Psychology An Introduction 11th edition by Benjamin Lahey - Test Bank

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Psychology An Introduction 11th edition by Benjamin Lahey – Test Bank

 

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Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

5 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

 

Multiple-Choice Questions

 

  1. We are aware of our internal and external world because we possess
  2. A) sense organs.
  3. B) preceptor muscles.
  4. C) interocular locution.
  5. D) sensory deprivation.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 121

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Sensory information is interpreted through the process of
  2. A) sensation.
  3. B) translation.
  4. C) perception.
  5. D) sensory adaptation.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 121

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The process of receiving, translating, and transmitting messages from the outside world to the brain is called
  2. A) sensation.
  3. B) selective attention.
  4. C) perception.
  5. D) cognition.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 121

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. A brain-injured patient cannot interpret sensory stimuli but can detect the presence of a stimulus. This person has a problem with
  2. A) sensation.
  3. B) perception.
  4. C) transduction.
  5. D) adaptation.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 121

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Your friend asks you to help move some boxes. You look at the boxes and without even trying to move them you say, “These boxes are too heavy.” Seeing the boxes as heavy is an example of
  2. A) sensation.
  3. B) transduction.
  4. C) constancy.
  5. D) perception.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 121

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Sensory systems have specialized neurons that transform physical energy into neural messages. These specialized neurons are called
  2. A) interneurons.
  3. B) transducers.
  4. C) receptors.
  5. D) adaptors.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 121

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The color of the white paper and the correction fluid you use to cover up mistakes on the paper are not exactly the same, but they are so close that you cannot see any difference. This is because your _______ abilities are limited.
  2. A) perceptual
  3. B) sensory
  4. C) associative
  5. D) cognitive

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 121

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The main function of sensory receptor cells is to
  2. A) maintain a system of checks and balances with perception cells.
  3. B) receive outside forms of energy and translate into neural impulses.
  4. C) inform the brain which types of electromagnetic energy are harmful.
  5. D) collect information about the outside world so the brain can disregard it.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 121

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Regarding stimuli in the outside world, collecting data about that world is the function of ______ and interpreting the data that has been collected is the function of ______.
  2. A) the brain; the spinal cord
  3. B) the spinal cord; the brain
  4. C) sensation; perception
  5. D) perception; sensation

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 121

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The process of converting light, sound, and other forms of energy from the world we live in into a form of neural impulses our brain can understand is called
  2. A) transduction.
  3. B) induction.
  4. C) recovery of function.
  5. D) circumlocution.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. At the center of every sense organ there are ______ that transduce incoming stimuli.
  2. A) nuclei
  3. B) sense organs
  4. C) pheromones
  5. D) psychophysics

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Where does the process of transduction take place?
  2. A) At the cortical level
  3. B) At the interneuron level
  4. C) At the receptor cell level
  5. D) At the spinal cord level

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In sensory transduction, neural energy is derived from
  2. A) physical sources of energy.
  3. B) Weber’s law.
  4. C) stereochemical energy.
  5. D) perceptions.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. If a person hears two tones that differ in intensity just barely enough to be detected, the point of detection would be the ________ threshold.
  2. A) difference
  3. B) sensory
  4. C) absolute
  5. D) transduction

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 125

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The smallest intensity of a stimulus that is detected 50% of the time is
  2. A) Weber’s law.
  3. B) the sensory threshold.
  4. C) the difference threshold.
  5. D) the absolute threshold.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. An architect is designing apartments and wants them to be soundproof. She asks a psychologist what the smallest amount of sound is that can be heard. Her question is most related to
  2. A) the absolute threshold.
  3. B) the difference threshold.
  4. C) Weber’s law.
  5. D) the sensory receptors.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 122

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. You are studying in your dorm room, but your neighbor is blasting the television in the adjacent room. When you gently request that your neighbor turn the volume down until you cannot hear it, you are asking your neighbor to find your
  2. A) absolute threshold.
  3. B) difference threshold.
  4. C) transduction level.
  5. D) basilar membrane.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 122

Style: Applied

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. With incoming sensory stimuli, not every message will be strong enough to be detected. That is, a message must exceed the _______ in order to be processed.
  2. A) expectations
  3. B) arbitrary value
  4. C) threshold
  5. D) upper limit

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The absolute threshold is the smallest magnitude of a stimulus that can be ______ and the difference threshold is the smallest magnitude of s stimulus that can be ______.
  2. A) generated; generated half the time
  3. B) generated half the time; generated
  4. C) detected half the time; detected
  5. D) detected; detected half the time

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 122

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The ______ threshold is the smallest magnitude of a stimulus that can be detected.
  2. A) absolute
  3. B) difference
  4. C) relevant
  5. D) partial

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. One of the reasons that sensory adaptation occurs is because
  2. A) transduction limits are exceeded.
  3. B) receptor cells become fatigued.
  4. C) receptor cells become hypervigilant.
  5. D) absolute thresholds change over time.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122–123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. You arrive at your friend’s apartment for a big party at the end of the semester. When you first arrive, the music is so loud that it almost hurts your ears. After a couple of hours, even though the music is still at the same volume, it doesn’t bother you anymore, and you like it. This change over time describes the process of
  2. A) light adaptation.
  3. B) transduction.
  4. C) sensory adaptation.
  5. D) sensory deprivation.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 122–123

Style: Applied

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. You can’t feel the waistband of your underwear (though you know it is there). This is mostly the result of
  2. A) sensory deprivation.
  3. B) difference thresholds.
  4. C) sensory adaptation.
  5. D) transduction.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122–123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. You go swimming in cold water. At first you are in agony, but later the water doesn’t feel so bad. You have experienced
  2. A) sensory adaptation.
  3. B) perceptual constancy.
  4. C) vestibular adaptation.
  5. D) gustation.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122–123

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. As you enter your house, you smell the pleasant aroma of dinner cooking. After several minutes, you hardly notice the smell. This is an example of
  2. A) Weber’s law.
  3. B) a difference threshold.
  4. C) stereochemical theory.
  5. D) sensory adaptation.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122–123

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Tom walked into the anatomy lab for the first time and was overpowered by the odor of formaldehyde. By the end of the lab, he said there was only a slight smell. This can best be explained by
  2. A) stereochemical desensitization.
  3. B) opponent-process theory.
  4. C) sensory adaptation.
  5. D) gustatory disinhibition.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122–­123

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. A person wishes to study how vision is affected by various stimulus conditions. Which specialty field within psychology would be best suited to his or her interest?
  2. A) Environmental psychology
  3. B) Sensory physiology
  4. C) Psychophysics
  5. D) Kinesthetics

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. When you are paid $1 instead of $2, it is a big deal. When you are paid $91 instead of $92, the difference feels less painful. This is similar to
  2. A) absolute thresholds.
  3. B) perceptual constancy.
  4. C) Weber’s law.
  5. D) stimulus transduction.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In a dark room, lighting one candle adds a lot of brightness. However, in a room with 100 lit candles, lighting one candle has little effect. This example can be explained by
  2. A) sensory adaptation.
  3. B) perceptual constancy.
  4. C) Weber’s law.
  5. D) the Law of Effect.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The specialty area in psychology that studies topics such as sensory limits and sensory adaptation is called
  2. A) kinesiology.
  3. B) biopsychology.
  4. C) psychokinesis.
  5. D) psychophysics.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The ability to detect small changes of weak stimuli and large changes in strong stimuli is known as
  2. A) Weber’s law.
  3. B) transduction.
  4. C) psychophysics.
  5. D) trichromaticism.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Technically speaking, light is a form of
  2. A) matter.
  3. B) energy.
  4. C) gas.
  5. D) antimatter.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 125

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Of all forms of electromagnetic radiation, humans can perceive ______ forms of electromagnetic radiation.
  2. A) all
  3. B) some
  4. C) none
  5. D) only X-ray

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 125

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. When we refer to the hue of a light wave, we are referring to what we perceive as
  2. A) intensity.
  3. B) radiation.
  4. C) brightness.
  5. D) color.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 125

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Regarding light, wavelength is the ______ as intensity is the ______.
  2. A) hue; brightness
  3. B) brightness; hue
  4. C) hue; saturation
  5. D) brightness; saturation

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 125

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. A change in the wavelength of light would result in a change in
  2. A) brightness.
  3. B) saturation.
  4. C) hue.
  5. D) intensity.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 125

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. When you can tell the difference between candy apple red and fire engine red, it is partly because the light stimuli differ in their
  2. A) visual acuity.
  3. B) cone density.
  4. C) X rays.
  5. D) wavelengths.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 125

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The major purpose of the iris is to
  2. A) protect the eye from injury.
  3. B) regulate the amount of light entering the eye.
  4. C) focus light on the retina.
  5. D) transduce light energy.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The clear membrane just in front of the iris through which light first passes is the
  2. A) retina.
  3. B) lens.
  4. C) cornea.
  5. D) rod.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The ciliary muscle of the eye controls the
  2. A) thickness of the lens.
  3. B) optic chiasm.
  4. C) color intensity.
  5. D) retinal cones.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The receptors for vision are located in the
  2. A) retina.
  3. B) cornea.
  4. C) blind spot.
  5. D) optic chiasm.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Toward the center of the retina, there is an area that contains only cones. This area is called the
  2. A) cornea.
  3. B) fovea.
  4. C) chiasm.
  5. D) optic nerve.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Since most non-primate mammals have no color vision, you would expect their eyes to have
  2. A) mostly cones.
  3. B) mostly rods.
  4. C) equal numbers of rods and cones.
  5. D) no cones or rods.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Jane is having trouble sleeping. As she sits in bed looking around the darkened room, she notices that her peripheral vision seems to be better than her central vision. This is because peripheral vision
  2. A) depends on the rods.
  3. B) depends on the cones.
  4. C) has better visual acuity.
  5. D) does not have a blind spot.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 126

Style: Applied

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. You try to note the incredibly fine details of a computer microchip through a magnifying glass. On which area of the retina are you focusing this image?
  2. A) Optic chiasm
  3. B) Rods
  4. C) Periphery
  5. D) Fovea

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 126

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The _____ is held in place by ligaments attached to the ciliary muscle.
  2. A) cornea
  3. B) lens
  4. C) iris
  5. D) fovea

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. As light enters the eye, eventually it reaches the light-sensitive ____ at the back of the second chamber of the eye.
  2. A) blind spot
  3. B) fovea
  4. C) retina
  5. D) cornea

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The main function of rods and cones is to
  2. A) stretch wavelengths.
  3. B) minimize trichromaticism.
  4. C) adjust sensory thresholds.
  5. D) transduce light.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Within the eye, there are about _____ cones and ______ rods.
  2. A) 6 million; 125 million
  3. B) 60 million; 125 million
  4. C) 6 million; 12.5 million
  5. D) 600 million; 1.25 million

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. If you wanted to have good clarity and sharpness of vision, you should arrange for light and images to be focused at the
  2. A) edges of the cornea where light is refracted best.
  3. B) center of the retina where cones are concentrated.
  4. C) periphery of the iris where light passes through clearest.
  5. D) middle of the lens where ciliary muscles are the strongest.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Bright overhead lights are suddenly turned off. At first the room is extremely dark, but gradually you are able to see the edges of objects in the room. These adjustments to illumination occur because of
  2. A) light adaptation.
  3. B) dark adaptation.
  4. C) opponent-process theory.
  5. D) wavelength blindness.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 127

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Fresh chemicals used in light reception are stored during the ________ process.
  2. A) transduction
  3. B) threshold
  4. C) dark adaptation
  5. D) light adaptation

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 127

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. You dissect an animal and find no cones in its eyes. What can you conclude about its vision?
  2. A) It had extremely good eyesight.
  3. B) Its eyesight was very poor.
  4. C) The animal relied very much on color changes in the environment.
  5. D) The animal could not distinguish colors.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 127

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. While attending a car show, you see a custom-painted car that seems to change color as you view its paint from different angles. The most likely explanation for this is
  2. A) the reflected wavelength of light is held constant.
  3. B) the reflected wavelength of light changes with position.
  4. C) your retinas are defective.
  5. D) the hue of light is not variable.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 127

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. People are tested for peripheral vision by driving machines. If declines are found, the physical cause probably involves
  2. A) decreases in cones.
  3. B) decreases in rods.
  4. C) more rods than cones in the retina.
  5. D) decreased intraocular eye pressure.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 127

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In a well-lighted room, rods are being used ______ and cones are being used ______.
  2. A) infrequently; frequently
  3. B) infrequently; infrequently
  4. C) frequently; infrequently
  5. D) frequently; frequently

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 127

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In the process of ______ that your eyes have been in the dark for a while and become very sensitive to light due to the buildup of chemicals necessary for light reception.
  2. A) light adaptation
  3. B) dark adaptation
  4. C) transduction
  5. D) macular degeneration

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 128

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The trichromatic theory of color vision suggests that we perceive colors because there are ______ different types of cones in the retina.
  2. A) two
  3. B) three
  4. C) four
  5. D) five

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 128

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. One way to think about how we process color images is that the ______ describes the events at the first level of neurons in the visual system, while the ______ best describes the activities of neurons in the rest of the visual system.
  2. A) camera theory; opponent-process theory
  3. B) opponent-process theory; trichromatic theory
  4. C) trichromatic theory; opponent-process theory
  5. D) opponent-process theory; camera theory

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: High

Page: 128–130

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. For someone with color blindness, the colors that look the same are always
  2. A) red.
  3. B) white and black.
  4. C) pastel colors.
  5. D) complementary colors.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 131

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Afterimages are usually seen in colors complementary to the colors of the original image, confirming a prediction made by the
  2. A) trichromatic theory.
  3. B) dichromatic theory.
  4. C) opponent-process theory.
  5. D) stereochemical theory.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 130

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The theory of color vision that contends that the eye has two kinds of cones, responding to either the red-green or yellow-blue range of wavelength, is the
  2. A) opponent-process theory.
  3. B) trichromatic theory.
  4. C) dichromacy theory.
  5. D) stereochemical theory.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 130

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. According to one theory of color vision, colors are signaled in pairs by neural cells that signal faster to one color and slower to another color. This theory is known as the ________ theory.
  2. A) opponent-process
  3. B) trichromatic
  4. C) stereochemical
  5. D) complementary

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 130

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. After staring at a green circle for 30 seconds, a person trains his or her gaze on a white surface. Even though the surface is white, the person begins to see a red circle. The red circle is a(n)
  2. A) adaptation image.
  3. B) stereochemical image.
  4. C) color afterimage.
  5. D) opponent image.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 129–130

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Which theory of color vision most accurately describes the process of color vision at the level of the retina?
  2. A) Afterimage theory
  3. B) Opponent-process theory
  4. C) Dark adaptation theory
  5. D) Trichromatic theory

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 128

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. We hear a tuning fork when it is struck because it
  2. A) electromagnetically stimulates the vestibular system.
  3. B) causes compression and rarefaction of air molecules.
  4. C) transduces air molecules into energy.
  5. D) causes the oval window to uncurl and recoil.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In the process of hearing, successive waves of increased density (called ______) and waves of decreased density (called ______) cause us to hear a repeating sound.
  2. A) rarefaction; compression
  3. B) magnification; compression
  4. C) compression; rarefaction
  5. D) rarefaction; magnification

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. When the molecules in the air become less dense (as in the process of hearing), ______ has occurred.
  2. A) myelination
  3. B) magnification
  4. C) compression
  5. D) rarefaction

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. If you change the frequency of a sound wave, you change the
  2. A) timbre.
  3. B) intensity.
  4. C) pitch.
  5. D) loudness.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The intensity of sound is measured in
  2. A) hertz units.
  3. B) timbre.
  4. C) decibel units.
  5. D) frequency.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Hertz is to decibel as
  2. A) timbre is to frequency.
  3. B) compression is to rarefaction.
  4. C) frequency is to intensity.
  5. D) intensity is to amplitude.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The changing frequency of sound from a train going past your stopped car occurs because of changes in the sound’s
  2. A) intensity.
  3. B) timbre.
  4. C) decibels.
  5. D) pitch.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Objects that vibrate ______ create ______ sound waves.
  2. A) slowly; high frequency
  3. B) slowly; low frequency
  4. C) quickly; low frequency
  5. D) quickly; zero frequency

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. 74. Hertz is a method of measuring the frequency of sound waves as the number of cycles per
  2. A) hour.
  3. B) millisecond.
  4. C) second.
  5. D) minute.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The unit of measure for the intensity of sound is
  2. A) pitch.
  3. B) saturation.
  4. C) hue.
  5. D) decibel.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The pinna is the _____ which is quite useful for collecting sounds from the environment.
  2. A) external part of the ear
  3. B) inner eardrum
  4. C) curled structure of the inner ear
  5. D) organ of Corti

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 133

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. It is the ______ that gets waxy and connects the outer ear to the middle ear.
  2. A) organ of Corti
  3. B) external auditory canal
  4. C) basilar membrane
  5. D) auditory transducer

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 133

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Another name for the eardrum is the
  2. A) tympanic membrane.
  3. B) organ of Corti.
  4. C) cochlear window.
  5. D) internal auditory canal.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 133

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. What is the major function of the hammer, anvil, and stirrup of the middle ear?
  2. A) To soften the tone of incoming stimuli for appropriate processing
  3. B) To stir cochlear fluid so that bone conduction hearing can occur
  4. C) To amplify vibrations and pass them on to the inner ear
  5. D) To clean the external auditory canal of any potential wax buildup

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 133–134

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. When sound waves enter the ear canal, they first
  2. A) vibrate the eardrum.
  3. B) move the oval window.
  4. C) vibrate the cochlea.
  5. D) vibrate the hammer.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 133–134

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The bones of the middle ear are set into motion by vibrations of the
  2. A) cochlea.
  3. B) eardrum.
  4. C) saccule.
  5. D) basilar membrane.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 133–134

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Where are the basilar membrane and the organ of Corti located?
  2. A) Semicircular canals
  3. B) Cochlea
  4. C) Middle ear
  5. D) Oval window

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 134

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. If both of your ears were on the same side of your head, you would have difficulty
  2. A) determining timbre.
  3. B) discriminating loudness.
  4. C) localizing sounds.
  5. D) with bone conduction.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 135

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Fran has little trouble hearing her own speech but has great difficulty hearing the speech of others. Which explanation accounts for Fran’s problem?
  2. A) Damage to the cochlea
  3. B) Damage to the oval window
  4. C) Damage to the eardrum
  5. D) Damage to the pinna

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 133

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. If you lost all of your ability to hear with your left ear, you would likely have
  2. A) trouble locating the sources of sounds.
  3. B) trouble discriminating individual voices.
  4. C) trouble understanding human speech.
  5. D) no trouble at all with your hearing.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 135

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. With your eyes closed, touch the tip of your nose with your right index finger. You are able to do this mainly because of information from your
  2. A) auditory sense.
  3. B) vestibular sense.
  4. C) kinesthetic sense.
  5. D) skin senses.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 137

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Information about the location and movement of skin, muscles, joints, and tendons is provided by
  2. A) saccule and utricle cells.
  3. B) kinesthetic receptors.
  4. C) semicircular canals.
  5. D) tactile discs.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 137

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. If your saccule and utricle are damaged, you will have problems with
  2. A) body orientation.
  3. B) skin temperature.
  4. C) sound localization.
  5. D) taste.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 137

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Your brain receives information about your body orientation and movement from
  2. A) psychophysiological understanding.
  3. B) sensory adaptation.
  4. C) endorphin receptors.
  5. D) the vestibular organ.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 137

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Which of the following is an example of a type of skin receptor?
  2. A) Terminal en bouton
  3. B) Basket cell
  4. C) Recharger cell
  5. D) Facile disc

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 138

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Receptors for stimuli that are perceived as painful, called nocioceptors, are found
  2. A) on the scalp.
  3. B) only on the back.
  4. C) concentrated on the fingertips.
  5. D) throughout the body.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 139

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. On your skin, the level of sensitivity is controlled by the
  2. A) temperature of the surroundings.
  3. B) number of nerve cells.
  4. C) level of arousal.
  5. D) thickness of the epidermis.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 139

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. When you feel pain, which skin receptor is primarily involved?
  2. A) Basket cells
  3. B) Specialized end bulbs
  4. C) Free nerve endings
  5. D) Tactile discs

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 138

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. What do you experience when nocioceptors are stimulated?
  2. A) Pain
  3. B) Sexual pleasure
  4. C) Dizziness
  5. D) Sound

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 139

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. How does myelin influence the transmission of pain signals?
  2. A) It slows the message.
  3. B) It speeds the message.
  4. C) It changes the message.
  5. D) It blocks the message.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 139

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Gate control theory is associated with
  2. A) vision.
  3. B) pain.
  4. C) balance.
  5. D) olfaction.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 140

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The theory that explains why there is not a direct relationship between a pain stimulus and the amount of pain experienced is
  2. A) stereochemical theory.
  3. B) free nerve ending theory.
  4. C) pain adaptation theory.
  5. D) gate control theory.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 140

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. According to the gate control theory of pain, how do gate neurons inhibit pain neurons?
  2. A) By releasing endorphins
  3. B) By activating specialized end bulbs
  4. C) By blocking basket cells
  5. D) By releasing substance P

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 140

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The effectiveness of morphine in relieving pain is explained by its
  2. A) mood-elevating effects.
  3. B) chemical similarity to endorphins.
  4. C) capacity to inhibit free nerve endings.
  5. D) tendency to open spinal gates.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 140

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. A theory supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture states that it works because it
  2. A) inhibits key skin receptors for pain.
  3. B) opens neural gates in the spinal cord.
  4. C) triggers the release of endorphins.
  5. D) redirects neural signals in the cortex.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 140-141

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The transmission of slow pain messages can be enhanced by gate neurons when
  2. A) exposed to morphine.
  3. B) they are inhibitory.
  4. C) they inhibit specialized end bulbs.
  5. D) they release substance P.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 140–141

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The neuropeptide involved in slow-pain transmission is
  2. A) glutamate.
  3. B) substance P.
  4. C) norepinephrine.
  5. D) dopamine.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 140–141

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. A(n) ______ is a substance that inhibits the pain at gate neurons.
  2. A) hormone
  3. B) neurotransmitter
  4. C) endorphin
  5. D) neuropeptide

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 140–141

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. As many as ______% of amputees experience phantom limb pain.
  2. A) 10
  3. B) 30
  4. C) 50
  5. D) 70

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 142

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. What does evidence suggest about the neural networks that mediate the sensations of phantom limb pain?
  2. A) Unused cortical areas become sensitive to other body areas.
  3. B) The networks are nonexistent, and feeling is only the result of memory.
  4. C) The networks disappear after a few months of disuse.
  5. D) Unused cortical areas are stimulated by random firing from the cerebellum.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 142

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. What does the phantom limb experience tell us about conscious experience?
  2. A) Memories can interfere with sensation.
  3. B) Sensory information is not needed for the perception of pain.
  4. C) Conscious experience is not always a direct representation of sensory information.
  5. D) Phantom limb sensations reveal no new information about conscious experience.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 1462

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In the Bariba culture, those who openly display indications of pain
  2. A) lack courage.
  3. B) show strength.
  4. C) are not yet adults.
  5. D) become leaders.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 143

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Which of the following phrases would be an accurate translation of a proverb from the Bariba culture related to pain?
  2. A) No pain, no gain.
  3. B) Between death and shame, death has the greater beauty.
  4. C) Big boys don’t cry, but it’s OK for little girls to cry.
  5. D) There is no such thing as pain—it’s all in your head.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 143

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The gustatory sense refers to the chemical sense of
  2. A) smell.
  3. B) taste.
  4. C) touch.
  5. D) pain.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 144

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Human taste buds respond to ______ different classes of chemicals.
  2. A) five
  3. B) seven
  4. C) 12
  5. D) more than 20

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 144–145

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Taste buds are bunched together in
  2. A) taste cells.
  3. B) the papillae.
  4. C) endocrine glands.
  5. D) the organ of Corti.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 144

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Your doctor has given you some awful-tasting pills. To minimize the aversive taste, where should you place the pill on your tongue?
  2. A) front
  3. B) side
  4. C) middle
  5. D) back

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 145

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. We are able to taste due to approximately ______ taste buds on our tongue.
  2. A) 10,000
  3. B) 100,000
  4. C) 1 million
  5. D) 1,000

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 144

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The sense of smell is called ______, and the sense of taste is called ______.
  2. A) transduction; olfaction
  3. B) olfaction; gustation
  4. C) gestation; olfaction
  5. D) olfaction; transduction

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 144

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Women who are exposed to the male sex hormone, adrostadienone,
  2. A) show no response changes.
  3. B) show depressed moods.
  4. C) show improved moods.
  5. D) respond in ways very similar to male responses to the hormones.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 146

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Visual stimuli that are close together are usually seen as belonging together; this is called
  2. A) figure-ground.
  3. B) proximity.
  4. C) continuity.
  5. D) similarity.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 148

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Proximity, continuity, similarity, and closure are
  2. A) monocular depth perception cues.
  3. B) binocular depth perception cues.
  4. C) examples of visual illusions.
  5. D) Gestalt principles of perception.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 148

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Objects that resemble one another are often perceived as a group. This is the perceptual principle of
  2. A) similarity.
  3. B) closure.
  4. C) continuity.
  5. D) constancy.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 148

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Perceptually, humans display a tendency to mentally complete forms and figures that are actually incomplete. This tendency is known as
  2. A) contouring.
  3. B) similarity.
  4. C) closure.
  5. D) convergence.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 148

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The Gestalt principle of ______ suggests that we perceive lines or patters that flow a smooth contour as being part of a single object.
  2. A) figure-ground
  3. B) continuity
  4. C) proximity
  5. D) similarity

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 148

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. When looking at these letters—XXX XXX XXX XXX—we tend to see four groups of three X’s rather than 12 individual X’s due to the principle of
  2. A) closure.
  3. B) similarity.
  4. C) proximity.
  5. D) continuity.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 148

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Looking at a quarter in your hand casts a different image on your retina compared to looking at a quarter across the room, yet we know that the quarter is the same and retains the same dimensions. This phenomenon is known as
  2. A) size constancy.
  3. B) figure-ground.
  4. C) the Ponzo illusion.
  5. D) Gestalt closure.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 149

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The tendency for perceptions of objects to remain relatively unchanged in spite of changes in raw sensations is called
  2. A) monocular constancy.
  3. B) perceptual constancy.
  4. C) linear perspective.
  5. D) the figure-ground principle.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 149

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Artists use many colors to depict a single object, because they recognize the influence of light and shadow. This demonstrates an artist’s ability to capitalize on
  2. A) retinal disparity.
  3. B) linear perspective.
  4. C) color constancy.
  5. D) visual illusion.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 149

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. If we see a German shepherd standing 30 feet from us, we still recognize its size even though the image on our retina is much smaller than when it is directly before us. This is primarily due to
  2. A) size constancy.
  3. B) shape constancy.
  4. C) proximity.
  5. D) figure-ground.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 149

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. A door is still perceived as a rectangle even after we view it from different angles. This is due to
  2. A) depth cues.
  3. B) retinal disparity.
  4. C) shape constancy.
  5. D) linear constancy.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 150

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Depth perception depends on monocular and binocular cues. Monocular cues are cues
  2. A) relating to single colors.
  3. B) relating to single shapes.
  4. C) available to one eye.
  5. D) available as the two eyes interact.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 150

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Accommodation is to retinal disparity as
  2. A) monocular cue is to binocular cue.
  3. B) binocular cue is to monocular cue.
  4. C) superposition is to linear perspective.
  5. D) linear perspective is to superposition.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 150–151

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Which depth cue accounts for why parallel lines appear to grow closer together the farther away they are?
  2. A) Texture gradient
  3. B) Superposition
  4. C) Vertical position
  5. D) Linear perspective

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 150

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The movement of the eyes as they adjust to objects at different distances is called
  2. A) monocular vision.
  3. B) accommodation.
  4. C) superposition.
  5. D) convergence.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 156

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Which of the following is a binocular cue?
  2. A) Texture gradient
  3. B) Convergence
  4. C) Superposition
  5. D) Shadowing

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 151

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The monocular cue of the vertical position refers to the idea that
  2. A) since our eyes are separated a bit we see two different views of the world.
  3. B) objects appear smaller on the retina when they are the most distant.
  4. C) the farther an object appears below the horizon, the larger it appears.
  5. D) the closer an object is to us the faster it appears to move.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 150

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. With the moon illusion, the moon looks larger when it is
  2. A) a quarter moon.
  3. B) a full moon.
  4. C) high up in the sky.
  5. D) next to the horizon.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 154–155

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. What we see is not always the same as the visual information that enters our eyes. This fact can be demonstrated most dramatically by
  2. A) perceptual constancies.
  3. B) visual illusions.
  4. C) depth perception.
  5. D) retinal disparity.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 153

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Line illusions often take advantage of
  2. A) monocular depth cues.
  3. B) retinal disparity.
  4. C) brightness constancy.
  5. D) convergence.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 154–156

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. What does the Ames room and Müller-Lyer illusion have in common?
  2. A) They demonstrate a different type of depth perception.
  3. B) They exhibit monocular cues to depth perception.
  4. C) They demonstrate closure and continuity.
  5. D) They are visual illusions.

Answer: D

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 153–155

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The moon looks bigger at the horizon than it does higher in the sky because
  2. A) the beams are passing through denser air, which magnifies them.
  3. B) it is a different color, which makes it look bigger.
  4. C) it appears larger in comparison to trees and buildings on the horizon.
  5. D) the moon’s light falls on the foveas when it is low on the horizon.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 154–155

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The artistic technique of painting people in the front of a scene to cover those behind is called
  2. A) texture gradient.
  3. B) Ponzo illusion.
  4. C) superposition.
  5. D) color constancy.

Answer: C

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 150–151

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In a painting, details in the front of a scene are clearer than details in the rear of the scene. This is an example of
  2. A) texture gradient.
  3. B) superposition.
  4. C) Ponzo illusion.
  5. D) color constancy.

Answer: A

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 150–151

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In a painting, an artist might want us to perceive that there are many people in the back of the room, even though the image of people standing in the front of the room partially covers those standing in the back. In this case, the artist is using the cue of
  2. A) texture gradient.
  3. B) superposition.
  4. C) aerial perspective.
  5. D) retinal disparity.

Answer: B

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: High

Page: 150–151

Style: Applied

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

True/False Questions

 

  1. The process of interpreting incoming data about the world is called perception.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 121

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Sensory receptor cells transduce stimulus energy into neural impulses.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 121

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Transduction is the process of turning perceptions into sensations.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The absolute threshold is the largest magnitude of a stimulus that can be detected.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Our sensitivity to a stimulus differs from time to time due to sensory adaptation.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122–123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In general, sensory adaptation makes your senses more responsive to stimuli.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 122–123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Weber’s law says that as the intensity of stimulation increases, changes must be bigger to be noticeable.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The psychophysical law states that the amount of change in a stimulus to be detected half the time is usually directly proportional to the intensity of the original stimulus.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 123

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The wavelength of light is chiefly responsible for hue or color.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 125

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The more wavelengths that make up a color the more pure the color.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 125–126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Visual acuity is best when images are focused on the optic chiasm of the retina.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 127

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Light coming into the eye first passes through the lens.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 126

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The trichromatic color theory of vision has a difficult time explaining color afterimages.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 128

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Opponent-process theory helps us understand sound localization.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 130

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Hertz units are used to measure the frequency of sound waves.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Sounds that register 120 decibels or more are painful to humans.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 132–133

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are all located in the middle ear.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 133–134

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The cochlea is found in the middle ear.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 134

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The vestibular organ provides the brain with information about pain and temperature.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 137

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Kinesthetic receptors are found in the cochlea.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 137

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The saccule and utricle are fluid-filled sacs in the inner ear that help keep track of the body’s orientation.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 137

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Nocioceptors are the “pain gates” referred to in the gate theory of pain.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 139–140

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. A phantom limb describes the phenomenon when an amputee believes that the missing limb is still there, and thinks they feel pain in that missing limb.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 142

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. In the Bariba culture, an individual who avoids the display of pain also displays courage.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 142–143

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The taste buds bunched together in bumps on the tongue are called organs of Corti.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 144–145

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. There is a taste-bud classification for receptors sensitive to fattiness.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 144–145

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Pheromones stimulate the release of sex hormones, ovulation, and sexual behavior.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 145–146

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The principle of similarity suggests that items that are close together are perceived as belonging together.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 148

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Continuity, convergence, and accommodation are all Gestalt principles of perceptual organization.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 148 and 150–151

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. We always perceive a dime as round because of size constancy.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 149–150

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Because of color constancy, red in a darkly lit room is still red in a brightly lit room.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 149

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Monocular cues to depth perception can be seen with one eye.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 150

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Shadowing is a monocular cue for depth perception.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 150

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. The Müller-Lyer illusion involves the intersection of two differently shaped circles.

Answer: False

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 153–154

Style: Factual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. Hungry people are more sensitive to the taste of sweetness and saltiness compared to when they are full.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Medium

Page: 157

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

  1. An artist might use linear perspective to give the powerful illusion of the depth of a room.

Answer: True

Book: Lahey

Difficulty: Low

Page: 150–151

Style: Conceptual

APA Learning Outcome: 1.2

 

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