysfunction in the other 
C)  damage to the ventral stream still allows spatial perception 
D)  damage to the ventral stream still allows object perception

Question 8

According to this information processing model,pattern recognition occurs because the data at higher levels of mental processing influence the lower levels in the processing hierarchy.

Accepted Answer

A)  bottom-up processing 
B)  bottom-down processing 
C)  top-up processing 
D)  top-down processing

Question 9

Damian frequently runs into Carmen while he is walking his dog.He is puzzled because Carmen always greets his dog,but never greets him until he has spoken to her.He becomes even more perplexed when Carmen says,"Oh look,there is Ryan's car," even though Ryan is standing right next to the car.You could enlighten Damian by telling him that Carmen quite likely suffers from:

Accepted Answer

A)  agnosia 
B)  apraxia 
C)  prosopagnosia 
D)  aphasia

Question 10

Temperature,pain,and pressure are components of the _____ sense.

Accepted Answer

A)  olfactory 
B)  vestibular 
C)  gustatory 
D)  haptic

Question 11

Which of the following taste sensations was most recently discovered?

Accepted Answer

A)  sweet 
B)  sour 
C)  bitter 
D)  umami

Question 12

Dr.Breiland examines the relationship between the physical properties of light,such as its amplitude and wavelength,and humans' perception of color.Which of the following terms most accurately describes Dr.Breiland's field of study?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensation 
B)  psychophysics 
C)  perception 
D)  cognitive psychology

Question 13

The optic nerve is composed of axons of:

Accepted Answer

A)  rods and cones 
B)  bipolar cells 
C)  ganglion cells 
D)  foveal cells

Question 14

Colleen and LaVonne are playing darts.Colleen throws her dart into the center of the target,and LaVonne throws his dart into the outer ring.In an analogy to vision,Colleen would have been likely to hit a _____,and LaVonne would have been likely to hit a _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  rod; cone 
B)  rod; rod 
C)  cone; cone 
D)  cone; rod

Question 15

Daniel is standing on the outside platform of the train station.He is looking down the tracks hoping to see his train.As the tracks get farther from him the two sides of the tracks will appear to _____,providing the depth cue of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  remain parallel; linear perspective 
B)  converge; linear perspective 
C)  remain parallel; texture gradient 
D)  converge; texture gradient

Question 16

Haptic experiences are the result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the integration of multiple signals and higher-level mental processes 
B)  the integration of signals from all of our senses 
C)  the integration of pressure and pain signals 
D)  the integration of tactile sensations and higher-level mental processes

Question 17

The axons from _____ cells form the _____,which exits the eye at the back of the retina.

Accepted Answer

A)  ganglion; optic nerve 
B)  amacrine; optic nerve 
C)  ganglion; optic chiasm 
D)  amacrine; optic chiasm

Question 18

Callie is pregnant.She has never liked vegetables and rarely eats them.However,she does not want her baby to have the same bad eating habits.If Callie wants her baby to grow up to enjoy the taste of vegetables,the most effective thing she can do is:

Accepted Answer

A)  eat vegetables while she is pregnant and nursing 
B)  give the baby strained vegetables as one of his or her first solid foods 
C)  avoid eating meat while she is pregnant and nursing 
D)  limit the amount of meat the baby is fed when he or she starts to eat solid food

Question 19

_____ is the body's detection of external or internal sensory stimuli,whereas _____ is its further processing,organizing,and interpreting of those stimuli.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sensation; perception 
B)  Perception; sensation 
C)  Transduction; perception 
D)  Perception; transduction

Question 20

When the moon is high in the sky it will appear _____ when it is close to the horizon.

Accepted Answer

A)  larger than 
B)  just as distant as 
C)  more distant than 
D)  closer than

Exam 4: Sensation and Perception