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The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called
the cocktail party effect
sensory interaction
gestalt
frequency
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The adjustable opening in the center of the eye is
focea
blind spot
pupil
cornea
3
Damage to the fovea would have the greatest effect on
peripheral vision.
sensory adaptation.
night vision.
visual acuity.
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The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts
kinesthesis
audition
vestibular
gustation
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Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information. External
transduction
Bottom-Up processing
selective attention
Top -Down processing
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Knowing about the effects of the perceived distance of objects on their perceived size helps us to understand
the McGurk effect
the Moon Illusion
prosopagnosia.
parallel processing.
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Cats or Dogs?
Dogs
Cats
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The principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage
Webers law
parallel processing
difference threshold
sensory adaption
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One of the ways we perceive images is by organizing stimuli into an object seen against its surroundings. Known as
sensory adaptation
binocular cue
figure-ground
retinal disparity
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According to the Young-Helmholtz theory
color vision depends on pairs of opposing retinal processes.
certain nerve cells in the brain respond to specific features of a stimulus
the retina contains three kinds of color receptors.
the optic nerve processes top-down stimuli.
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The organization of two-dimensional retinal images into three-dimensional perceptions is called
depth perception.
retinal disparity.
monocular cues.
perceptual constancy.
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If you burn your finger, ________ transmit pain-triggering signals to your central nervous system.
nocieptors
vestibular sacs
ganglion cells
hair cells
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Focusing on conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
choice blindness
gestalt
opponent-process theory
selective attention
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The process by which our sensory systems convert stimulus energies into neural messages is called
parallel processing
priming
transduction
sensory adaption
15
Researchers have identified receptors for which of the following skin sensations?
cold
pain
pressure
warmth
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The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
Sensation
Bottom-up Processing
Selective Attention
perception
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Which factor appears to be important for the development of depth perception in infancy?
biological maturation
encouragement from parents
crawling experience
retinal disparity
18
Information guided by higher-level mental processes
Bottom-Up Processing
Top-Down processing
Perception
Sensation
19
How many children does Mrs. Hansen have?
1
4
3
2
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In a University driving-simulation, students on cell phones were slower to detect & respond obstacles. This illustrates
selective attention.
place theory.
retinal disparity
gate-control theory.
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Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of
absolute thresholds.
parallel processing.
sensory adaptation.
difference thresholds.
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Accommodation refers to the
diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.
process by which the lens changes shape to focus images on the retina.
system for sensing the position and movement of muscles, tendons, and joint
process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural messages.
23
Light-wave amplitude determines the
firing of rods in the retina
color hue experience
parallel processing of a scene
intensity of colors
24
Our experience of pain may be intensified when we perceive that others are experiencing pain. This best illustrates the
sensory adaptation.
top-down processing.
accommodation.
difference thresholds.
25
Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by
the opponent-process theory.
the gate-control theory.
the Young-Helmholtz theory.
frequency theory.
26
The minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50% of the time
absolute threshold
adaption threshold
difference threshold
change threshold
27
Bottom -Up processing involves analysis that begins with the
Cerebral Cortex
occipital lobe
Sensory receptors
Optic nerve
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The mechanical vibrations triggered by sound waves are transduced into neural impulses by
the eardrum.
the auditory cortex.
hair cells.
the oval window.
29
The simultaneous stimulation of adjacent cold and warmth spots on the skin produces the sensation of
hot
pressure
warmth
cold
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Which theory can best explain why people respond differently to the same stimuli?
the Young-Helmholtz theory
opponent-process theory
frequency theory
signal detection theory
31
Coke or Pepsi?
Pepsi
Coke
32
Perceiving the color, motion, and form of a bird in flight illustrates
opponent-process theory.
parallel processing.
place theory
trichromatic theory.
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After listening to your high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting.
sensory adaptation.
difference thresholds.
absolute thresholds.
parallel processing.
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The pitch of a sound is determined by what?
the vestibular level of the sound wave
the frequency of the sound wave
the loudness of the sound wave
the amplitude of the sound wave
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Bottom-up processing involves analysis that begins with the
optic nerve.
sensory receptors.
cerebral cortex.
occipital lobe.
36
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere
change blindness
figure-ground
transduction
inattentional blindness
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Which of the following play the biggest role in our feeling dizzy and unbalanced after a thrilling roller coaster ride?
basilar membranes
semicircular canals
feature detectors
eardrum
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Detecting physical energy from the environment and encoding it as neural signals
Sensation
Perception
selective attention
top-down processing
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Damage to the temporal lobe area of the brain essential for facial recognition produces a loss of
signal detection.
accommodation.
sensation.
perception.
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Who would win in a fight between Elmo and Cookie Monster?
Elmo
Cookie Monster