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1
Rememba Nuttin looked at her mother's face and said, "Are you my mommy?" Rememba is suffering from a rare disorder known as:
A)plastisoma.
B)retinitis pigmentosa.
C)acute sensory overload.
D)face blindedness.
2
Macon Whoopee received a(n) _________ of pain when she whacked her knee on a corner of the coffee table. Her _________ of the pain caused her to yell out, rub her knee, and hop around.
A)alarm; demonstration
B)just noticeable difference; threshold
C)sensation; perception
D)motivation; emotion
3
Human sensory capabilities go well beyond the five basic senses; we are sensitive not merely to touch, but to a considerably wider set of stimuli. Which of the following is NOT one of those senses?
A)pain
B)pressure
C)supraliminal audio
D)temperature
4
Poynte Dexta was sitting in the library about 20 feet from Dumb Jock. Poynte was irritated because he could hear Dumb's watch ticking. He then moved a few seats away from Dumb and could no longer hear the ticking. When Poynte heard the ticking in his first seat, he was probably at his _______________ for sound.
A)absolute threshold
B)difference threshold
C)just noticeable difference
D)noise level
5
____________ is the study of the relationship between the physical aspects of stimuli (sensations) and our psychological experience of them.
A)Psychophysics
B)Gestalt psychology
C)Biofeedback
D)Subliminal perception
6
Weber's law predicts:
A)that it is easier to identify differences in visual stimuli than auditory stimuli.
B)that a just noticeable difference is a constant proportion of the intensity of an initial stimulus.
C)that we are more likely to hear a telephone ringing than notice a flashing red light.
D)the Moon effect.
7
When Olympic Diver jumped into the pool he nearly jumped out of his Speedos because the water was so cold. After a while, the water temperature seemed almost like a warm bathtub. This is an example of:
A)sensory overload.
B)extrasensory perception.
C)sensory adaptation.
D)sensory stimulation.





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