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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception Textbook Quiz for Psych 1020

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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception

Frage 1 von 10

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Suppose you are looking at a globe of the world. Although the ____________ is a sphere, you'd expect the ____________ to be a circle.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Distal; absolute

  • Distal; proximal

  • Threshold; distal

  • Proximal; distal

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Frage 2 von 10

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When you first walked into a room, you were overwhelmed by the smell of someone's perfume. Over time, you become less aware of the smell. This is an example of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A psychometric function.

  • Sensory adaptation.

  • An illusion.

  • Transduction.

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Frage 3 von 10

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The conversion of one form of physical energy into another is called

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Sensory adaptation.

  • Transduction.

  • Sensory reception.

  • Photoreception.

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Frage 4 von 10

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If you walk into a room that has very low illumination, your ____________ are likely to contribute more than your ____________ to your visual experience.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Rods; amacrine cells

  • Horizontal cells; rods

  • Cones; rods

  • Rods; cones

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Frage 5 von 10

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Which of these pairs does not play a role in opponent-process theory?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Red vs. green

  • White vs. black

  • Yellow vs. blue

  • Blue vs. green

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Frage 6 von 10

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In a study of physical and social pain, researchers demonstrated that people's brains responded

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • More strongly for physical pain.

  • More strongly for social pain.

  • In the same areas for both types of pain.

  • In different areas for the two types of pain.

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Frage 7 von 10

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When Shirley walks into a party, she looks around the room to find her husband Paul. This is an example of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Goal-driven attention.

  • Stimulus-driven attention.

  • Temporal integration.

  • Sensory adaptation.

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Frage 8 von 10

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Tomas owns a ring with a very small gap in it. The law of ____________ explains why most people perceive his ring to be intact.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Similarity

  • Common fate

  • Good continuation

  • Closure

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Frage 9 von 10

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While engaging in stimulated driving, Michael had a conversation on a hands-free cell phone. Based on experimental evidence, you predict that Michael

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Would behave differently if he were driving a real car out on the road.

  • Would pay more attention to the visual environment than to his conversation.

  • Failed to attend to objects in the visual environment.

  • Failed to look at objects in the visual environment.

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Frage 10 von 10

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Just as Chris says, "I love you," a truck sounds its horn. Although the horn covered the l sound in love, Pat still perceives love as intact. This is an example of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Bottom-up processing.

  • Perceptual constancy.

  • Top-down processing.

  • Good continuation.

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