Question 1

Each eye sees more of the world on its own side of the visual field.A combination of the views from the two eyes creates the depth cue of

Accepted Answer

A)  linear perspective. 
B)  texture gradients. 
C)  occlusion. 
D)  binocular disparity.

Question 2

There are several steps involved in a person being able to feel a touch on their skin and experience it as pleasurable.Which of the following displays these steps in the correct order?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensation-tactile stimulation-transduction-perception 
B)  tactile stimulation-perception-transduction-sensation 
C)  perception-tactile stimulation-transduction-sensation 
D)  tactile stimulation-sensation-transduction-perception

Question 3

Which of the following taste sensations was most recently discovered?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

People see the figure ( )as an oval rather than two separate curving lines.Which Gestalt principle explains this outcome?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Sadafa loves Indian food,but is careful about what he eats because it hurts his tongue when he eats very spicy food.Sadafa most likely is

Accepted Answer

A)  a supertaster and has few taste buds in his mouth. 
B)  a supertaster with a very large number of taste buds in his mouth. 
C)  not a supertaster and has a large number of pain receptors in his mouth. 
D)  not a supertaster and has few pain receptors in his mouth.

Question 6

Which would be the worst tip for someone who is experiencing pain after a surgery?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Distract yourself by watching interesting movies." 
B)  "Invite some friends over for a good discussion." 
C)  "Keep yourself occupied." 
D)  "Focus on the pain and its sensations."

Question 7

Describe the two types of pain receptors and the types of pain that they help people perceive.Then,describe a type of pain and determine which type of pain receptor would carry it.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the two types of pain receptors...

Question 8

Distinguish between bottom-up and top-down processing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Distinguish between bottom-up and top-down processing....

Question 9

Which of the following phrases would be a good description of bottom-up processing?

Accepted Answer

A)  "It is used when information is very complex." 
B)  "It requires information based on your past experiences." 
C)  "It accounts for human judgment." 
D)  "It is a very basic type of processing."

Question 10

Avi broke his ankle skiing.At first,he felt a sharp and intense pain.The next day,the sharp pain was gone,but his ankle throbbed almost all the time.The sharp,immediate pain was due to ________;the later,throbbing pain was due to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  slow fibers; fast fibers 
B)  fast fibers; slow fibers 
C)  pain receptors; pressure receptors 
D)  pressure receptors; pain receptors

Question 11

Taj wants to create a robot that has sensation but not perception.The robot should

Accepted Answer

A)  react to light but not to the stimuli for taste, smell, or touch. 
B)  detect external physical energy but not interpret it. 
C)  understand what things are but be unable to respond to them. 
D)  construct useful information but be unable to remember it.

Question 12

Because of which of the following can you see different colors?

Accepted Answer

A)  lens 
B)  retina 
C)  rods 
D)  cones

Question 13

Hamdi wakes up in the middle of the night and tries to see the clock in the dim light.The numbers are very faint.He will more likely be able to read the numbers if he looks at the clock with his ________ because it has the largest number of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fovea; rods 
B)  periphery; rods 
C)  fovea; cones 
D)  periphery; cones

Question 14

With regard to sensation,signal detection theory accounts for a person's

Accepted Answer

A)  judgments. 
B)  intellect. 
C)  personality. 
D)  emotions.

Question 15

Gustation involves ________ taste buds,all located on the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  800 to 1,000; tongue 
B)  8,000 to 10,000; tongue, throat, and mouth 
C)  800 to 1,000; tongue, throat, and mouth 
D)  8,000 to 10,000; tongue

Question 16

________ generate action potentials that are sent to the brain by the optic nerve.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cones 
B)  Rods 
C)  Ganglion cells 
D)  Optic nerves

Question 17

Gervase is staring at the blades of his ceiling fan.When he turns off the fan,he is surprised that the blades appear to be rotating in the opposite direction.To reassure Gervase that he is not hallucinating,you could tell him about

Accepted Answer

A)  stroboscopic motion. 
B)  motion aftereffects. 
C)  texture gradients. 
D)  binocular disparity.

Question 18

Reversible figures occur because

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt laws do not apply to them. 
B)  the figures contain internally contradictory cues. 
C)  the correct assignment of figure and ground is ambiguous. 
D)  sensory information leads to different cognitive interpretations.

Question 19

According to ________ we perceive a car as a whole unit rather than perceiving it as a group of distinct entities (such as metal,tires,glass,door handles,hubcaps,and fenders).

Accepted Answer

A)  bottom-up processing 
B)  bottom-down processing 
C)  Gestalt psychology 
D)  transduction

Question 20

Which of the following statements best describes the path of visual information in the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Visual information from the left eye travels to the brain's right side. 
B)  Visual information from the left eye travels to the brain's left side. 
C)  Visual information from the left half of each eye travels to the brain's right side. 
D)  Visual information from the left half of each eye travels to the brain's left side.

Exam 5: Sensation and Perception