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Sensation is defined as the process by which organisms |
| | A) | detect stimuli in the environment |
| | B) | transform the energy of stimuli into electrochemical energy |
| | C) | respond to selected aspects of a stimulus |
| | D) | organize and interpret sensory information |
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According to expert David Marr, the purpose of perception is to represent information from the outside world |
| | A) | accurately |
| | B) | realistically |
| | C) | psychologically |
| | D) | internally |
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A music student who learns that a psychology major with no musical training can detect the difference between 2 adjacent notes on a scale 5 times in 10 exposures has determined the psychology major's |
| | A) | absolute threshold. |
| | B) | subliminal perception. |
| | C) | difference threshold. |
| | D) | psychophysics. |
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A student who overlooks 5 brown apples when asked to count the number of apples on a page is exhibiting |
| | A) | sensory adaption. |
| | B) | perceptual set. |
| | C) | the difference threshold. |
| | D) | Weber's law. |
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On New Year's Day, members of "Polar Bear" clubs will swim in the ocean or lakes, often having to break through a layer of ice to enter the lake. The fact that they can stay in the water for several minutes is example of |
| | A) | sensory adaptation. |
| | B) | perceptual set. |
| | C) | the Stroop effect. |
| | D) | selective attention. |
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A person who is moving through a dark room in which all objects appear to be black or gray is using primarily |
| | A) | rods. |
| | B) | cones. |
| | C) | the fovea. |
| | D) | the lens. |
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Which of the following is not one of the main classes of sense organs and sensory receptors? |
| | A) | photoreceptors |
| | B) | mechanoreceptors |
| | C) | electroreceptors |
| | D) | chemoreceptors |
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Visual information is processed mainly in the ____________lobes; hearing in the _____________lobes, and pain, touch, and temperature in the ______________lobes. |
| | A) | occipital, temporal, parietal |
| | B) | frontal, temporal, occipital |
| | C) | occipital, temporal, frontal |
| | D) | frontal, parietal, temporal |
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Although the numbers on many scoreboards are composed of individual light bulbs, people have no difficulty distinguishing the numbers. This perception is an example of the principle of |
| | A) | similarity |
| | B) | closure |
| | C) | proximity |
| | D) | figure-ground relationships |
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A person standing on a railroad track notes that the tracks appear to converge in the distance. This perception is an example of |
| | A) | familiar size |
| | B) | texture gradient |
| | C) | shading |
| | D) | linear perspective |
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As a person walks around a rectangular table, the image on the retina changes, e.g., appearing as a parallelogram at certain points. The fact that the person continues to perceive the table as a rectangle is an example of |
| | A) | size constancy |
| | B) | depth perception |
| | C) | shape constancy |
| | D) | parallel processing |
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The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are parts of the |
| | A) | pinna |
| | B) | middle ear |
| | C) | inner ear |
| | D) | semicircular canals |
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The description of hearing based on the notion that clusters of neurons can fire in rapid succession is the |
| | A) | place theory |
| | B) | frequency theory |
| | C) | volley principle |
| | D) | transduction principle |
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Which of the following injuries would be signaled to the brain by the slow pathway? |
| | A) | arthritis of the knee |
| | B) | a headache resulting from a blow to the head |
| | C) | a burn from touching a heating element on a stove |
| | D) | a puncture wound to the foot |
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A human factors psychologist would be most likely to be involved in |
| | A) | making an automobile speedometer easier to read |
| | B) | measuring loudness at a rock concert |
| | C) | devising methods to help physical therapists control pain |
| | D) | locating neurons in the brain responsible for identification of certain colors |
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