Question 1

With the exception of chronic pain, pain

Accepted Answer

A)  can lead to bad things. 
B)  is important for our safety 
C)  only causes suffering. 
D)  is not a very good thing.

Question 2

Weber's law best fits sensory stimuli that are

Accepted Answer

A)  fairly weak. 
B)  neither very strong nor very weak 
C)  fairly weak through very strong. 
D)  very strong.

Question 3

Supertasters have the same number of taste buds as medium and non-tasters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The technical name for the sensation of smell is called gustation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following theories best explains the phenomena of afterimages and the perception of the colour yellow?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frequency theory 
B)  Trichromatic theory 
C)  Signal detection theory 
D)  Opponent-process theory

Question 6

According to the text, supertasters have ________ people with a reduced ability to taste.

Accepted Answer

A)  five different types of papillae, while only three type are found 
B)  four times as many taste buds as 
C)  the smallest number of taste buds, compared to 
D)  half as many taste buds as

Question 7

Each of the following statements about all colour-blind people is true, except

Accepted Answer

A)  "They are usually aware of their problem." 
B)  "Most of them see the world black, white and shades of grey." 
C)  "They usually are unable to distinguish certain colours, but rarely have total absence of colour vision." 
D)  "They lack normal genes for the three colour pigments."

Question 8

The textbook calls illusions a form of hallucination

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Nearsightedness (hyperopia) occurs when the lens focuses images of distant objects in front of, rather than on, the retina.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is not true of cones?

Accepted Answer

A)  They play a key role colour vision. 
B)  They are more numerous than rods 
C)  They are critical our ability to notice fine detail. 
D)  They function best bright light.

Question 11

Each skin receptor responds only to touch, pressure, warmth or cold.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Why do we naturally rub an area of the body that we have hit or stimulated in such a way that we expect pain?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a superstition. 
B)  We are trying to encourage endorphin release that area. 
C)  We are doing natural acupressure. 
D)  We are stimulating slow acting nerves to compete with pain carrying nerves at the "pain gate."

Question 13

As we view people and objects from different angles and distances and under different lighting conditions, we tend to see them as maintaining the same size, shape, brightness, and colour. We call this phenomenon Gestalt constancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

As we grow older, our lens loses some elasticity-that is, it loses the ability to change its shape to accommodate for near vision, a condition called

Accepted Answer

A)  accommodation failure. 
B)  myopia. 
C)  presbyopia 
D)  anhedonia.

Question 15

The higher the frequency of a sound wave, the

Accepted Answer

A)  louder the sound. 
B)  lower the pitch. 
C)  higher the pitch 
D)  softer the sound.

Question 16

Hue is to ________ of light as brightness is to ________ of light.

Accepted Answer

A)  wavelength; purity 
B)  wavelength;intensity 
C)  intensity; purity 
D)  wave complexity;intensity

Question 17

Size constancy is defined as the ability of the perceptual system to be influenced more by the actual size of objects than by

Accepted Answer

A)  the size of the retinal image of the object 
B)  the size of the projection the cortex. 
C)  the context which the object appears. 
D)  the retinal disparity of the object.

Question 18

Monocular depth cues include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  linear perspective. 
B)  binocular disparity 
C)  relative size.
Dterposition.

Question 19

Compare and contrast monocular with binocular depth cues.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare and contrast monocular with binocular depth...

Question 20

what you expect to perceive-determines, to a large extent, what you actually see, hear, feel, taste, and smell.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

With the exception of chronic pain, pain

Weber's law best fits sensory stimuli that are

Supertasters have the same number of taste buds as medium and non-tasters.

The technical name for the sensation of smell is called gustation.

Which of the following theories best explains the phenomena of afterimages and the perception of the colour yellow?

According to the text, supertasters have ________ people with a reduced ability to taste.

Each of the following statements about all colour-blind people is true, except

The textbook calls illusions a form of hallucination

Nearsightedness (hyperopia) occurs when the lens focuses images of distant objects in front of, rather than on, the retina.

Which of the following is not true of cones?

Each skin receptor responds only to touch, pressure, warmth or cold.

Why do we naturally rub an area of the body that we have hit or stimulated in such a way that we expect pain?

As we view people and objects from different angles and distances and under different lighting conditions, we tend to see them as maintaining the same size, shape, brightness, and colour. We call this phenomenon Gestalt constancy.

As we grow older, our lens loses some elasticity-that is, it loses the ability to change its shape to accommodate for near vision, a condition called

The higher the frequency of a sound wave, the

Hue is to of light as brightness is to of light.

Size constancy is defined as the ability of the perceptual system to be influenced more by the actual size of objects than by

Monocular depth cues include all of the following except

Compare and contrast monocular with binocular depth cues.

what you expect to perceive-determines, to a large extent, what you actually see, hear, feel, taste, and smell.