1.

When politicians point out that their misdeeds are only

miniscule when judged against their competitors, they
are making use of
A. top-down processing.
B. comparitors.
C. the door-in-the-face technique.
D. bottom-up processing.: B. comparitors.
2. Which statement about the gustatory system is NOT
accurate?
A. Taste cells are concentrated in taste buds on the
tongue.
B. Taste cells live only about ten days.
C. The physical stimulus for taste is any molecular
substance.
D. Taste cells are not distributed evenly across the
surface of the tongue.: C. The physical stimulus for taste is
any molecular substance.
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the perceived or
psychological qualities of sound waves?
A. Pitch
B. Timbre
C. Purity
D. Loudness: C. Purity
4. The fovea is the area of the retina where ____ is best in
large part because the fovea contains only ____.
A. peripheral vision; cones
B. visual acuity; rods
C. peripheral vision; rods
D. visual acuity; cones: D. visual acuity; cones
5. An inference about which distal stimuli could be
responsible for the proximal stimuli sensed is
A. top-down processing.
B. perceptual set.
C. perceptual hypothesis.
D. a binocular cue.: C. perceptual hypothesis.
6. Inattentional blindness is likely to increase when a
person is
A. studying.
B. watching television.
C. talking on a cell phone.
D. consuming caffeine.: C. talking on a cell phone.
7. Blake was at a football game, and even though people
wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly
throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people
in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans.
Blake's perception is most consistent with the Gestalt
principle of
A. similarity.
B. proximity.
C. simplicity.
D. closure.: B. proximity.
8. Rather than provide details about the party she just
attended, Patty tried to give her overall impression,
operating on the assumption of ____, that the whole
may be greater than the mere sum of its parts.
A. holistic psychology
B. psychodynamics
C. psychophysics
D. Gestalt psychology: D. Gestalt psychology
9. Recent research suggests that pain is experienced as less
intense when looking at
A. pictures of women.
B. unpleasant pictures.
C. pictures of men.
D. pleasant pictures.: D. pleasant pictures.
10. The perception of timbre corresponds to a sound wave's
A. pitch.
B. amplitude.
C. purity.
D. panache.: C. purity.
11. The successive blinking on and off of the lights on the
neon sign gave the impression of beer filling a glass.
This illusion of motion is the
A. motion parallax effect.
B. constancy principle.
C. common-fate principle.
D. phi phenomenon.: D. phi phenomenon.
12. According to one theory of color vision, colors are
signaled in pairs by neurons that fire faster to one color
and slower to another color. This theory is known as the
A. feature-detection theory.
B. signal-detection theory.
C. trichromatic theory.
D. opponent-process theory.: D. opponent-process theory.
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13. Giovanni was watching the night sky on a clear evening
in November. He noticed that sometimes when he
looked directly overhead, he could detect a very faint
star. A few minutes later, it seemed that the star had
disappeared before it "appeared" again. In this case, it
is very likely that the light from the star was
A. just at Giovanni's absolute threshold for light.
B. producing action potentials that were too weak to
reach the terminal buttons.
C. producing inhibitory synapses rather than excitatory
synapses.
D. just below Giovanni's level for perceptual
invariance.: A. just at Giovanni's absolute threshold for light.
B. producing act
14. Evelyn turned the thermostat up from 68 degrees to 70
degrees; however, she doesn't think it feels any warmer,
so she wants to turn it up even higher. Her roommate
thinks that it is now too hot, so she wants to turn the
thermostat back down. Apparently, Evelyn has
A. a smaller just noticeable difference for temperature
than her roommate does.
B. a higher absolute threshold for temperature,
compared to her roommate.
C. a lower absolute threshold for temperature than her
roommate does.
D. a larger just noticeable difference for temperature
than her roommate does.: D. a larger just noticeable
difference for temperature than her roommate does.
15. Our perception of the richness, or saturation, of a color
is affected mainly by
A. the amplitude of light waves.
B. the saturation of light waves.
C. the wavelength of light waves.
D. the purity of light waves.: D. the purity of light waves.
16. Eric has been wearing red welding goggles for the past
30 minutes. Based on the opponent-process theory of
color vision, when Eric takes off the red goggles, he
should expect that objects will temporarily appear to be
A. orange.
B. green.
C. blue.
D. yellow.: B. green.
17. The absolute threshold is defined as the stimulus
intensity that an organism can detect
A. 50% of the time.
B. 1% of the time.
C. 25% of the time.
D. 100% of the time.: A. 50% of the time.
18. Devin looked directly into a very bright light and
damaged his retina. The ophthalmologist has told him
that he sustained massive damage to his rods, but for
the most part, his cones have not been affected. One
change that you could predict for Devin's vision is that
he will now have
A. no color vision.
B. poor vision in bright illumination.
C. more accurate depth perception.
D. poor peripheral vision.: D. poor peripheral vision.
19. The ____ were more concerned with interpreting a
viewer's fleeting perception of reality than with
recreating the photographic "reality" of a scene.
A. Realists
B. French Impressionists
C. Medievalists
D. Cubists: B. French Impressionists
20. If you look at a sheet of notebook paper set on a table, the
distal stimulus is the ____, and the proximal stimulus
is the ____.
A. projection on the retina; sheet of paper
B. sheet of paper; projection on the retina
C. square shape; square shape
D. trapezoidal shape; square shape: B. sheet of paper;
projection on the retina
21. One health disadvantage identified for supertasters is
that they respond negatively to the taste of
A. many vegetables.
B. most fruits.
C. whole-grain products.
D. dairy products.: A. many vegetables.
22. Juanita was drinking some warm punch and thought
she could just detect a faint taste of nutmeg in the
punch. However, when she took another sip, the taste
wasn't there. On the third sip, she could just make out
the taste of nutmeg again. It is very likely that the
amount of nutmeg in the punch was
A. just at her absolute threshold for taste.
B. just below her taste constancy level.
C. producing inhibitory synapses rather than excitatory
synapses.
D. producing action potentials that were too weak to
reach the terminal buttons.: A. just at her absolute threshold
for taste.
23. The ability to rapidly process words in reading depends
MOST on
A. lateral processing.
B. top-down processing.
C. bottom-to-top processing.
D. bottom-up processing.: B. top-down processing.
24. When politicians point out that their misdeeds are only
miniscule when judged against their competitors, they
are making use of
A. comparitors.
B. the door-in-the-face technique.
C. bottom-up processing.
D. top-down processing.: A. comparitors.
25. The moon illusion is that the moon appears ____ when
near the horizon than when overhead and is explained
by ____.
A. smaller; texture gradient
B. smaller; size constancy
C. larger; size constancy
D. larger; texture gradient: C. larger; size constancy
26. Humans can hear sounds ranging in frequency from
A. 200-2,000 Hz.
B. 20-2,000 dB.
C. 10-120 dB.
D. 20-20,000 Hz.: D. 20-20,000 Hz.
27. Overall, it appears that we perceive
A. changing stimuli better than constant ones.
B. constant stimuli better than changing ones.
C. long-acting better than short-acting stimuli.
D. stimuli that are steady in the environment.: A.
changing stimuli better than constant ones.
28. If Professor Trong were to argue that we discriminate
different pitches because sound waves of different
frequency displace different regions on the basilar
membrane, which theory of auditory perception would
Dr. Trong be arguing?
A. Frequency
B. Opponent process
C. Volley
D. Place: D. Place
29. The perception of timbre corresponds to a sound wave's
A. panache.
B. pitch.
C. amplitude.
D. purity.: D. purity.
30. You may interpret the trapezoid shape projected on
your retina as a rectangular book, in which case you are
formulating a
A. perceptual hypothesis.
B. phenomenological principle.
C. Gestalt principle.
D. psychophysical law.: A. perceptual hypothesis.
31. Newborn infants react ____ to sweet tastes and ____ to
strong sour tastes.
A. neutrally; negatively
B. positively; positively
C. positively; negatively
D. positively; neutrally: C. positively; negatively
32. The fact that your criterion for "hearing" mysterious
noises at night may change after a rash of burglaries in
your neighborhood can best be explained by
A. sensory adaptation.
B. signal-detection theory.
C. Fechner's law.
D. Weber's law.: B. signal-detection theory.
33. The stronger your expectation that a signal is present,
the greater the likelihood that you will
A. be aware of background noise.
B. miss a signal.
C. report a false alarm.
D. correctly reject a signal when it appears.: C. report a
false alarm.
34. Question 14 of 20 Score: 1 (of possible 1 point)
The physical stimuli for the sense of taste
A. are chemical substances that are insoluble in water.
B. are tactile stimulation.
C. are chemical substances that are soluble in water.
D. are the vibrations of molecules.: C. are chemical
substances that are soluble in water.
35. If you mix red, green, and blue paint, you will get
A. purple.
B. white.
C. orange.
D. black.: D. black.
36. Sound is a ____ form of energy and is the result of
____.
A. wave; vibrating molecules
B. particle; photons
C. moving; vibrating photons
D. chemical; molecular breakdowns: A. wave; vibrating
molecules
37. Recent studies suggest that people see __________
objects as closer to them than other objects.
A. threatening
B. lightly colored
C. desirable
D. undesirable: C. desirable
38. The structure of the ear that transduces sound
vibrations into nerve impulses is the
A. stirrup.
B. cochlea.
C. oval window.
D. temporal lobe.: B. cochlea.
39. The maximum firing rate for individual neurons is
1,000 neural impulses per second. This biological
limitation would make it difficult for
A. opponent-process theory to fully explain color
perception.
B. trichromatic theory to fully explain color perception.
C. place theory to fully explain pitch perception.
D. frequency theory to fully explain pitch perception.: D.
frequency theory to fully explain pitch perception.
40. The absolute threshold is defined as the stimulus
intensity that an organism can detect
A. 50% of the time.
B. 1% of the time.
C. 100% of the time.
D. 25% of the time.: A. 50% of the time.
41. In the signal-detection method, if a subject detects a
stimulus when no stimulus is actually present, this
would be a
A. hit.
B. miss.
C. false alarm.
D. correct rejection.: C. false alarm.
42. When a clarinet plays a high C followed by a low C, these
two notes are perceived differently because they differ
in
A. frequency.
B. amplitude.
C. complexity.
D. purity.: A. frequency.
43. The fluid-filled tunnel that contains the receptors for
hearing is the
A. ossicles.
B. cochlea.
C. basilar membrane.
D. middle ear.: B. cochlea.
44. The structure of the ear that conducts sound waves to
the middle ear is the
A. auditory canal.
B. auditory conduction tube.
C. auditory tract.
D. auditory lineal.: A. auditory canal.
45. The Gestalt principle of ____ implies that people
organize visual perception in the ____.
A. Pragnanz; simplest manner possible
B. continuity; most complex manner possible
C. proximity; top-down processing manner
D. closure; bottom-up processing manner: A. Pragnanz;
simplest manner possible
46. The main pathway visual signals travel from the eye to
the visual cortex is
A. optic nerve - optic chiasm - thalamus - temporal lobe.
B. optic nerve - thalamus - optic chiasm - temporal lobe.
C. optic nerve - thalamus - optic chiasm - occipital lobe.
D. optic nerve - optic chiasm - thalamus - occipital lobe.:
D. optic nerve - optic chiasm - thalamus - occipital lobe.
47. If, in a painting, a figure of a person is drawn larger
than a house, the house will seem to be ____ because of
____.
A. closer; interposition
B. farther away; relative size
C. closer; relative size
D. farther away; interposition: B. farther away; relative size
48. When you look at an object such as a book, the image
projected on your retina is known as the
A. binocular cue.
B. perceptual set
C. distal stimulus.
D. proximal stimulus.: D. proximal stimulus.
49. Complex cells in the visual cortex respond to
A. figure-ground disparity in their receptive field.
B. circles of light anywhere in their receptive field.
C. specific widths and orientation of lines anywhere in
their receptive field.
D. different colors in their receptive field.: D. different
colors in their receptive field.
50. Given our present knowledge concerning pitch
perception, which theory seems more accurate?
A. Frequency theory
B. Neither the frequency nor place theories are
plausible
C. Both the frequency and place theories are partly
correct
D. Place theory: C. Both the frequency and place theories are
partly correct
51. Simple and complex cells in the visual cortex that
respond selectively to very specific features of more
complex stimuli have been characterized
A. triarchic cells.
B. binary cells.
C. feature detectors.
D. hypercomplex processors.: C. feature detectors.
52. Blake was at a football game, and even though people
wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly
throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people
in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans.
Blake's perception is most consistent with the Gestalt
principle of
A. proximity.
B. closure.
C. simplicity.
D. similarity.: D. similarity.
53. The theory of hearing that views the basilar membrane
as being like a drumhead is
A. frequency theory.
B. timpani theory.
C. opponent-process theory.
D. place theory.: A. frequency theory.
54. In the signal-detection method, if a subject fails to
detects a stimulus when a stimulus is actually present,
this would be a
A. false alarm.
B. correct rejection.
C. miss.
D. hit.: C. miss.
55. Of the following, the only sensory system that does NOT
project upward to the cerebral cortex through the
thalamus is
A. olfaction.
B. vision.
C. hearing.
D. gustation.: A. olfaction.
56. Images that occupy more space on your retina are seen
as nearer relative to images that occupy less space. This
is a cue to depth perception known as
A. foveal disparity.
B. relative size.
C. accommodation.
D. phrenetic search.: B. relative size.
57. Stimulation of sensory receptors of the skin is
processed by the
A. limbic system, which is located in the hypothalamus.
B. medial forebrain bundle, which is located in the
temporal lobes.
C. septal cortex, which is located in the cerebellum.
D. somatosensory cortex, which is located in the
parietal lobes.: D. somatosensory cortex, which is located in
the parietal lobes.
58. The perception of timbre corresponds to a sound wave's
A. panache.
B. amplitude.
C. pitch.
D. purity.: D. purity.
59. Cells in the visual cortex that respond selectively to
specific features of complex stimuli are called
A. feature detectors.
B. hypocomplex cells.
C. selective detectors.
D. ganglion cells.: A. feature detectors.
60. Which theory of color vision BEST explains why the
color of an afterimage is the complement of the original
color?
A. The trichromatic theory
B. Neither theory adequately explains this phenomenon
C. Both theories explain this phenomenon equally well
D. The opponent-process theory: D. The opponent-process
theory
61. Research into absolute thresholds has found that
A. the chances of detecting a stimulus increase as the
stimulus intensity increases.
B. absolute thresholds vary between 25% detection rates
and 75% detection rates, depending on the individual.
C. there is a fixed point where the probability of
detecting a stimulus jumps from 0% to 100%.
D. there are significant cross-cultural differences in
absolute thresholds for light and sound.: A. the chances of
detecting a stimulus increase as the stimulus intensity increases.
62. We often perceive a series of dots on a printed form as a
"solid" line because of the Gestalt principle of
A. closure.
B. similarity.
C. symmetry.
D. constancy.: A. closure.
63. The fovea is the area of the retina where ____ is best in
large part because the fovea contains only ____.
A. peripheral vision; rods
B. visual acuity; cones
C. peripheral vision; cones
D. visual acuity; rods: B. visual acuity; cones
64. While finger painting, Chris mixed yellow paint and
blue paint and ended up with green, an example of
A. multiplicative color mixing.
B. subtractive color mixing.
C. trichromatic theory.
D. additive color mixing.: B. subtractive color mixing.
65. Vanessa describes a new melody that she heard at a
concert by telling you each of the individual notes in the
order that they were played. In providing this type of
description, it appears that Vanessa processed the
melody using
A. bottom-up processing.
B. opponent-processes.
C. top-down processing.
D. figure-ground processing.: A. bottom-up processing.
66. Gabriella was looking for shelter from the sudden
cloudburst, but she had difficulty judging whether the
old barn or the farmhouse was closer. However, when
she noticed that the barn partially obscured the corner
of the house, she headed for the barn. She was able to
judge which building was closer based on
A. linear perspective.
B. texture gradient.
C. interposition.
D. relative size.: C. interposition.
67. Eric has been wearing red welding goggles for the past
30 minutes. Based on the opponent-process theory of
color vision, when Eric takes off the red goggles, he
should expect that objects will temporarily appear to be
A. blue.
B. yellow.
C. green.
D. orange.: C. green.
68. It is difficult to see a chameleon that has blended in with
its background because
A. we cannot easily distinguish between figure and
ground.
B. of the perceptual principle of shape constancy.
C. of the illusion of relative size.
D. of the principle of common fate.: A. we cannot easily
distinguish between figure and ground.
69. While visiting the art museum, Laura stared at a black-
and-white photograph in a red frame for over a minute.
When she looked away from the photograph, she saw an
afterimage of a rectangle. Consistent with the opponent-
process theory, the image she saw was
A. blue.
B. red.
C. yellow.
D. green.: D. green.
70. The fact that what first appeared to be contradictory
and incompatible theories on color vision and sound
perception led psychologists to better understand both
processes illustrates which of your text's unifying
themes?
A. Behavior is shaped by our cultural heritage.
B. Psychology is theoretically diverse.
C. Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
D. Psychology is empirical.: B. Psychology is theoretically
diverse.
71. The organizational principles that are evident in the
paintings of Cubists are
A. functional principles.
B. Gestalt principles.
C. psychoanalytic principles.
D. zeitgeist principles.: B. Gestalt principles.
72. The structure that controls the size of the pupil is the
A. lens.
B. cornea.
C. iris.
D. vitreous humor.: C. iris.
73. Overall, it appears that we perceive
A. long-acting better than short-acting stimuli.
B. changing stimuli better than constant ones.
C. constant stimuli better than changing ones.
D. stimuli that are steady in the environment.: B.
changing stimuli better than constant ones.
74. The retina is to the eye as the
A. eardrum is to the ear.
B. pinna is to the ear.
C. cochlea is to the ear.
D. ossicles are to the ear.: C. cochlea is to the ear.
75. Recent research indicates that glial cells might
A. decrease the experience of chronic pain.
B. decrease the experience of pain associated with
childbirth.
C. increase the experience of chronic pain.
D. increase the experience of pain associated with
childbirth.: C. increase the experience of chronic pain.
76. If a 100-Hz tone had to be increased to 110 Hz for a
subject to just notice the difference, you would predict
that a 1,000-Hz tone would have to be increased to
A. 1,200 to be noticed.
B. 1,010 to be noticed.
C. 1,050 to be noticed.
D. 1,100 to be noticed.: D. 1,100 to be noticed.
77. Which of the following is NOT a structure of the inner
ear?
A. Basilar membrane
B. Eardrum
C. Cochlea
D. Oval window: B. Eardrum
78. A theory that can account for the fact that people
suffering from pain sometimes report pain relief from a
sugar pill placebo is
A. cognitive control theory.
B. gate-control theory.
C. perceptual constancy theory.
D. sensory adaptation theory.: B. gate-control theory.
79. The amplitude of sound waves is measured in ____; the
frequency of sound waves is measured in ____.
A. decibels; hertz
B. centimeters; nanometers
C. hertz; wavelengths
D. wavelengths; hertz: A. decibels; hertz
80. The wavelength of light mainly affects our perception of
A. color.
B. brightness.
C. light purity.
D. saturation.: A. color.
81. The newest discovery in the research on the experience
of pain is that certain types of ____ may play in
important role in chronic pain.
A. gate neurons
B. endorphins
C. glial cells
D. free nerve endings: C. glial cells
82. The action of the visual receptors supports the
A. trichromatic theory of color vision.
B. opponent-process theory of color vision.
C. James-Lange theory of color vision.
D. Hering theory of color vision.: A. trichromatic theory of
color vision.
83. Which of the following does NOT guide our perceptual
hypotheses?
A. Context
B. Experience
C. Distal stimuli
D. Expectations: C. Distal stimuli
84. Ron is making potato soup. His roommate tastes it and
tells Ron it is great, but Ron thinks it needs more salt.
He adds just a little salt and thinks the soup now tastes
perfect. However, his roommate tastes it again and tells
Ron that the soup is ruined because it is too salty.
Apparently, for the taste of salt,
A. Ron can detect a smaller just noticeable difference
than his roommate.
B. Ron has a lower absolute threshold than his
roommate does.
C. Ron's roommate can detect a smaller just noticeable
difference than Ron can.
D. Ron has a higher absolute threshold than his
roommate does.: D. Ron has a higher absolute threshold than
his roommate does.
85. The lens in the eye
A. bends entering light rays and focuses them onto the
retina.
B. is the part of the eye that gives it its color.
C. converts light energy into neural energy.
D. controls the amount of light entering the eye.: A. bends
entering light rays and focuses them onto the retina.
86. The pathway for pain that results in the experience of
pain being less localized and longer lasting is the
A. endorphin pathway.
B. slow pathway.
C. generic pathway.
D. thalamic pathway.: B. slow pathway.
87. The receptive field of a visual cell refers to the
A. range of wavelengths of light the cell reacts to.
B. collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel
signals to a particular visual cell in the retina.
C. cell's degree of sensitivity or receptivity.
D. length of time necessary for the cell to integrate
information at the ganglion level of the retina.: B.
collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a
particular visual cell in the retina.
88. Studies that examine the ability of individuals from
various cultures to take advantage of pictorial depth
cues present in two-dimensional drawings indicate that
the application of pictorial depth cues
A. is a skill shown only by adults.
B. is a skill that develops naturally in early infancy.
C. is a skill that develops in all cultures.
D. is an acquired skill that depends on experience.: D. is
an acquired skill that depends on experience.
89. Cells in the nervous system that respond to touch
sensation convey touch information from a specific
area of skin or from a
A. target area.
B. tactile trigger.
C. focal point.
D. receptive field.: D. receptive field.
90. The explanation of the Mller-Lyer illusion that relates
the lines to inside and outside corners accounts for the
observation that people from non-Western cultures
A. are less susceptible to the illusion than people from
Western cultures.
B. do not perceive any visual illusions the same way as
people from Western cultures.
C. are equally susceptible to the illusion as people from
Western cultures.
D. are more susceptible to the illusion than people from
Western cultures.: A. are less susceptible to the illusion than
people from Western cultures.
91. Jerry, a nuclear operator, must monitor 50 different
gauges that keep track of various aspects of the nuclear
reactor. According to ____, Jerry's detection of any
problems will be influenced by the probability of any
problem occurring in conjunction with the payoff
associated with detecting the problem.
A. Frazier Kannard
B. the Gestaltists
C. sensory conversion theory
D. signal-detection theory: D. signal-detection theory
92. Three-year-old Kevin was flying in a plane for the first
time. As the plane descended for its landing, Kevin
became very excited at all the toy houses and cars he
saw, and he couldn't wait for the plane to land so he
could play with the toys. Kevin's misinterpretation of
the true size of the houses and cars the plane passed
over shows that he is still not fully utilizing
A. binocular depth cues.
B. perceptual constancy.
C. visual accommodation.
D. linear perspective.: B. perceptual constancy.
93. Photographers use special filters to cloud the image and
give the perception of distance to photographs. Which
monocular cue of depth perception does this
demonstrate?
A. Interposition
B. Light and shadow
C. Texture gradient
D. Relative size: C. Texture gradient
94. It is difficult to see a chameleon that has blended in with
its background because
A. of the illusion of relative size.
B. we cannot easily distinguish between figure and
ground.
C. of the perceptual principle of shape constancy.
D. of the principle of common fate.: B. we cannot easily
distinguish between figure and ground.
95. Our sense of smell shows evidence of sensory
adaptation. The perceived strength of an odor usually
A. fades to less than half its original strength within
about four minutes.
B. slowly increases over time, reaching a maximum in
about 15 minutes.
C. increases to more than twice its original strength
within about four minutes.
D. fades to less than half its original strength within a
few seconds.: A. fades to less than half its original strength
within about four minutes.
96. The sand at Jason's feet appeared coarse, and he could
see the individual grains of sand. However, the sand
down the beach appeared to be much finer and less
granular. This apparent difference in the sand may
have partially resulted from the depth cue of
A. relative size.
B. light and shadow.
C. interposition.
D. texture gradient.: D. texture gradient.
97. The correct order that auditory information travels as
sounds enter the ear is from the auditory canal to
A. eardrum - oval window - ossicles - cochlea.
B. cochlea - oval window - ossicles - eardrum.
C. cochlea - ossicles - oval window - eardrum.
D. eardrum - ossicles - oval window - cochlea.: D.
eardrum - ossicles - oval window - cochlea.
98. The wavelength of light mainly affects our perception of
A. light purity.
B. brightness.
C. color.
D. saturation.: C. color.
99. Cutting fibers in the neural pathway leading away from
the periacqueductal gray in the midbrain
A. increases the perception of pain.
B. reduces the perception of pain.
C. enhances the effects of morphine and other opiate
drugs.
D. causes the release of endorphins.: A. increases the
perception of pain.
100. As Briana drove down the highway, the pickets of the
fences moved past her in a blur, but the mountains in
the distance didn't appear to move at all. Briana was
experiencing
A. the binocular cue for depth called retinal disparity.
B. the binocular cue for depth called convergence.
C. the pictorial cue for depth called texture gradient.
D. the monocular cue for depth called motion parallax.:
D. the monocular cue for depth called motion parallax.
101. In order to maximize visual acuity at night, you should
A. turn your head at a slight angle to the object.
B. look directly at the object you wish to see.
C. blink your eyes several times to hasten dark
adaptation.
D. close one eye.: A. turn your head at a slight angle to the
object.
102. Sydney had an operation on his right eye and has to
wear an eyepatch for three weeks. While he is wearing
the eyepatch, Sydney will lose his ability to
A. utilize any depth cues.
B. utilize binocular depth cues.
C. perceive colors accurately.
D. perceive motion parallax.: B. utilize binocular depth cues.
103. When we view cars in a distant parking lot, we know
that the cars are not actually the size of toy cars because
of a perceptual
A. disparity.
B. constancy.
C. illusion.
D. theory.: B. constancy.
104. The fact that we are generally much more aware of the
changes in our sensory environments than we are of the
constants is the general idea behind
A. the method of constant stimuli.
B. signal-detection theory.
C. sensory adaptation.
D. sensory equalization.: C. sensory adaptation.
105. If two sounds vary in frequency, they are perceived as
differing in
A. pitch.
B. decibels.
C. loudness.
D. timbre.: A. pitch.
106. The explanation of the Mller-Lyer illusion that relates
the lines to inside and outside corners accounts for the
observation that people from non-Western cultures
A. are more susceptible to the illusion than people from
Western cultures.
B. are equally susceptible to the illusion as people from
Western cultures.
C. do not perceive any visual illusions the same way as
people from Western cultures.
D. are less susceptible to the illusion than people from
Western cultures.: D. are less susceptible to the illusion than
people from Western cultures.
107. The amplitude of sound waves is measured in ____;
the frequency of sound waves is measured in ____.
A. hertz; wavelengths
B. decibels; hertz
C. wavelengths; hertz
D. centimeters; nanometers: B. decibels; hertz
108. Hue is to pitch as brightness is to
A. retinal disparity.
B. timbre.
C. loudness.
D. purity.: C. loudness.
109. Bob has visual agnosia and is unable to recognize
common, everyday objects. This condition MOST likely
results from damage to the
A. superior colliculus.
B. dorsal stream.
C. lateral geniculate nucleus.
D. ventral stream.: D. ventral stream.
110. It is fairly easy to manipulate many types of judgments
by selecting
A. as many comparitors as possible that are similar to
the event being judged.
B. comparitors that are both better and worse than the
event that is being judged.
C. extreme comparitors that may be unrepresentative.
D. average comparitors that are typical.: C. extreme
comparitors that may be unrepresentative.
111. Which of the following pairs of terms related to the perceived qualities of light and sound result from similar physical
properties of light and sound?
A. Brightness and loudness
B. Saturation and pitch
C. Color and timbre
D. Frequency and wavelength: A. Brightness and loudness