Pregunta 1
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Sensation is to perception as ________ is to ____________.
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stimulation; recognistion
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awareness; interpretation
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interpretation; awareness
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organization; interpretation
Pregunta 2
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Activation of specific receptors by stimuli is called __________.
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perception
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sensation
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adaptation
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habituation
Pregunta 3
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Then conversion of sensory information into neural impulses is called
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transduction
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refraction
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transfusion
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transcendence
Pregunta 4
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The smallest or weakest amount of particular stimulus required to produce any sensation at all in a person is the ________ threshold
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absolute
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minimum sensory
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differnece
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barely noticeable
Pregunta 5
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The ________ threshold is the smallest amount of change in sensation that a person can detect.
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captured
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delta
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absolute
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difference
Pregunta 6
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The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell, and vision is "ignored" by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called
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transformation
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sensory adaptation
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transmutaion
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transuction
Pregunta 7
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Bottom-up processing is initiated by _________
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knowledge
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expectation
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the stimulus
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belief
Pregunta 8
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People's tendency to perceive a thing a certain way because their previous experiences or expectations influence them is called:
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top-down processing
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Weber's law
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bottom-up processing
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perceptual constancy
Pregunta 9
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Frequency, amplitude, and saturation are three separate aspects of our experience of :
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night vision
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color
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acuity
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sensation
Pregunta 10
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The shortest wavelengths we can see are experienced as ________ colors
Pregunta 11
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The frequency of the wavelength of light reaching your eyes determines in part what ________ you see.
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brightness
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saturation
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hue
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fine detail
Pregunta 12
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Which component of the eye contains the visual photo-receptors?
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sclera
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retina
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cornea
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vitreous humor
Pregunta 13
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It is difficult to distinguish between colors at night because:
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we are seeing primarily in the cones
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rods do not adapt to the darl
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we are seeing primarily with the rods
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we are used to seeing mostly with the fovea
Pregunta 14
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Which of the following is true about cones?
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They are responsible for black and white wishion
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They are concentrated n the center of they eye
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They operated mainly at night
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They respond only to black and white
Pregunta 15
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The _________ nerve is responsible for taking information from the eyes to the visual cortex in the back of the brain, where that information will be processed and interpreted
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optic
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vestibular
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occipital
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auricular
Pregunta 16
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What causes the "blind spot" in the vision of both eyes?
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the inconsistent surface of the cornea
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the folded area of the fovea that occurs where the cones are the most dense
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the optic nerve passing through the retina as it leaves the eye
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the concentration of ganglion cells in the center of the optic nerve blocking light
Pregunta 17
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The idea that the eye contains separate receptors for red, green and blue is known as the ___________ theory.
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opponent-process
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additive color mixing
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trichromatic
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reductive color mixing
Pregunta 18
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According to the opponent-process theory of color vision, two of the correct pairings of opposite colors are ___________.
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red versus green and blue versus yellow
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black versus gray and white versus colored
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blue versus red and green versus yellow
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blue versus green and red versus yellow
Pregunta 19
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The trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vission are not in conflict because each corresponds to:
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a different portion of the spectrum
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the opposite half of perceivable colors
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one type of color blindness
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a different stage of visual processing
Pregunta 20
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Sound waves are simply:
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the vibration of the molecules of the air surrounding us
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the impact of acoustrons in the air
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a form of electronic radiation
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the result of emitted photons from a source
Pregunta 21
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Which of the following properties of sound would be the most similar to the color, or hue, of light
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pitch
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loudness
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timbre
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purity
Pregunta 22
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Pitch is to frequency as
Pregunta 23
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Which physical feature of the human head allows us to engage in the process of sound localization?
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our nose and chin are located between our ears on the front of our faces
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our cochleae are spiral-shaped instead of straight and flat
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our ears are located directly adjacent to the temporal lobes of the cerebrum
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our ears are located on opposite sides of our heads
Pregunta 24
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Which of the following describes what happens if you trace an auditory stimulus from the time it first reaches the ear until it arrives at the brain?
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The outermost part of the ear (pinna) gathers sound waves and funnels them down the ear canal striking the eardrum
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The basilar membrane causes the hammer, anvil, and stirrup to vibrate striking the oval window
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The auditory cones respond to the various tonal frequencies, which lead the auditory nerve to send a message to the brain
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The auditory nerve joins with the nasal verve to produce an input to the olfactory lobe
Pregunta 25
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Which of the following houses the auditory receptors where sound waves finally become neural impulses?
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hair cells
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organs of Corti
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basilar membranes
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tectorial membranes
Pregunta 26
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Lemmy has been told by his doctor that he is experiencing ___________ due to hair cells that were destroyed as a result of loud sounds
Pregunta 27
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What is the leading preventable cause of hearing loss in human beings?
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ingestion of oto-toxic medications during infancy
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exposure to loud noises
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prenatal exposure to teratogens that interrupt normal hearing development
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penetrating or traumatic head injuries