Question 1

The five basic tastes are spatially distributed over different areas of the tongue without any overlap.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Helmholtz's explanation of color vision is called the __________

Accepted Answer

A)   opponent-process theory.
B)   additive color mixing theory.
C)   trichromatic theory.
D)   reductive color mixing theory.

Question 3

Which type of hearing problem can be reduced with ordinary hearing aids?

Accepted Answer

A)   central deafness
B)   conduction deafness
C)   sensory-neural deafness
D)   auditory pathway deafness

Question 4

Which is the best description of the kinesthetic sense?

Accepted Answer

A)   It has to do with touch, pressure, temperature, and pain.
B)   It has to do with the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other.
C)   It has to do with movement and body position.
D)   It has to do with your location as compared to the position of the sun.

Question 5

The pathway from the retina to the brain that enables us to see is rods and cones to bipolar cells to amacrine cells to horizontal cells to ganglion cells to optic nerve.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

By how much do the ossicles amplify sound?

Accepted Answer

A)   4 times
B)   10 times
C)   15 times
D)   22 times

Question 7

Which of the following occurs when because one object appears to be blocking another object, the viewer assumes that the blocked object is farther away?

Accepted Answer

A)   convergence
B)   linear perspective
C)   interposition
D)   texture gradient

Question 8

The depth cue in which faraway objects appear to be hazy and have a blurred outline is called __________

Accepted Answer

A)   linear perspective.
B)   shadowing.
C)   atmospheric perspective.
D)   motion parallax.

Question 9

Which of the following is true about cones?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are responsible for black and white vision.
B)   They are found mainly in the center of the eye.
C)   They operate mainly at night.
D)   They respond only to black and white.

Question 10

Receptors for taste are found in all of the following EXCEPT __________

Accepted Answer

A)   the olfactory epithelium.
B)   the palate.
C)   the tonsils.
D)   the throat.

Question 11

Bernie is eating a carrot. The sound of his chewing is drowning out the sound of his mother talking to him. Bernie is hearing this sound through __________

Accepted Answer

A)   the air.
B)   the conduction properties of the carrot.
C)   bone conduction.
D)   the proximal auditory system.

Question 12

Sound waves are amplified in the middle ear by tiny bones called the hammer, anvil and the stirrup, which serves to push against the __________ and set fluid in the cochlea in motion.

Accepted Answer

A)   tympanic membrane
B)   oval window
C)   basilar membrane
D)   auditory nerve

Question 13

What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Accepted Answer

A)   tiny bones located in the middle ear
B)   types of cones on the retina
C)   types of sound that most people can detect
D)   words often used by audiologists in testing for hearing difficulties

Question 14

__________ is the process through which the senses detect visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli and transmit them to the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)   Perception
B)   Difference threshold
C)   Sensation
D)   Absolute threshold

Question 15

It is difficult to distinguish between colors at night because __________

Accepted Answer

A)   we are seeing primarily with the cones.
B)   rods do not adapt to the dark.
C)   we are seeing primarily with the rods.
D)   we are used to seeing mostly with the fovea.

Question 16

Which component of the eye contains the visual receptors?

Accepted Answer

A)   sclera
B)   retina
C)   cornea
D)   posterior chamber

Question 17

Pitch is measured in hertz and loudness is measured in decibels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Compare and contrast the trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vision. How has this debate been resolved?

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Question 19

The trichromatic theory of color vision is based on the idea that the retina contains __________

Accepted Answer

A)   three classes of cells that alter their rates of firing according to color.
B)   three types of rods that respond to different saturation levels.
C)   rods, cones and a third type of cell called a muon that, depending upon the hue, stimulates different combinations of cones to fire.
D)   three types of cones that respond maximally to one of three colors - red, green or blue.

Question 20

Jamie is sitting in a parked train next to a window. Suddenly, another train goes whisking past the train Jamie is on. Even though Jamie's train is still parked, Jamie reacts as if it is moving. This is an example of __________

Accepted Answer

A)   real motion.
B)   apparent motion.
C)   interposition.
D)   motion graduation.

Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Bernie is eating a carrot. The sound of his chewing is drowning out the sound of his mother talking to him. Bernie is hearing this sound through __________

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Which component of the eye contains the visual receptors?

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Which type of hearing problem can be reduced with ordinary hearing aids?

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Compare and contrast the trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vision. How has this debate been resolved?

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By how much do the ossicles amplify sound?

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Which of the following is true about cones?

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Which of the following occurs when because one object appears to be blocking another object, the viewer assumes that the blocked object is farther away?

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Receptors for taste are found in all of the following EXCEPT __________

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The depth cue in which faraway objects appear to be hazy and have a blurred outline is called __________

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The pathway from the retina to the brain that enables us to see is rods and cones to bipolar cells to amacrine cells to horizontal cells to ganglion cells to optic nerve.

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The trichromatic theory of color vision is based on the idea that the retina contains __________

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Pitch is measured in hertz and loudness is measured in decibels.

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Jamie is sitting in a parked train next to a window. Suddenly, another train goes whisking past the train Jamie is on. Even though Jamie's train is still parked, Jamie reacts as if it is moving. This is an example of __________

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It is difficult to distinguish between colors at night because __________

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Which is the best description of the kinesthetic sense?

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__________ is the process through which the senses detect visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli and transmit them to the brain.

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The five basic tastes are spatially distributed over different areas of the tongue without any overlap.

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Helmholtz's explanation of color vision is called the __________

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