Our sense organs are packed with specialized cells called _________ that convert environmental energies into signals for the nervous system. A. stimuli.
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Our sense organs are packed with specialized cells called _________ that convert environmental energies into signals for the nervous system.
A. stimuli B. adaptors
C. receivers D. receptors$200
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A. retina B. cornea
C. pupil D. lens$200
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Which part of the eye changes its shape to enable us to focus on a distant object and then on a nearby object?
The perception of ________ is related to the intensity of light.
A. brightness B. movement
C. color D. distance$100
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The proportion of cones is greatest in which part of the eye?
A. fovea B. blind spot
C. cornea D. lens$100
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Top-down processing emphasizes all of the following EXCEPT…
A. memory B. stimulus features
C. experience D. knowledge$200
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The smallest amount by which a stimulus can be changed and the difference can be detected…
A. absolute threshold
B. signal detection
C. difference threshold
D. subliminal threshold
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The most complex and highly developed sense for humans is…
A. sight B. smell
C. hearing D. touch$200
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C. size constancy
As a bird flies towards you, you do not perceive it as growing larger. This is primarily due to…
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A. recognition B. law of Pragnanz
D. ambiguity
Which sense makes use of the electromagnetic spectrum?
A. olfaction B. taste
C. hearing D. vision$200
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A semicircular canals
B. ear drum
C. ear canal D. cochlea$200
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The tympanic membrane is another name for which part of the ear?
Sensory information related to the skin senses is processed within the…
A. Frontal lobe B. Semicircular canals
C. Somatosensory cortex D. Temporal lobe$200
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Whether a sound has a high or low ________ refers to the frequency of the sound.
A. pitch B. loudness
C. amplitude D. timbre$200
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Cells in the cortex that specialize in extracting certain features of a stimulus…
A. neural impulses B. bipolar cells
C. feature-detectors D. ganglion cells$200
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Hearing loss that results when the bones connected to the eardrum fail to transmit sound waves properly to the cochlea…
A. general deafness B. conduction deafness
C. nerve deafness D. receptor deafness$200
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Perceptual analysis that emphasizes the characteristics of the stimulus, rather than our concepts and expectations…
A. perceptual constancy
B. top-down processing
C. bottom-up processing
D. illusions$200
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The view that perception is primarily shaped by learning (or experience), rather than by innate factors…
A. learning-based inference
B. Gestalt psychology
C. nature D. perceptual set$200
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What is the process that converts physical energy, such as sound waves, into neural signals?
A. kinesthesis B. sensation
C. psychophysics D. transduction$200
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Sally works in a high rise building. She can see the buildings that surround her own, but those further away in the distance appear fuzzy and hazy. Sally is experiencing…
A. Light & shadow
B. Atmospheric perspective
C. Interposition D. Relative size$200
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The ________ refers to the fact that we do not know how the brain combines features into a single percept.
A. Gestalt approach
C. binding problem D. uncertainty principle
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B. feature detectors
C. relative motion
Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue for depth perception?
A. interposition B. convergence
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The visual cliff experiment was
designed to test infants on….
A. sensory overload B. sensory adaptation
C. depth perception D. motor abilities$200
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__________ says that sensation is
a judgment the sensory system makes about incoming stimulation.
A. Trichromatic theory
B. Signal-detection theory
C. Sensory adaptation
D. Fechner’s law $200
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The trichromatic theory explains that color vision depends on the relative rate of response by 3 types of cones: blue, red, and…
A. black B. green
C. yellow D. purple$200
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The opponent-process theory states that we perceive color not in terms of independent colors but in terms of a system of paired opposites: red vs __________, yellow vs __________, and white vs black.
A. orange; green B. blue; green
C. green; blue D. blue; orange$200
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_________ refers to the loss of responsiveness in receptor cells due to constant stimulation.
A. Sensory adaptation
B. Absolute threshold
C. Signal detection D. Weber’s law$200
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_______ is the perception closely related to frequency, and ________ is a perception that depends on the amplitude of sound waves.
A. Loudness; pitch
D. Pitch; loudnessC. Loudness; timbre
B. Pitch; timbre
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It may take your science teacher a few seconds to recognize you when you see her in the grocery store. This experience illustrates the importance of…
A. continuity B. context
C. common fate D. closure$200
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As you view an abstract painting, you eventually see the red as the people and the black as the background. This demonstrates...
A. optical illusion B. proximity
C. figure-ground D. continuity$200
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The four primary tastes are sour, salty, sweet, and bitter. The fifth taste, which has recently been proposed, is known as…
A. MSG B. umami
C. unanny D. spicy$200
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Learning-based inference is to ________ as Gestalt psychology is to _________.
A. sensation; perception
B. nature; nurture
C. nurture; nature D. perception; sensation
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When discussing hearing, the process of transduction occurs in the…
A. eardrum
C. ear canal$200
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B. auditory nerve
D. cochlea
Our sensory receptors play a key role in detecting _________ in the external world.
A. receptors B. changes
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C. similarities D. comparisons
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