Question 1

The blind spot is a region of the retina containing no __________ and is totally devoid of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) cones;ganglion cells 
B) photopigments;rods 
C) lens;accommodation 
D) rods;sense receptors

Question 2

The lenses in your eye change shape to focus on objects near or far away in a process called

Accepted Answer

A) saturation. 
B) accommodation. 
C) transduction. 
D) the pupillary reflex.

Question 3

Julian is getting his eyes tested,and the doctor asks him to indicate when the image on the screen gets brighter or darker than it was previously.The doctor is trying to determine Julian's

Accepted Answer

A) absolute threshold. 
B) adaptation threshold. 
C) just noticeable difference. 
D) signal detection.

Question 4

As we age,we are more likely to need glasses because

Accepted Answer

A) the lens loses its flexibility. 
B) of damage to our retinas. 
C) the retina can no longer accommodate subtle changes in light. 
D) of damage to our corneas.

Question 5

Our ability to experience so many different tastes,despite the limited number of taste sensations,demonstrates the interplay between our senses of taste and

Accepted Answer

A) touch. 
B) hearing. 
C) vision. 
D) smell.

Question 6

The colour of light is what psychologists call

Accepted Answer

A) brightness. 
B) hue. 
C) timbre. 
D) synesthesia.

Question 7

Research on human pheromones should have what impact on a person's decision to purchase pheromone-based products to make themselves more attractive and desirable to others?

Accepted Answer

A) Human pheromones do not exist and pheromone-based products are therefore a waste of money. 
B) Human pheromones do exist but the research on the usefulness of pheromone-based products is inconclusive. 
C) Human pheromones do exist and purchasing pheromone-based products is a useful way to influence others' interest in you. 
D) Human pheromones do exist but purchasing pheromone-based products is not an effective way to influence others' interest in you.

Question 8

By presenting research participants with incomplete objects,psychologists have been able to see how the participants come to determine what they are viewing.This research suggests that our daily experiences are the result of

Accepted Answer

A) both reality and illusions. 
B) only reality. 
C) only sensory information. 
D) only illusions.

Question 9

Who actually found three types of cones in the retina?

Accepted Answer

A) Young and Helmholtz 
B) Hering 
C) Wald and Brown 
D) Smith and Wesson

Question 10

The Kanizsa square is used in your text to demonstrate the phenomenon called subjective contours.What Gestalt principle helps to explain why we perceive subjective contours?

Accepted Answer

A) Good continuation 
B) Closure 
C) Symmetry 
D) Figure-ground

Question 11

Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called

Accepted Answer

A) accommodation. 
B) perception. 
C) transduction. 
D) sensation.

Question 12

The perceptual process of filling-in is guided by

Accepted Answer

A) preconceived notions and past experience. 
B) activation of neuronal patterns specific to an object. 
C) the process of transduction in any sense. 
D) the raw sensory data that is received in the sense organs.

Question 13

The conversion of external energy into something that the nervous system can understand is known as

Accepted Answer

A) transduction. 
B) accommodation. 
C) perception. 
D) sensation.

Question 14

The organization and interpretation of olfactory information is one example of

Accepted Answer

A) perception. 
B) accommodation. 
C) sensation. 
D) transduction.

Question 15

The fifth taste,umami,was first identified by researchers in

Accepted Answer

A) Japan. 
B) Korea. 
C) China. 
D) the United States.

Question 16

Taylor was driving and noticed that when he looks out the window right beside him,things on the side of the road seem to fly by,whereas when he looks at objects ahead of him,they appear to be moving slower.What pictorial depth cue is responsible for this perception?

Accepted Answer

A) Linear perspective 
B) Disparity 
C) Convergence 
D) Motion parallax

Question 17

Laverne looks at the tongue of her friend and sees all kinds of bumps on her tongue.She comments "Wow! You sure have a lot of __________."

Accepted Answer

A) papillae 
B) olfactory receptors 
C) taste buds 
D) taste receptors

Question 18

A person with red-green colour blindness will see the world in

Accepted Answer

A) blacks,whites,and greys. 
B) muted reds and greens. 
C) blues,yellows,and greys. 
D) yellows,greens,and greys.

Question 19

The longest wavelengths we can see are experienced as __________ colours.

Accepted Answer

A) red 
B) violet 
C) green 
D) yellow

Question 20

Which of the following is conceptually similar to the process of transduction?

Accepted Answer

A) Hearing a story from a friend and phoning up another friend to tell them the same story 
B) Thinking about what you are going to write in a paper and then typing out your thoughts 
C) Taking a picture of a funny sign that you saw on a road trip 
D) Forgetting that your sunglasses are on your face because you have been wearing them so long

Exam 4: D: Sensation and Perception

The blind spot is a region of the retina containing no and is totally devoid of .