Question 1

If brain damage were completely limited to the brain tissue specifically devoted to visual face recognition,a person would still be able to visually recognize

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A)   chairs.
B)   houses.
C)   shoes.
D)   all of these objects.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Joe Wilson,age 55,has been told by experts that he has conduction hearing loss and that a hearing aid would restore his lost sense of hearing.It is likely that Joe's hearing loss involves problems within the

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A)   inner ear.
B)   middle ear.
C)   auditory nerve.
D)   basilar membrane.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is a binocular cue for the perception of distance?

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A)   relative size
B)   retinal disparity
C)   relative motion
D)   linear perspectiveE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 4

According to the Young-Helmholtz theory

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A)   the retina contains three kinds of color receptors.
B)   color vision depends on pairs of opposing retinal processes.
C)   the size of the difference threshold is proportional to the intensity of the stimulus.
D)   certain nerve cells in the brain respond to specific features of a stimulus.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

The perception of the letter "t" as two intersecting lines rather than as four nonintersecting lines illustrates the principle of

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A)   linear perspective.
B)   proximity.
C)   closure.
D)   continuity.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Although college textbooks frequently cast a trapezoidal image on the retina,students typically perceive the books as rectangular objects.This illustrates the importance of

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A)   size constancy.
B)   linear perspective.
C)   shape constancy.
D)   binocular cues.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Visual perceptions of objects often change when the objects are viewed in different surroundings.This best illustrates

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A)   prosopagnosia.
B)   Weber's law.
C)   context effects.
D)   subliminal stimulation.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The effect of prior experience and current expectations on perception best illustrates the importance of

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A)   subliminal stimulation.
B)   transduction.
C)   sensory thresholds.
D)   top-down processing.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Because the football game was interrupted by a long half-time,5-year-old Mark mistakenly concluded that the first and second halves of play were two different games.His experience best illustrates the organizational principle of

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A)   continuity.
B)   proximity.
C)   interposition.
D)   closure.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is the correct order in which the retina's neural layers process visual stimulation?

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A)   ganglion cells,rods and cones,bipolar cells
B)   rods and cones,ganglion cells,bipolar cells
C)   bipolar cells,ganglion cells,rods and cones
D)   rods and cones,bipolar cells,ganglion cellsE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

In response to a harmful stimulus,________ initiate neural impulses leading to the sensation of pain.

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A)   endorphins
B)   nociceptors
C)   olfactory bulbs
D)   the semicircular canalsE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

The retina has three types of color receptors,each especially sensitive to one of three colors.The retina has no separate receptors especially sensitive to

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A)   green.
B)   blue.
C)   yellow.
D)   red.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tried to fall asleep?

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A)   place theory
B)   opponent-process theory
C)   frequency theory
D)   signal detection theoryE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

A softball may appear smaller to batters who are discouraged by their poor performance than to batters who are hitting well.This best illustrates that perceptions are influenced by

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A)   Weber's law.
B)   emotion.
C)   sensory adaptation.
D)   absolute thresholds.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by

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A)   evolutionary psychologists.
B)   behaviorists.
C)   Gestalt psychologists.
D)   John Locke.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Who first proposed the opponent-process theory of color vision?

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A)   Isaac Newton
B)   Ewald Hering
C)   Adelbert Ames
D)   Herman von HelmholtzE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

The amount of light reflected by an object relative to the amount reflected by surrounding objects is called

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A)   continuity.
B)   interposition.
C)   retinal disparity.
D)   relative luminance.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

The perception that a cartoon character is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates

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A)   afterimages.
B)   retinal disparity.
C)   accommodation.
D)   stroboscopic movement.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 19

The quick succession of briefly flashed images in a motion picture produces

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A)   retinal disparity.
B)   blindsight.
C)   stroboscopic movement.
D)   linear perspective.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

John Locke is to Immanuel Kant as ________ is to ________.

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A)   figure;ground
B)   perception;sensation
C)   nurture;nature
D)   experience;learningE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 7: Sensation and Perception

The perception that a cartoon character is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates

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The retina has three types of color receptors,each especially sensitive to one of three colors.The retina has no separate receptors especially sensitive to

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Joe Wilson,age 55,has been told by experts that he has conduction hearing loss and that a hearing aid would restore his lost sense of hearing.It is likely that Joe's hearing loss involves problems within the

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If brain damage were completely limited to the brain tissue specifically devoted to visual face recognition,a person would still be able to visually recognize

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The effect of prior experience and current expectations on perception best illustrates the importance of

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Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by

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Because the football game was interrupted by a long half-time,5-year-old Mark mistakenly concluded that the first and second halves of play were two different games.His experience best illustrates the organizational principle of

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A softball may appear smaller to batters who are discouraged by their poor performance than to batters who are hitting well.This best illustrates that perceptions are influenced by

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John Locke is to Immanuel Kant as ________ is to ________.

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The perception of the letter "t" as two intersecting lines rather than as four nonintersecting lines illustrates the principle of

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Although college textbooks frequently cast a trapezoidal image on the retina,students typically perceive the books as rectangular objects.This illustrates the importance of

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Who first proposed the opponent-process theory of color vision?

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The amount of light reflected by an object relative to the amount reflected by surrounding objects is called

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Which of the following is a binocular cue for the perception of distance?

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Visual perceptions of objects often change when the objects are viewed in different surroundings.This best illustrates

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According to the Young-Helmholtz theory

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The quick succession of briefly flashed images in a motion picture produces

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In response to a harmful stimulus,________ initiate neural impulses leading to the sensation of pain.

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Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tried to fall asleep?

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Which of the following is the correct order in which the retina's neural layers process visual stimulation?

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