Chapter 4 Quiz

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Chapter 4 Quiz

• Sensation and Perception

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Dont forget to write your answers on a separate
piece of paper to grade when youre done!

• 1. Mechanical energy of vibrations is transduced
  to the electrochemical energy of neural impulses
  at the
• a) retina
• b) lens
• c) cochlea
• d) olfactory mucosa

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• 2. Color blindness and color afterimages are
  best explained by what theory of color vision?
• a) trichromatic theory
• b) opponent-process theory
• c) dichromatic theory
• d) binocular disparity theory

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• 3. You are shown a picture of your grandfathers
  face, but the eyes and mouth are blocked out.
  You still recognize it as a picture of your
  grandfather. What type of processing best
  explains this example of perception?
• a) bottom-up processing
• b) signal detection theory
• c) top-down processing
• d) opponent-process theory

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• 4. On its way to the cones and rods of the eye,
  (in order) light passes through the
• a) cornea, vitreous humor, lens, iris,
  aqueous humor
• b) sclera, lens, pupil, iris, vitreous humor
• c) cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens,
  vitreous humor
• d) sclera, aqueous humor, lens, iris,
  aqueous humor, fovea

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• 5. Neural impulses go directly to the cortex
  without passing through the thalamus from
  receptors in the
• a) retina
• b) joints
• c) cochlea
• d) olfactory epithelium

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• 6. Of the following, which is not a basic taste?
• a) sweet
• b) salty
• c) peppery
• d) bitter

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• 7. Receptors for kinesthesis are located in the
• a) retina
• b) joints
• c) semicircular canals
• d) olfactory epithelium

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• 8. Carlos was just able to perceive a difference
  in weight when Maria removed two of the 50 jelly
  beans from his plastic bag. It is most likely
  that if Carlos had the jumbo bag of 100 jelly
  beans, the smallest number of jelly beans he
  could notice removed would be
• a) 2
• b) 4
• c) 8
• d) 16

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• 9. Subliminal means
• a) below threshold
• b) barely perceptible
• c) deceptive
• d) superimposed

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• 10. The theory that best accounts for the
  experience of pain is the
• a) opponent-process theory
• b) Webers law
• c) trichromatic theory
• d) gate-control theory

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• 11. Which sense is least involved in enabling
  you to maintain your balance when you stand on
  one foot?
• a) kinesthesis
• b) olfaction
• c) vision
• d) vestibular sense

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• 12. The amount of light entering the eye is
  regulated by changes in the size of the
• a) pupil
• b) lens
• c) cornea
• d) retina

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• 13. A perceptual set implies that
• a) people often see what they expect to see
• b) visual perception is based on a bottom-
  up processing strategy
• c) feature analysis is a hard-wired
  process
• d) the focused-attention stage of processing
  is often overridden by preattentive
  processes

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• 14. The rods and cones are to vision as the
  taste buds are to
• a) olfaction
• b) kinesthesia
• c) gustation
• d) flavation

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• 15. The two major cues we use to localize sound
  sources in space are
• a) distance and loudness
• b) intensity and timing differences at the
  ears
• c) pitch and loudness differences at the ears
• d) loudness and timbre differences at the
  ears

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

• 1. C
• 2. B
• 3. C
• 4. C
• 5. D
• 6. C
• 7. B
• 8. B
• 9. A
• 10. D

• 11. B
• 12. A
• 13. A
• 14. C
• 15. B

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Essay Question Possibilities!!

• One of the following essay questions will appear
  on your test, be familiar with all of them!!

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Essay Question 1

• Use appropriate examples from everyday situations
  to illustrate the basic concepts from
  signal-detection theory.

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Essay Question 2

• From a distal light source to the brain,
  sequentially trace a visual stimulus thorugh the
  eye and nervous system.

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Essay Question 3

• Provide an overview of the trichromatic and
  opponent process theories of color vision, and
  resolve the debate between the two.

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Essay Question 4

• Provide an overview of the place and frequency
  theories of pitch perception, and resolve the
  debate between the two.

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Essay Question 5

• Compare vision and hearing with regard to the
  proximal stimulus and information processing for
  each sense.

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Essay Question 6

• Using appropriate examples, show how perceptual
  experiences can be subjective.

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Good Luck!

• Make sure to double check all of your answers and
  study them for the upcoming exam. Remember, AT
  LEAST FIVE of the questions from this quiz will
  make some sort of appearance on the chapter test
  along with one of the essay questions.
• Take advantage of this study guide and good luck
  on your test!