Question 1

Clay has played professional soccer for seven years and is easily able to tune out the sound of the crowd and all other irrelevant sensory information during the game. Bruce is a rookie and is often distracted by what his opponents are saying and the mood of the crowd. Clay and Bruce are showing differing levels of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   absolute thresholds.
B)   parallel processing
C)   selective attention
D)   top-down processingE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Professor Zander wants to know how loud a certain noise must be in order to be heard from a distance of 50 feet. This question involves the concept of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   relative magnitude
B)   difference threshold
C)   absolute threshold
D)   inverse discriminationE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Phantom sensations for a missing limb are most likely the result of:

Accepted Answer

A)   continuous firing of nerve cells at the site of the actual amputation.
B)   attempts to gain attention by people who have been injured.
C)   the eyes insisting that the limb is still present and sending a confusing signal to the brain.
D)   increased sensitivity of the region of the sensory cortex that formerly registered sensations from the missing limb.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

For humans, the ability to _______ is probably the most important sense.

Accepted Answer

A)   hear
B)   taste
C)   see
D)   smellE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Figure-ground is to _______ as dream interpretation is to psychoanalysis.

Accepted Answer

A)   structuralism
B)   functionalism
C)   Gestalt
D)   humanismE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Feature detection cells in the visual cortex respond primarily to features such as:

Accepted Answer

A)   color and brightness.
B)   size and distance.
C)   angles and edges.
D)   eyes, noses and mouths.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Light receptors which help us to see best at night are the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   foveae
B)   cones
C)   shafts
D)   rodsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following choices is NOT a monocular cue that painters can incorporate into their work to convey information about the relative distances of objects?

Accepted Answer

A)   superposition
B)   linear perspective
C)   aerial perspective
D)   convergenceE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

The fact that each one of our two eyes receives a slightly different image of an object we are looking at is known as ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   retinal disparity
B)   binocular inversion
C)   convergence
D)   stereophonic visionE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following depth cues requires two eyes?

Accepted Answer

A)   Motion parallax
B)   Retinal disparity
C)   Linear perspective
D)   Relative sizeE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue?

Accepted Answer

A)   clearness
B)   linear perspective
C)   retinal disparity
D)   textureE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

The conversion of external energy into something that the nervous system can understand is known as _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   accommodation
B)   perception
C)   sensation
D)   transductionE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

The _____ is a snail-shaped, fluid-filled organ that changes sound waves into a neural signal.

Accepted Answer

A)   ossicle
B)   pinna
C)   cochlea
D)   outer earE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Brightness refers to the intensity of light. The corresponding term when discussing sound is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hue
B)   loudness
C)   pitch
D)   timbreE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Which statement accurately describes the conclusions psychologists have drawn about the effects of subliminal messages on behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)   Subliminal messages have no effect whatsoever.
B)   Research shows subliminal messages might have mild effects on behavior and thinking.
C)   Research shows that subliminal ads are powerful.
D)   Psychologists have not yet conducted studies to form an answer.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Light, a central player in our visual perception of the world, is a form of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   chemical energy
B)   mechanical energy
C)   vibration
D)   electromagnetic energyE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

The sense associated with actively touching objects is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   tactile agnosia
B)   haptics
C)   nociception
D)   gestationE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

In order to detect a noticeable difference between two similar stimuli, the difference between the two stimuli must be above the _____________________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Which of the following is true regarding supertasters?

Accepted Answer

A)   Supertasters have many more taste buds than non-supertasters.
B)   Less than 1% of the population are supertasters.
C)   Supertasters prefer sweet and fatty foods.
D)   The tongues of supertasters are physiologically identical to non-supertasters.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

The patch of nasal membrane tissue that houses receptor cells for smell is the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   olfactory bulb
B)   Golgi tendon organ
C)   olfactory epithelium
D)   olfactory mucosaE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Figure-ground is to _______ as dream interpretation is to psychoanalysis.

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The patch of nasal membrane tissue that houses receptor cells for smell is the __________.

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Light, a central player in our visual perception of the world, is a form of _____________.

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Feature detection cells in the visual cortex respond primarily to features such as:

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Phantom sensations for a missing limb are most likely the result of:

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Light receptors which help us to see best at night are the __________.

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Brightness refers to the intensity of light. The corresponding term when discussing sound is __________.

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Professor Zander wants to know how loud a certain noise must be in order to be heard from a distance of 50 feet. This question involves the concept of _______.

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Which statement accurately describes the conclusions psychologists have drawn about the effects of subliminal messages on behavior?

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For humans, the ability to _______ is probably the most important sense.

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