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PSY 101-Chapter 6

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Psychology 101 Quiz on PSY 101-Chapter 6, created by Emily Fox on 17/10/2017.
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Question 1

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A decrease in sensory responsiveness accompanying an unchanging stimulus is called...
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  • Sensory fatigue
  • Accommodation
  • Sensory adaptation
  • Sensory interaction

Question 2

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The size of the pupil is controlled by the...
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  • Lens
  • Retina
  • Cornea
  • Iris

Question 3

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The process by which the lens changes its curvature is...
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  • Accomidation
  • Sensory adaptation
  • Feature detection
  • Transduction

Question 4

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The sensory receptor of the eye that functions best in dim light is the...
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  • Fovea
  • Cone
  • Bipolar cell
  • Rod

Question 5

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The phenomenon of size constancy is based on the close connection between an object’s perceived _______ and its perceived ________.
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  • size; shape
  • size; distance
  • size; brightness
  • shape; distance

Question 6

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Frequency is to pitch as ___ is to ___.
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  • wavelength; loudness
  • amplitude; loudness
  • wavelength; constancy
  • amplitude; constancy

Question 7

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According to the gate-control theory, a way to alleviate chronic pain would be to stimulate the ___ nerve fibers that ___ the spinal gate.
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  • small; open
  • small; close
  • large; open
  • large; close

Question 8

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The transduction of light energy into nerve impulses takes place in the...
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  • Iris
  • Retina
  • Lens
  • Cornea

Question 9

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The brain breaks vision into separate dimensions such as color, depth, movement, and form, and works on each aspect simultaneously. This is an example of ...
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  • Illumination
  • Parallel processing
  • Accommodation
  • Opponent processing

Question 10

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One light may appear reddish and another greenish if they differ in...
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  • Wavelength
  • Kinesthesis
  • Amplitude
  • Brightness

Question 11

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Although carpenter Smith perceived a briefly viewed object as a screwdriver, police officer Jones perceived the same object as a knife. This difference illustrates that perception is guided by...
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  • Bottom-up processing
  • Sensory adaptation
  • Transduction
  • Perceptual set

Question 12

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As the football game continued into the night, Joe noticed that he was having difficulty distinguishing the colors of the players’ uniforms. This is because the _____, which enable color visions, have a ______ absolute threshold for brightness than the available light intensity.
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  • rods; higher
  • cones; higher
  • rods; lower
  • cones; lower

Question 13

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When we stare at a nearby object, each eye receives a slightly different image, providing a depth cue known as...
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  • Interposition
  • Linear perspective
  • Relative motion
  • Retinal disparity

Question 14

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The principle that one sense may influence another is...
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  • Transduction
  • Sensory adaptation
  • Weber’s law
  • Sensory interaction

Question 15

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Which of the following is the correct order of the structures through which light passes through the eye?
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  • Lens, pupil, cornea, retina
  • Pupil, cornea, lens, retina
  • Pupil, lens, cornea, retina
  • Cornea, pupil, lens, retina

Question 16

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Seventy-year-old Mrs. Martinez finds that she must spice her food heavily or she cannot taste it. Unfortunately, her son often finds her cooking inedible because it is so spicy. What is the likely explanation for their taste differences?
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  • W
  • Mrs. Martinez's son is a long time smoker
  • Being 70-years-old, Mrs. Martinez probably has fewer taste buds than her son
  • All of the above

Question 17

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To maximize your sensitivity to fine visual detail you should...
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  • Stare off to one side of the object you are attempting to see
  • Close one eye
  • Decrease the intensity of the light falling upon the object
  • Stare directly at the object

Question 18

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Eve hates the bitter taste of her cough syrup. Which of the following would she find most helpful in minimizing the syrup’s bad taste?
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  • Tasting something sweet before taking the cough syrup
  • Keeping the syrup in her mouth for several seconds before swallowing it
  • Holding her nose while taking the cough syrup
  • There is nothing that can be done to minimize the perception of bad taste

Question 19

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Which of the following is true of cones?
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  • Cones enable color vision
  • Cones are highly concentrated in the foveal region of the retina
  • Cones have higher absolute thresholds for brightness than rods
  • All of the above

Question 20

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Which of the following is an example of sensory interaction?
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  • Finding that despite its delicious aroma, an unappetizing, weird-looking meal tastes bad
  • Finding that food tastes bland when you have a bad cold
  • Finding it difficult to maintain your balance when you have an ear infection
  • All of the above

Question 21

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Which of the following correctly lists the order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear?
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  • Auditory canal, eardrum, middle ear, cochlea
  • Eardrum, auditory canal, middle ear, cochlea
  • Eardrum, middle ear, cochlea, auditory canal
  • Cochlea, eardrum, middle ear, auditory canal

Question 22

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Dr. Frankenstein has forgotten to give his monster an important part within the inner ear, as a result, the monster cannot transduce sound. Doctor Frankenstein omitted the...
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  • Eardrum
  • Auditory cortex
  • Stirrup
  • Basilar membrane

Question 23

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Sensation is to [blank_start]bottom-up processing[blank_end] as perseption is to [blank_start]top-down processing[blank_end]
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  • bottom-up processing
  • absolute threshold
  • grouping
  • interpretation
  • top-down processing
  • difference threshold
  • detection
  • priming

Question 24

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The process by which we organize and interpret sensory information is called [blank_start]perseption.[blank_end]
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  • perseption
  • sensation
  • absolute threshold

Question 25

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Subliminal stimuli are...
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  • too waek to be processed by the brain in any way
  • consciously percieved more than 50% of the time
  • always strong enough to affect our behavior
  • below our absolute threshold for conscious awareness

Question 26

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Another term for difference threshold is the [blank_start]just noticable difference[blank_end]
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  • just noticable difference
  • barely noticeable difference
  • noticeable difference

Question 27

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Weber's Law states that for a diference to be percieved, two stimuli must differ by...
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  • a fixed or constant energy amount
  • a constant minimum percent
  • a contantly changing amount
  • more than 7%

Question 28

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Sensory aadaption helps us focus on [blank_start]important changes in the envoirment[blank_end]
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  • important changes in the envoirment
  • visual stimuli
  • auditory stimuli
  • constant features of the enviorment

Question 29

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Our perceptual set influences what we perceive. This mental tendency reflects our [blank_start]experiences and assumptions[blank_end].
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  • experiences and assumptions
  • perceptual adaptation
  • priming ability
  • difference threshold

Question 30

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The characteristic of light that determines the color we experience, such as blue or green, is [blank_start]wavelength[blank_end]
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  • wavelength
  • hue
  • amplitude

Question 31

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The amplitude of a light wave determines our perception of [blank_start]brightness[blank_end]
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  • brightness
  • color
  • meaning
  • distance

Question 32

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The blind spot in your retina is located where...
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  • there are rods but NO cones
  • there are cones but NO rods
  • the optic nerve leaves the eye
  • the bipolar cells meet the ganglian cells

Question 33

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Cones are the eye's receptor cells that are especially sensitive to [blank_start]bright[blank_end] light and are responsible for our [blank_start]color[blank_end] vision.
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  • bright
  • dim
  • color
  • black-and-white
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