The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View, 2nd Edition (King)

Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Mechanoreceptors are involved in all of the following EXCEPT
A)touch.
B)smell.
C)equilibrium.
D)hearing.
2
Synaesthesia refers to
A)one sense inducing an experience in another sense.
B)the process by which visual stimuli is transmitted to the visual cortex.
C)seeing the color green after staring at the color red.
D)the frequency and pitch of sound waves.
3
The absolute threshold is the level at which someone can detect a stimulus ____ percent of the time.
A)25
B)50
C)75
D)100
4
Individuals can be affected by stimuli that are presented to them so quickly that they are not able to consciously perceive the stimuli. This phenomenon is known as
A)the difference threshold.
B)the absolute threshold.
C)subliminal perception.
D)signal detection theory.
5
People tend to have difficulty naming the color in which a word is printed when the word itself refers to a different color. This finding is called
A)Weber's law.
B)the signal detection theory.
C)sensory adaptation.
D)the Stroop effect.
6
Weber's law refers to
A)strong smells becoming almost unnoticeable.
B)the relationship between color perception and specific cone cells.
C)two stimuli differing by the same percentage in order to be perceived as different.
D)None of the answers are correct.
7
The visible spectrum of light is
A)between 100 and 400 nm.
B)between 400 and 700 nm.
C)between 700 and 1,000 nm.
D)between 100 and 1,000 nm.
8
The famous quote "don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes," usually attributed to William Prescott, refers to which structure of the eye?
A)iris
B)cornea
C)sclera
D)retina
9
The eye bends light through the ____, which does the majority of the bending of the light, and the _____, which fine tunes the light.
A)pupil; iris
B)iris; pupil
C)cornea; lens
D)lens; cornea
10
The part of the eye onto which visual information is projected is the
A)cornea.
B)lens.
C)retina.
D)sclera.
11
The optic chiasm
A)refers to the retina's blind spot.
B)transmits visual information from the left side of the retina to the right lobe of the occipital cortex and vice versa.
C)allows light to be bent such that the occipital cortex can perceive information both close and far away.
D)is responsible for afterimages.
12
Lionel has the most common form of color blindness. Which of his cone systems is most likely malfunctioning?
A)yellow
B)green
C)black
D)white
13
If you look at the color green for an extended period of time and then look away, you will see an afterimage of red. Which theory accounts for this phenomenon?
A)trichromatic theory
B)binding theory
C)opponent-process theory
D)parallel-processing theory
14
Depth perception is possible because of
A)binocular cues.
B)monocular cues.
C)texture of objects.
D)All of the answers are correct.
15
A sound wave's frequency translates into our perception of ____, whereas a sound wave's amplitude translates into our perception of _____.
A)timbre; pitch
B)pitch; timbre
C)pitch; loudness
D)loudness; pitch
16
Which of the following statements is correct?
A)Sound waves reach the pinna first, then the eardrum, then the oval window.
B)Sound waves reach the cochlea first, then the eardrum, then the hammer.
C)Sound waves reach the hammer first, then the cochlea, then the pinna.
D)Sound waves reach the pinna first, then the cochlea, then the ear drum.
17
We are able to determine from where a sound is coming because of
A)hair cells within the basilar membrane.
B)timing and intensity.
C)the number of times a neuron fires.
D)All of the answers are correct.
18
Which of the following affect our perception?
A)the stimuli
B)individual physiological differences
C)culture
D)All of the answers are correct.
19
Smells can often bring up emotional memories because the neural pathways for smell go through
A)the limbic system.
B)the occipital lobe.
C)the parietal lobe.
D)the reticular formation.
20
Research has suggested engaging in all of the following activities to protect your senses except
A)reading by light that is three times brighter than the rest of the room light.
B)avoiding high-fat food.
C)turning off an iPod whose volume is at 90 percent after 90 minutes.
D)avoid spicy food.
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