Question 1

Any given area of the retina relays its information to a corresponding location in the

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A)   hypothalamus.
B)   oval window.
C)   occipital lobe.
D)   cerebellum.

Question 2

Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes is called

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A)   prosopagnosia.
B)   signal detection.
C)   top-down processing.
D)   transduction.

Question 3

Jake's excellent peripheral vision enabled him to detect a brief flash of light far to his left,even though he couldn't recognize what he had seen.His experience best illustrates

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A)   top-down processing.
B)   prosopagnosia.
C)   sensation.
D)   priming.

Question 4

The iris is a colored muscle that adjusts the size of the

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A)   blind spot.
B)   cornea.
C)   pupil.
D)   lens.

Question 5

Experiments with the visual cliff suggest that

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A)   infants experience no fear of heights.
B)   binocular cues are more important than monocular cues.
C)   depth perception is partly innate.
D)   unlike other animals,humans do not perceive depth until about 8 months of age.

Question 6

Andre claims that he can make a broken watch begin to run again simply by entering a state of intense mental concentration.Andre is claiming to possess the power of

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A)   precognition.
B)   telepathy.
C)   clairvoyance.
D)   psychokinesis.

Question 7

Kinesthesia refers to the

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A)   deactivation of pain receptors on the skin's surface.
B)   process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural signals.
C)   ringing-in-the-ears sensation that sometimes accompanies hearing loss.
D)   system for sensing the position and movement of tendons,joints,and muscles.

Question 8

One hypnotized woman tested by Ernest Hilgard showed no pain when her arm was placed in an ice bath.But asked to press a key if some part of her felt pain,she did so.To Hilgard,this was evidence of

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A)   synesthesia.
B)   dissociation.
C)   a just noticeable difference.
D)   a phantom limb sensation.

Question 9

Pain receptors trigger neural impulses in response to a sprain or a burn.This illustrates

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A)   priming.
B)   transduction.
C)   subliminal stimulation.
D)   sensory adaptation.

Question 10

Many older people lose their hearing for high-pitched sounds due to tissue degeneration near the beginning of the basilar membrane.This is best explained by the ________ theory.

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A)   gate-control
B)   frequency
C)   dissociation
D)   place

Question 11

The biopsychosocial approach to pain is likely to emphasize the importance of both

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A)   top-down and bottom-up processing.
B)   frequency and place theories.
C)   kinesthesia and psychokinesis.
D)   telepathy and clairvoyance.

Question 12

The difference threshold is the minimum difference a person can detect between any two stimuli

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A)   reliably on any occasion.
B)   50 percent of the time.
C)   following sensory adaptation.
D)   after being primed.

Question 13

The smell of food as we eat it influences our perception of the food's taste.This illustrates

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A)   the volley principle.
B)   sensory interaction.
C)   the McGurk effect.
D)   dissociation.

Question 14

The conversion of a fresh coffee aroma into neural impulses by sensory receptor cells best illustrates

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A)   top-down processing.
B)   transduction.
C)   sensory adaptation.
D)   priming.

Question 15

The process of detecting and encoding stimulus energies by the sensory receptors and the nervous system is called

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A)   priming.
B)   sensory adaptation.
C)   top-down processing.
D)   sensation.

Question 16

If an adult develops cataracts that cloud the lenses of the eyes,his or her

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A)   absolute threshold for light is likely to increase.
B)   difference threshold for light is likely to decrease.
C)   absolute threshold for light is likely to decrease.
D)   difference threshold for light is likely to remain unchanged.

Question 17

Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to the

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A)   eardrum.
B)   cochlea.
C)   hammer,anvil,and stirrup.
D)   auditory canal.

Question 18

People judge the temperature of a room as colder following the experience of

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A)   dissociation.
B)   synesthesia.
C)   psychokinesis.
D)   social exclusion.

Question 19

Light rays passing through the pupil cast an upside-down image on the

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A)   iris.
B)   lens.
C)   cornea.
D)   retina.

Question 20

The feature detectors identified by Hubel and Wiesel respond to specific aspects of

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A)   a visual scene.
B)   a musical recording.
C)   pain sensations.
D)   familiar odors.

Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

Any given area of the retina relays its information to a corresponding location in the

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The iris is a colored muscle that adjusts the size of the

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The biopsychosocial approach to pain is likely to emphasize the importance of both

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The feature detectors identified by Hubel and Wiesel respond to specific aspects of

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Andre claims that he can make a broken watch begin to run again simply by entering a state of intense mental concentration.Andre is claiming to possess the power of

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The process of detecting and encoding stimulus energies by the sensory receptors and the nervous system is called

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The smell of food as we eat it influences our perception of the food's taste.This illustrates

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Pain receptors trigger neural impulses in response to a sprain or a burn.This illustrates

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Jake's excellent peripheral vision enabled him to detect a brief flash of light far to his left,even though he couldn't recognize what he had seen.His experience best illustrates

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The difference threshold is the minimum difference a person can detect between any two stimuli

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Many older people lose their hearing for high-pitched sounds due to tissue degeneration near the beginning of the basilar membrane.This is best explained by the ________ theory.

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Kinesthesia refers to the

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