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Real World Psychology, 3e (Sanderson)
Chapter 4 Sensation and Perception
1) Sensation is the process of ________.
A) detecting, converting, and transmitting raw sensory data
B) selecting and organizing raw sensory data
C) detecting and organizing raw sensory data
D) selecting, receiving, and organizing raw sensory data
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
2) If three people standing next to each other witnessed a robbery and each person described the thief differently, then these different interpretations of the sensory input would most likely illustrate differences in ________.
A) transduction
B) perception
C) visual acuity
D) perception distortion
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
3) When you look feel something soft on your skin you are engaging in the process of ________; when you interpret the information and realize it is a feather, you are engaging in the process of ________.
A) noticing; daydreaming
B) sensation; perception
C) passive observation; active observation
D) perception; sensation
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
4) Your visual receptors detect the contours of the letters on this exam before sending that information to your brain. At that point, you are engaged in the process of ________.
A) perception
B) organization
C) reading
D) sensation
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
5) Which of these have been described as providing the mind's window to the outside world?
A) perceptions
B) senses
C) illusions
D) transductions
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
6) The process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory data into meaningful objects and events is called ________.
A) perceptual accuracy
B) illusory perception
C) perception
D) sensation
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
7) Special sensory cells called receptors are ________.
A) located in sensory organs and detect, convert, and transmit external signals
B) brain cells that detect and respond to stimulus energy
C) found in the body and the brain
D) stimulated by perception and inhibited by transduction
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
8) Tiny cells on your retina are detecting the contours of an animal in your back yard and sending that information to your brain. These are your visual ________.
A) lenses
B) receptors
C) filters
D) transmitters
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
9) Yuor ablity to raed thsi sntenece desipte its mnay mssipllengis is deu to ________.
A) bottom-up processing
B) integration
C) top-down processing
D) cognitive flexibility
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
10) Information processing that begins with the smaller features of raw sensory data and ends with analysis in the brain is called ________.
A) top-down
B) bottom-up
C) horizontal
D) higher-order
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
11) Information processing that starts with higher-level analysis and then works gradually to lower individual sensory features is called ________.
A) top-down
B) bottom-up
C) horizontal
D) higher-order
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
12) Your friend Max is working on a jigsaw puzzle and does not recognize the picture in the puzzle until the last piece of the puzzle is in its place. This is an example of ________.
A) top-down
B) bottom-up
C) vertical
D) horizontal
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
13) Even though you have not placed every piece of a jigsaw puzzle in its correct location, you recognize the puzzle's overall scene based on the portion already completed. This is an example of ________.
A) top-down processing
B) bottom-up processing
C) vertical processing
D) horizontal processing
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
14) You be most likely to find a person's primary vision area in which lobe of their brain?
A) temporal
B) parietal
C) frontal
D) occipital
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
15) The conversion of sensory stimuli such as light or sound waves into neural impulses to be sent along to the brain is called ________.
A) adduction
B) perception
C) transduction
D) subduction
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
16) The process in which neural impulses travel by different routes to different parts of the brain allows us to detect physical stimuli as distinct sensations. This is called ________.
A) transformation
B) sensory transmission
C) transduction
D) perceptual coding
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
17) The process by which we analyze and filter incoming sensations before sending neural impulses for further processing in other parts of the brain is called ________.
A) sensory reduction
B) perceptual stringing
C) transformative gestalting
D) selective codification
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
18) The sense of taste is perceived in which part of the brain?
A) occipital lobe
B) temporal lobe
C) limbic system
D) corpus callosum
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
19) "Turning down the volume" on repetitive information helps the sensory receptors cope with an overwhelming amount of sensory stimuli and allows time to pay attention to change, a phenomenon called ________.
A) perceptual constancy
B) sublimation
C) coding
D) sensory adaptation
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
20) Psychophysics is the study of ________.
A) the specific energy patterns that drive our thought processes
B) the link between physical characteristics of stimuli and our experience of them
C) our perceptions of physical laws
D) the physical laws that govern energy consumption in our brains
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
21) The branch of psychology that studies the relation between attributes of the physical world and our sensory experience of those attributes is called ________.
A) physical psychology
B) pseudopsychology
C) parapsychology
D) psychophysics
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
22) The fact that we can detect a candle flame at 30 miles away on a clear dark night demonstrates which attribute of vision?
A) difference threshold
B) absolute threshold
C) pain threshold
D) sensory adaptation
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
23) What has research found to be the human absolute threshold for taste?
A) one teaspoon of salt in twenty gallons of water
B) one teaspoon of sugar in two gallons of water
C) one tablespoon of vinegar in 200 gallons of water
D) one tablespoon of honey in 2,000 gallons of water
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
24) The minimum amount of change between two colors that is required to detect a difference between the two colors is referred to as a(n) ________.
A) difference threshold
B) absolute threshold
C) pain threshold
D) habituated change
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
25) A scientist wanting to determine the lightest touch that can be felt by various animals compared to human beings would be interested in finding the ________.
A) absolute threshold for touch
B) difference threshold for touch
C) attenuation threshold for touch
D) sensory threshold for touch
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
26) Subliminal perception refers to the perception of any stimulus that ________.
A) is presented during a person's motivational need state
B) is presented in a manipulative way to people
C) is presented below the threshold of a person's conscious awareness
D) is presented within the threshold of a person's preconscious awareness
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
27) When Bernie sees an advertisement for a headache pill that has been found to work "90 percent of the time," he is tempted to buy the medicine. If, however, that same commercial said instead that the same medicine " fails to work in only about 10 percent of cases," he might be less excited to try the product. This demonstrates the influence of which of these on perception?
A) feature detectors
B) transduction
C) priming
D) metacognition
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
28) Experiments on subliminal perception commonly use an instrument to flash images too quickly for conscious recognition but slowly enough to be registered by the brain. This instrument is called a(n) ________.
A) oscilloscope
B) sensorscope
C) tachistoscope
D) sublimascope
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
29) Experiments on subliminal perception have ________.
A) supported the existence of the phenomenon, but it has little or no effect on behaviors
B) shown that subliminal perception occurs only among children and some adolescents
C) shown that subliminal messages affect only people who are highly suggestible
D) failed to support the phenomenon or even its existence
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry & Critical Thinking
APA: LO 2.1 Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena
30) The process by which receptor cells become less sensitive due to unchanging stimulation is called ________.
A) habituation
B) receptive burnout
C) perceptual accommodation
D) sensory adaptation
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
31) When you first put your clothes on this morning you felt them on your skin, but within minutes you no longer noticed them. This is an example of sensory ________.
A) constancy
B) adaptation
C) habituation
D) threshold
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
32) Which of the following help(s) athletes play through painful injuries?
A) serotonin
B) endorphins
C) glucocorticoids
D) enzymes
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
33) As he is running his first 10k (ten kilometer) race, Apollo finds that he is starting to hurt and wear out at the third mile. He pushes through, and suddenly experiences a brief period where the pain goes away and he can run faster than he had been running. This "runners high" is facilitated by the release of ________.
A) endorphins
B) acetylcholine
C) cortisol
D) dopamine
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
34) Which theory of pain suggests that pain sensations are processed and altered by mechanisms within the spinal cord?
A) adaptive reduction
B) gate control
C) trichromatic
D) frequency volley
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
35) If you stubbed your toe, how could you apply the gate control theory of pain to keep your toe from hurting?
A) Do jumping jacks.
B) Count to 10.
C) Swear up a blue streak.
D) Rub the toe that hurts.
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
36) In the gate control theory of pain, ________ open(s) the gate and ________ close(s) the gate.
A) substance P; endorphins
B) endorphins; substance P
C) norepinephrine; epinephrine
D) epinephrine; norepinephrine
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
37) The phantom-limb phenomenon suggests that which of the following can generate pain without sensory input?
A) brain
B) spinal cord
C) nervous system
D) brain stem
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
38) What happens to phantom limb pain when an amputee undergoes mirror visual therapy?
A) The pain generally disappears.
B) The pain becomes a dull ache.
C) The pain becomes more intense.
D) The pain reduces to a tickle or an itch.
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
39) Light and sound both move in ________.
A) series
B) sequence
C) particles
D) waves
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
40) The physical properties of light and sound are ________.
A) wavelength, frequency, and amplitude
B) wavelength, duration, and intensity
C) frequency, duration, and intensity
D) amplitude, frequency, and intensity
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
41) To determine wavelength you would measure waves from ________.
A) top to bottom
B) bottom to bottom
C) peak to peak
D) peak to bottom
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
42) Light waves are a form of ________.
A) chemostimulatory energy
B) vibrations
C) electromagnetic energy
D) microwaves
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
43) What range of light is visible to humans?
A) 400-760 nm
B) 320-1000 nm
C) 400-1580 nm
D) ultraviolet waves
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
44) Short-wavelength light produces ________ colors, whereas long-wavelength light produces ________ colors.
A) bluish; reddish
B) reddish; bluish
C) violet; magenta
D) magenta; violet
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
45) High-amplitude light waves produce ________ colors, whereas high-amplitude sound waves produce ________ sounds.
A) bright; louder
B) dim; softer
C) bright; softer
D) dim; louder
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
46) Light enters the eye through which structure, that helps protect the eye and focus the incoming light?
A) cornea
B) iris
C) sclera
D) pupil
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
47) The iris is the muscular part of the eye that controls the opening of the ________.
A) lens
B) optic chiasm
C) pupil
D) cornea
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
48) The light-sensitive inner surface of the back of the eye, which contains rods and cones, is called the ________.
A) lens
B) cornea
C) retina
D) fovea
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
49) The point on the retina that is filled with cones and is responsible for our sharpest vision is called the ________.
A) focal spot
B) vitreous humor
C) fovea
D) optic disc
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
50) The cones on the retina are sensitive to ________.
A) fine details, color, and bright light
B) dim light and color
C) fine detail and dim light
D) color, fine detail, and dim light
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
51) Rods are most sensitive ________, and less sensitive ________.
A) to color wavelengths; in dim light
B) in dim light; to low-amplitude light waves
C) in dim light; to color wavelengths
D) to color wavelengths; to high-amplitude light waves
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
52) The correct order of the pathway for light energy is ________.
A) pupil → retina → lens → cornea
B) lens → pupil → cornea → retina
C) cornea → pupil → lens → retina
D) retina → pupil → lens → cornea
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
53) Myopia (or nearsightedness) results from images focused ________.
A) on the fovea
B) in front of the retina
C) behind the retina
D) on the rods
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
54) Hyperopia (or farsightedness) results from images focused ________.
A) on the fovea
B) in front of the retina
C) behind the retina
D) on the rods
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
55) Presbyopia is caused by ________.
A) loss of elasticity in the lens
B) clouding of the cornea
C) floaters in the vitreous humor
D) diabetes mellitus
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
56) Bleaching of the pigment in rods is an important factor in temporary blindness associated with ________.
A) presbyopia
B) dark adaptation
C) light adaptation
D) hyperopia
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
57) Entering a movie theater from outside on a bright sunny day will cause temporary blindness due to ________.
A) presbyopia
B) dark adaptation
C) light adaptation
D) hyperopia
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
58) The blind spot is ________.
A) the part of the retina that is clogged with receptors
B) the area where the optic nerve leaves the eye
C) related to how large the pupil in any given moment
D) due to damage to the eye and not something everyone has
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
59) The theory of color vision that says color perception results from mixing three distinct color systems is called the ________.
A) tricolor theory
B) trichromatic theory
C) tripigment theory
D) opponent-process theory
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
60) According to the trichromatic theory of color vision, the cones in our eyes are sensitive to ________.
A) yellow, blue, and green
B) yellow, red, and green
C) blue, green, and red
D) yellow, blue, and red
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
61) Research suggests that humans can distinguish among ________.
A) 1 million different hues
B) 7 million different hues
C) 20 million different hues
D) 100 million different hues
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
62) The theory of color vision that is based on three systems of color opposites is called the ________.
A) opponent-process theory
B) trichromatic theory
C) paired-process theory
D) opposing-pairs theory
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
63) The color aftereffects phenomenon predicts that, after staring at a bright red rectangle for a period of time, you will see a ________.
A) yellow rectangle when you look away at a white background
B) white circle when you look away at a white background
C) green rectangle when you look away at a white background
D) blue square when you look away at a white background
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
64) Someone who is sensitive to only the black-white system would be classified as a ________.
A) trichromat
B) dichromat
C) monochromat
D) phicromat
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
65) Someone who can perceive only two colors would be classified as a ________.
A) trichromat
B) dichromat
C) monochromat
D) phicromat
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
66) Most people can perceive three different colors and would be classified as ________.
A) trichromats
B) dichromats
C) monochromats
D) phicromats
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
67) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding color confusion?
A) The vast majority of people can see well over 40 million different colors.
B) Most people with limitations in their color vision are not aware of those deficits.
C) Color blindness is an appropriate term, as most deficits of color perception involve a complete inability to see a given hue.
D) To be "color blind" means that one can only see in shades of black, white, and gray.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
68) Audition is ________.
A) transforming sensory impulses into neural signals
B) the sense of hearing
C) the sense of touch
D) the interaction of two senses
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
69) Sound waves cause which of these to vibrate and pass the mechanical energy on to the three bones in the middle ear?
A) cochlea
B) tympanic membrane
C) malleus
D) incus
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
70) Vibration of the bones in the middle ear hit which structure, causing it to vibrate?
A) tympanic membrane
B) oval window
C) ear drum
D) auditory nerve
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
71) The snail-shaped, fluid-filled structure that contains receptors for hearing is the ________.
A) auditory canal
B) cochlea
C) vestibular canal
D) auditory vesicle
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
72) Which of the following is the correct pathway traveled by sound waves through the ear?
A) Cochlea → hammer → anvil → stirrup → oval window
B) Oval window → ear drum → basilar membrane → cochlea
C) Ear drum → hammer s anvil → stirrup → cochlea
D) Malleus → anvil → stirrup → ear drum → cochlea
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
73) For each different higher-pitched sound we hear, hair cells bend the most at different locations on the basilar membrane in the cochlea. This statement describes the ________.
A) place theory
B) location and pitch theory
C) pitch theory
D) location theory
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
74) Frequency theory states that we hear lower-pitched sounds because ________.
A) hair cells bend the most at a specific location on the basilar membrane
B) hair cells on the basilar membrane fire action potentials at the same rate as the frequency of the low sound
C) more axons fire action potentials (compared with fewer axons with higher-pitched sounds)
D) auditory vesicles are stimulated at lower pitches
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
75) Which theory of pitch perception "solves" the problem of frequency theory's inability to account for high pitched sound perception?
A) the opponent-process principle
B) the trichromatic theory
C) the place theory
D) the volley principle
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
76) Whether we detect a sound as being soft or loud depends on its ________.
A) hertz
B) amplitude
C) frequency
D) timbre
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
77) Loudness of sound is measured in the unit called ________.
A) hertz
B) decibel
C) frequency
D) timbre
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
78) Some city parks in Philadelphia have installed sonic devices designed to prevent children and teens loitering, while older adults cannot even hear it. This is because ________.
A) volume is too high for adults to hear
B) the frequency is too high for adults to hear
C) amplitude is too high for adults to hear
D) timbre is too difficult for adults to hear
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
79) Conduction hearing loss is caused by damage to the ________.
A) mechanical system that conducts sound waves to middle ear
B) nerves in the cochlea
C) auditory nerve itself
D) mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
80) Which type of deafness involves damage to the mechanical system that regulates sound waves to the cochlea?
A) conduction
B) middle-ear
C) nerve
D) sensorineural
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
81) Sensorineural hearing loss is also known as ________.
A) inner-ear deafness
B) cochlear deafness
C) nerve deafness
D) conduction deafness
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
82) The only known treatment for auditory nerve damage is ________.
A) a stapes implant
B) nerve stimulation
C) a cochlear implant
D) a tympanic membrane implant
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
83) Exposure to high-decibel sounds can lead to ________.
A) conduction deafness
B) mechanical deafness
C) middle-ear deafness
D) nerve deafness
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
84) A whistling or ringing sensation in the ears is called ________.
A) pitch error
B) timbre error
C) tingling
D) tinnitus
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
85) The chemical senses include ________.
A) gustation and audition
B) smell, taste, and touch
C) vision and hearing
D) smell and taste
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
86) Our sense of smell is also known as ________.
A) gustation
B) kinesthesis
C) the chemical sense
D) olfaction
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
87) According to your text, humans possess how many types of olfactory receptors?
A) 100
B) 1,000
C) 10,000
D) 1 million
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
88) According to your text, humans can detect more than how many types of distinct smells?
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 10,000
D) 1 million
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
89) Which term refers to naturally occurring body scents that affect, in particular, the sexual behaviors of others?
A) hormones
B) pheromones
C) neurotransmitters
D) phenomes
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
90) Most olfactory information is processed in which structure before being sent to other parts of the brain?
A) olfactory bulb
B) olfactory epithelium
C) olfactory receptors
D) olfactory hair cells
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
91) According to the text, which of the following is the most likely reason that humans have a general dislike for bitter foods?
A) In the last century, they have become less plentiful.
B) They are less nutritious than sour foods.
C) Historically, they are more likely to contain toxic ingredients.
D) There are more advertisements for bitter than for savory foods.
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
92) Our sense of taste is also known as ________.
A) gustation
B) kinesthesis
C) audition
D) olfaction
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
93) The sense of gustation is important from an evolutionary standpoint because ________.
A) it allows us to enjoy the food that we eat
B) it helps us stay away from foods that are harmful or toxic
C) it helps to enhance our sense of smell
D) sensations bypass the thalamus
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
94) What is the most likely reason that Jessica, who lives in the United States, thinks raw fish and chicken feet are "disgusting," but Akiko, a girl in Japan, eats these as a normal part of her diet?
A) Cultural differences may mean that Jessica was not exposed to them but Akiko was.
B) Like most Americans, Jessica likes sugar more than Japanese children.
C) Jessica's taste buds are replaced more quickly than Akiko's.
D) Jessica dislikes bitter tastes more than Akiko does.
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
95) Which of these terms is a synonym for umami, one of the five tastes?
A) acidic
B) alkaline
C) sour
D) savory
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
96) Taste buds are located within which of the following structures, on the surface of the tongue?
A) gustation receptors
B) papillae
C) gustatory pores
D) epithelia
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
97) The three body senses are ________.
A) pressure, temperature, and pain
B) skin, vestibular, and kinesthesis
C) skin, pressure, and movement
D) pain, kinesthesis, and balance
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
98) Which area of the body has the highest concentration of skin receptors?
A) back and legs
B) feet and fingers
C) face and fingers
D) arms and legs
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
99) Where are skin receptors least concentrated on the body?
A) back and legs
B) feet and fingers
C) face and fingers
D) arms and legs
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
100) Itching, tickling, and vibration sensations seem to be produced by light stimulation of ________.
A) pressure and pain receptors
B) pain and temperature receptors
C) temperature and pressure receptors
D) pressure, pain, and temperature receptors
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
101) The vestibular sense is controlled by what part of the body?
A) semicircular canals
B) vestibular canals
C) cochlea
D) papillae
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
102) The sense that detects bodily posture, orientation, and movement of body parts relative to one another is called ________.
A) kinesthesis
B) vestibular sense
C) cochlear synthesis
D) posturalthesis
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
103) Bodily posture, orientation, and movement information is provided to the brain by the ________.
A) kinesthetic sense
B) vestibular sense
C) balance sense
D) chemical sense
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
104) Kinesthetic receptors are located ________.
A) in the semicircular canals
B) throughout the muscles, joints, and tendons
C) in the occipital lobe of the brain
D) in the extremities
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
105) When our perceptions don't agree with our sensations, a(n) ________.
A) illusion results
B) hallucination results
C) delusion results
D) sensory enigma results
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
106) Which of the following is a visual illusion?
A) wavelength
B) perceptual constancy
C) Shepard's tables
D) binocular cues
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
107) When the brain is sorting out and attending only to the most important messages from the senses, it is engaged in the process of ________.
A) sensory adaptation
B) sensory habituation
C) selective attention
D) selective sorting
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
108) Jose didn't even notice the loud crash outside the door while he was focused on taking the written driver's exam. This is an example of ________.
A) sensory adaptation
B) selective habituation
C) sensory detection
D) selective attention
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
109) Feature detectors are specialized cells in the brain that ________.
A) detect and alert the nervous system to painful stimuli
B) detect the difference between different kinds of touch
C) respond only to certain sensory information
D) detect and respond only to certain features in the visual field
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
110) Feature detectors in the brain are coded to respond only to specific types of ________.
A) visual stimuli
B) auditory stimuli
C) subliminal stimuli
D) olfactory stimuli
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
111) Prosopagnosia is a condition that can involve the inability to recognize ________.
A) one's own reflection in the mirror
B) certain colors such as reds and oranges
C) auditory stimuli
D) right from left
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
112) The brain's learned tendency to ignore or stop responding to unchanging stimuli is called ________.
A) monostimulus transduction
B) selective perception
C) habituation
D) selective attention
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
113) After a month of having stuck a post-it note by your door to remind you of an appointment, you forgot the appointment. This is an example of ________.
A) perceptual adaptation
B) selective perception
C) habituation
D) selective attention
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
114) You are at a party talking to a group of friends, and your attention is suddenly drawn to another group's conversation as your name is mentioned. This is an example of ________.
A) sensory reduction
B) habituation
C) the cocktail-party phenomenon
D) sensory adaptation
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
115) At a noisy party, you are able to focus on what your girlfriend is telling you while "tuning out" the other conversations around you. What principle governs this ability?
A) Freudian
B) grounding
C) focal
D) Gestalt
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
116) When we organize patterns in order to perceive an entire stimulus rather than just its parts, we are using which principle of perception?
A) the holistic
B) Wundt's
C) the Gestalt
D) the closure
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
117) Children who group individuals together who live in the same neighborhood would be using the Gestalt principle of ________.
A) continuity
B) closure
C) proximity
D) similarity
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
118) The Gestalt principle of contiguity has to do with ________.
A) time
B) space
C) unification
D) closure
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
119) Which principle suggests that people tend to perceive a finished unit even if there are gaps in it?
A) closure
B) proximity
C) similarity
D) contiguity
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
120) In which of the following is the discrepancy between figure and ground too vague, causing difficulty perceiving which is figure and which is ground?
A) illusion
B) reversible figure
C) optical illusion
D) hallucination
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
121) As a flock of Canadian geese flies overhead in its familiar "V" formation, the geese are seen as ________ and the sky as ________.
A) continuity; closure
B) a sensation; perception
C) figure; ground
D) ground; figure
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
122) "Impossible figures" are stimuli that appear to make sense but cannot exist in actual, real space. These figures ________.
A) define the correspondence between sensation and perception
B) help scientists understand perceptual principles
C) outline how to organize elements into a coherent whole
D) define the difference between monocular and binocular cues
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
123) Which of these refers to the ability to judge distance and perceive three-dimensional space?
A) spatial perception
B) visual-spatial perception
C) depth perception
D) spatial-depth perception
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
124) A binocular cue is one that requires ________.
A) binoculars to perceive depth or distance
B) farsightedness to perceive depth or distance
C) two eyes to perceive depth or distance
D) corrective lenses to perceive depth or distance
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
125) If you can perceive depth or distance with only one eye, this means you are ________.
A) using a monocular cue
B) myopic
C) using convergence
D) unidimensional
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
126) Because Lena has vision in only one eye, she can no longer use which of these as a cue for perceiving the distance from her car in the parking lot to the entrance of the mall?
A) accommodation
B) retinal disparity
C) motion parallax
D) aerial perspective
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
127) Which term refers to a binocular cue that comes from the separation of the eyes, which causes different images to fall on each retina?
A) stereoscopic vision
B) convergence
C) retinal disparity
D) linear perspective
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
128) The convergence of your eyes is a binocular cue based on ________.
A) your brain's ability to converge signals from eyes into a signal image
B) the amount of muscular strain required to turn your eyes inward
C) brain development formed from the visual cortex
D) adaptation and accommodation of the visual cortex
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
129) Research with the "visual cliff" suggests that some depth perception is inborn because ________.
A) babies in all species learn depth perception through experience
B) human and animal infants hesitate or show fear at the edge of the "cliff"
C) 2-month-old babies show no fear on the edge of the "cliff" but 6-month-old babies do
D) it is genetically inherited from the parents
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry & Critical Thinking
APA: LO 2.1 Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena
130) A monocular cue that relies on the muscles that adjust the shape of the lens of the eye and sends neural impulses to the brain is called ________.
A) convergence
B) retinal disparity
C) retinal parity
D) accommodation
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
131) A monocular cue for depth that artists cannot use in their paintings is ________.
A) interposition
B) accommodation
C) linear perspective
D) aerial perspective
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
132) Which is an example of a monocular cue for depth perception?
A) interposition
B) visual cliff
C) convergence
D) retinal disparity
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
133) Interposition is the monocular cue that is based on ________.
A) the distinctiveness or blurriness of objects at different distances
B) the appearance of convergence at the horizon
C) the obscuring of a distant object by an object that is closer
D) the apparent small size of a distant object compared to closer objects
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
134) The tendency for the environment to be perceived as remaining the same even with changes in sensory input is called ________.
A) perceptual constancy
B) the constancy of expectation
C) an illusory correlation
D) Gestalt's primary principle
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
135) While riding in a car, you notice that telephone poles near you are passing by very quickly, whereas telephone poles in the distance are passing by much more slowly. This is an example of ________.
A) motion parallax
B) interposition
C) speed perception
D) the linear perspective
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
136) Which monocular cue leads us to perceive the more detailed flowers in a painting as being closer than the flowers with less detail?
A) size consistency
B) height in plane
C) interposition
D) aerial perspective
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
137) A young child would not yet have developed which principle if she thinks her daddy is getting smaller and smaller as he walks away from her?
A) size consistency
B) perceptual differences
C) optical illusions
D) retinal disparity
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
138) When you see a partially opened door, you know that the door is rectangular even though the image being detected by your retina is a trapezoid. This is an example of the perceptual principle called ________.
A) geometrical perceptual consistency
B) optical constancy
C) shape constancy
D) form consistency
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
139) When we perceive the color of an object as being relatively constant even though the wavelength of light reaching the eye retina may vary due to lighting conditions, we are experiencing ________.
A) brightness constancy
B) color constancy
C) shape constancy
D) depth constancy
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
140) In the Ames room, people appear to grow larger or smaller as they walk from one side of the room to the other because ________.
A) retinal disparity occurs
B) accommodation cannot be determined without movement by the people
C) people's expectations that the room is square in shape are violated
D) there are no reference cues to judge the height of people
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
141) The final stage of perception is called ________.
A) interpretation
B) conclusions
C) dissemination
D) closure
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
142) What is the readiness to perceive in a particular manner, based on expectations called?
A) perceptual affinity
B) perceptual set
C) expectancy theory
D) reference framing
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
143) You get a phone call around lunchtime and, expecting the caller to be your husband, you answer "Hi, honey"—but instead it is your boss calling. The strange thing is that even though it wasn't your husband, for a brief moment you thought it was because you expected it to be! This is an example of ________.
A) perceptual adaptation
B) extrasensory perception
C) perceptual set
D) subliminal perception
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
144) Perceptual abilities that we think of as psychic that go beyond the known senses is called ________.
A) illusion
B) extrasensory perception
C) delusion
D) sensory enigma
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
145) Extrasensory perception is defined in your text as ________.
A) the alleged ability to perceive things that go beyond the known senses
B) the sixth sense in addition to smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing
C) perceptual abilities that enhance the known senses
D) psychic detection of sensory information not perceived by most individuals
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
146) Which of the following is a major criticism of research on extrasensory perception?
A) The designs have been too scientifically rigorous.
B) Control groups are typically used.
C) There is lack of replication in research.
D) Random sampling is used to select participants.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry & Critical Thinking
APA: LO 2.2 Demonstrate psychology information literacy
147) Why do so many people believe in extrasensory perception (ESP), despite evidence to the contrary?
A) Genetics affect their perceptions.
B) They are willing to suspend disbelief.
C) Emotional responses are ignored.
D) Belief in ESP is based on critical thinking.
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry & Critical Thinking
APA: LO 2.1 Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena
148) The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are also called the ________.
A) vesicles
B) bones of the outer ear
C) semicircular canals
D) ossicles
Diff: 1
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
149) Hair cells are auditory receptors found in the ________.
A) cochlea
B) semicircular canals
C) vestibular sacs
D) ossicles
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
150) Normal conversation is usually how many decibels?
A) 10
B) 60
C) 90
D) 100
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
151) Most information related to smell is processed in the ________.
A) nasal cavity
B) temporal lobe
C) olfactory bulb
D) occipital lobe
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
152) Candice is riding in a car with her friends on the twisting and winding roads through the Alps. Candice is likely to experience motion sickness because ________.
A) random movements cause perceptual conflicts between her visual and vestibular systems
B) expected movements in the mountains cause perceptual conflicts between her auditory and kinesthetic systems
C) random movements cause her to readjust her gaze to reorient herself in space
D) expected movements cause her perception to be conflicted and her sense of sight and her vestibular systems are off.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
153) Children who sing the alphabet song and mistake the letters L, M, N, O, P for the word "elamenopee" are displaying what principle of perceptual form organization?
A) continuity
B) closure
C) proximity
D) similarity
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
154) While traveling through Kansas by train, you notice that you can see individual stalks and details of the wheat near the train tracks, but in the distance, the wheat stalks blend together into a smooth blanket of yellow. This is an example of which cue for depth perception?
A) interposition
B) aerial perspective
C) linear perspective
D) texture gradient
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
155) The process by which different neural impulses travel by different routes to different parts of the brain is called ________.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
156) ________ refers to a form of memory activation that occurs when exposure, even unconscious exposure, to one stimulus influences a response to another stimulus.
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
157) When Marlisa sits in her bed at night, she can barely make out the light that is coming under her door from her parents' room down the hall. When she looks away from the door, however, that line of light appears to get brighter. The visual receptors in her eyes that are most active in such a low-light environment are called ________.
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
158) A more recently discovered taste sensation, called ________, actually means "delicious" or "savory" in Japanese.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
159) When Delilah sees a group of people together in the hotel lobby all wearing similar t-shirts, she naturally assumes that they are all related. The visual cue that helps her categorize these people into a related group demonstrates the gestalt principle of ________.
Diff: 2
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
160) Describe the difference between sensation and perception, using fireworks on the Fourth of July as an example. Include the sensory stimuli involved, as well as bottom-up and top-down processing.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
161) Explain how transduction, coding, and sensory reduction turn raw sensory data into signals the brain can understand.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
162) What is psychophysics? Differentiate between absolute and difference thresholds and give an example of each.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
163) You fall very hard and sprain your ankle. Explain how the gate-control theory is related to pain, and how you might use this theory to minimize the amount of pain you are feeling.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.1 Understanding Sensation
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
164) Describe how both the trichromatic and opponent-process theories are needed to explain how humans perceive color.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
165) Explain what is meant by the following statement: "The two primary theories of color vision — the trichromatic theory and the opponent-process theory — are not competing models of how we see color. In fact, these two models are complementary explanations of color perception." Why is this statement accurate?
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Comprehension
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
166) Describe wavelength, amplitude, and frequency in relationship to vision and hearing.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.2 How We See and Hear
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
167) Briefly describe and explain the processes and function of olfaction and gustation.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
168) Describe the importance of the three body senses in relationship to achieving an excellent performance in a gymnastics competition.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.3 Our Other Important Senses
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
169) Imagine you are a tutor in psychology. Define each of the Gestalt principles of organization to your pupil, and provide an example of each one that is present in this classroom.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Application
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
APA: LO 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
170) Based on the available scientific evidence, does extrasensory perception exist? Give a discussion of the information presented that addresses this topic. Include a critical discussion of people's belief in ESP.
Diff: 3
Bloom's: Knowledge
Section Reference: 4.4 Understanding Perception
APA: Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry & Critical Thinking
APA: LO 2.1 Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena
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