Question 1

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 2

_______ theory was developed to isolate the limits of sensory sensitivity.

Accepted Answer

A)   Method of loci
B)   Method adjustment
C)   Method of limits
D)   Method of constant stimuli

Question 3

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   bipolar cells
B)   ganglion cells
C)   rods
D)   cones

Question 4

Light is focused on the retina by the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   pupil
B)   ganglion cells
C)   lens
D)   iris

Question 5

The best explanation of the moon illusion is the _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   apparent distance hypothesis
B)   angle world hypothesis
C)   cultural bias hypothesis
D)   top-down processing hypothesis

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The most common cause of blindness is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   glaucoma
B)   cataracts
C)   astigmatism
D)   retinitis

Question 8

If an artist were to blend red, green, and blue lights together by focusing lights of those three colors on one common spot, the result would look _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   like nonspectral colors
B)   black
C)   like white light
D)   complementary

Question 9

Common region is the tendency to perceive ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   objects that in a common area as part of the same grouping
B)   things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
C)   two things that happen close together in time as being related
D)   objects that are in a common area or region as being in a group

Question 10

Muller-Lyer, Ponzo, and Zollner are all _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   proponents of the unconscious inference theory
B)   geometrical illusions
C)   researchers in the field of audiology
D)   towns in Italy where illusions were first studied

Question 11

An object's elevation is a perspective cue to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   distance
B)   shape
C)   shadowing
D)   size

Question 12

The first location to receive smell information in the brain is the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   olfactory bulb
B)   olfactory epithelium
C)   thalamus
D)   vomeronasal organ

Question 13

When a sound is straight ahead of you, it _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   sounds equally loud in both ears
B)   reaches both ears at the same time
C)   has the same waveform in each ear
D)   all of the above

Question 14

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   bipolar cells
B)   ganglion cells
C)   rods
D)   cones

Question 15

The vestibular sense governs our awareness of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   pressure
B)   temperature
C)   equilibrium
D)   pain

Question 16

Which is the best description of the vestibular senses?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

When Bill looks at his lamp alternately with his left eye and right eye, the image seems to jump from one position to another. This phenomenon illustrates ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   the Gestalt principle of similarity
B)   binocular disparity
C)   interposition
D)   the Gestalt principle of proximity

Question 18

Humans hear sounds ranging from 16 to ______ hertz.

Accepted Answer

A)   100
B)   6,000
C)   20,000
D)   1,500

Question 19

Which skin receptors respond only to pressure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pacinian corpuscles
B)   hair follicle nerve endings
C)   free nerve endings
D)   visceral corpuscles

Question 20

The physical stimuli for the sense of hearing are called _______ waves.

Accepted Answer

A)   alpha
B)   radio
C)   sound
D)   beta

Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ______.

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The physical stimuli for the sense of hearing are called _______ waves.

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The vestibular sense governs our awareness of __________.

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When a sound is straight ahead of you, it _______.

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Humans hear sounds ranging from 16 to ______ hertz.

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Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ______.

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Common region is the tendency to perceive ________.

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An object's elevation is a perspective cue to _______.

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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 ganglion cells to the optic nerve.

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The best explanation of the moon illusion is the _________.

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Light is focused on the retina by the ________.

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The first location to receive smell information in the brain is the __________.

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When Bill looks at his lamp alternately with his left eye and right eye, the image seems to jump from one position to another. This phenomenon illustrates ______.

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Which skin receptors respond only to pressure?

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Which is the best description of the vestibular senses?

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_______ theory was developed to isolate the limits of sensory sensitivity.

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The most common cause of blindness is which of the following?

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Muller-Lyer, Ponzo, and Zollner are all _________.

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If an artist were to blend red, green, and blue lights together by focusing lights of those three colors on one common spot, the result would look _________.

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Helmholtz's explanation of color vision is called the ________.

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