Question 1

_______ perception is knowledge of the world that is derived from sensory receptors in skin, muscles, tendons, and joints, and usually involves active exploration.

Accepted Answer

A)  Comprehensive body 
B)  Haptic 
C)  Active 
D)  External 
E)  Reactive 
A)  Comprehensive body 
B)  Haptic 
C)  Active 
D)  External 
E)  Reactive

Question 2

What sort of frame of reference do we use for haptic object localization?

Accepted Answer

Based on experimental evidence, it appea

Question 3

_______ fibers respond best to low-frequency vibrations from about 5 to 50 Hz, such as are produced when an object slips from one's grasp, and they terminate in Meissner corpuscles.

Accepted Answer

A)  SA I 
B)  SA II 
C)  FA I 
D)  FA II 
E)  Extrafusal muscle 
A)  SA I 
B)  SA II 
C)  FA I 
D)  FA II 
E)  Extrafusal muscle

Question 4

The _______ is a maplike representation of regions of the body processed in the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  homunculus 
B)  somatosensory receiving area 
C)  topographic map 
D)  tonotopic map 
E)  retinotopic map 
A)  homunculus 
B)  somatosensory receiving area 
C)  topographic map 
D)  tonotopic map 
E)  retinotopic map

Question 5

Refer to the figure.
  The figure demonstrates the locations of four types of

Accepted Answer

A)  skin layers. 
B)  muscle spindles. 
C)  mechanoreceptors. 
D)  neuronal axons. 
E)  neurotransmitters. 
A)  skin layers. 
B)  muscle spindles. 
C)  mechanoreceptors. 
D)  neuronal axons. 
E)  neurotransmitters.

Question 6

Touch receptors can be found in the epidermis and

Accepted Answer

A)  skull. 
B)  dermis. 
C)  muscle spindles. 
D)  spinothalamic pathway. 
E)  intrafusal muscle fibers. 
A)  skull. 
B)  dermis. 
C)  muscle spindles. 
D)  spinothalamic pathway. 
E)  intrafusal muscle fibers.

Question 7

Suppose the amount of cortical area dedicated to processing skin sensations from your elbow dramatically increased. This would most likely result in a(n) _______ in your touch sensitivity and _______ in the two-point touch threshold in your elbow.

Accepted Answer

A)  increase; an increase 
B)  decrease; a decrease 
C)  decrease; an increase 
D)  increase; a decrease 
E)  increase; no change 
A)  increase; an increase 
B)  decrease; a decrease 
C)  decrease; an increase 
D)  increase; a decrease 
E)  increase; no change

Question 8

Which term describes the perception of the position and movement of our limbs in space?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homunculus 
B)  Thermoception 
C)  Nociception 
D)  Neural plasticity 
E)  Kinesthesis 
A)  Homunculus 
B)  Thermoception 
C)  Nociception 
D)  Neural plasticity 
E)  Kinesthesis

Question 9

Exploratory procedures are used to

Accepted Answer

A)  contact objects in order to perceive their properties. 
B)  transmit touch signals from nerve endings to the brain. 
C)  alert the brain to especially hot objects. 
D)  filter out unnecessary stimuli in the environment. 
E)  walk around a new environment to learn the layout. 
A)  contact objects in order to perceive their properties. 
B)  transmit touch signals from nerve endings to the brain. 
C)  alert the brain to especially hot objects. 
D)  filter out unnecessary stimuli in the environment. 
E)  walk around a new environment to learn the layout.

Question 10

The story of soldiers in battle who did not feel painful wounds until the stress was over describes a reduction of pain sensations known as

Accepted Answer

A)  analgesia. 
B)  blocked pain. 
C)  delayed pain perception. 
D)  phantom limb phenomenon. 
E)  battle frenzy. 
A)  analgesia. 
B)  blocked pain. 
C)  delayed pain perception. 
D)  phantom limb phenomenon. 
E)  battle frenzy.

Question 11

Describe how touch sensitivity is measured and how it varies across different parts of the body.

Accepted Answer

Touch sensitivity is measured in several

Question 12

_______ describes the center of a reference frame.

Accepted Answer

A)  Haptic center 
B)  Haptic origin 
C)  Kinesthetic origin 
D)  Somatosensory origin 
E)  Egocenter 
A)  Haptic center 
B)  Haptic origin 
C)  Kinesthetic origin 
D)  Somatosensory origin 
E)  Egocenter

Question 13

_______ are narrow-diameter, unmyelinated sensory nerve fibers that transmit signals from pleasant touch.

Accepted Answer

A)  PT nerves 
B)  P tactile efferents 
C)  C tactile efferents 
D)  P tactile afferents 
E)  C tactile afferents 
A)  PT nerves 
B)  P tactile efferents 
C)  C tactile efferents 
D)  P tactile afferents 
E)  C tactile afferents

Question 14

The _______ pathway is the route from the spinal cord to the brain that carries most of the information about skin temperature and pain.

Accepted Answer

A)  dorsal column-medial lemniscal 
B)  primary somatosensory 
C)  dorsalateral 
D)  spinothalamic 
E)  ventricular 
A)  dorsal column-medial lemniscal 
B)  primary somatosensory 
C)  dorsalateral 
D)  spinothalamic 
E)  ventricular

Question 15

When you walk on an uneven surface your brain senses the information from your skin, muscles, tendons, and joints to help you keep your balance. Which pathway, from the spinal cord to the brain, carries this information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dorsal column-medial lemniscal 
B)  Primary somatosensory 
C)  Dorsolateral 
D)  Spinothalamic 
E)  Ventricular 
A)  Dorsal column-medial lemniscal 
B)  Primary somatosensory 
C)  Dorsolateral 
D)  Spinothalamic 
E)  Ventricular

Question 16

Which concept explains why people with an amputated arm might feel a touch on their face as occurring both on their face and on their missing arm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neural plasticity 
B)  Neural rewiring 
C)  Neural recoding 
D)  Neural pliability 
E)  Neural regression 
A)  Neural plasticity 
B)  Neural rewiring 
C)  Neural recoding 
D)  Neural pliability 
E)  Neural regression

Question 17

Which functionality would be most affected if you lost your FA I (Meissner) touch receptors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texture perception and pattern/form perception, like for reading Braille 
B)  Sensitivity to finger position and downward skin pressure, as when holding an object 
C)  The ability to detect stable grasp and whether an object is slipping 
D)  The ability to feel when an object you are holding contacts another object, or a mosquito landing on your arm 
E)  The ability to sense cold and warmth of objects touching the skin 
A)  Texture perception and pattern/form perception, like for reading Braille 
B)  Sensitivity to finger position and downward skin pressure, as when holding an object 
C)  The ability to detect stable grasp and whether an object is slipping 
D)  The ability to feel when an object you are holding contacts another object, or a mosquito landing on your arm 
E)  The ability to sense cold and warmth of objects touching the skin

Question 18

Which functionality would be most affected if you lost your SA II (Ruffini) touch receptors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texture perception and pattern/form perception, like for reading Braille 
B)  Sensitivity to finger position and downward skin pressure, as when holding an object 
C)  The ability to detect stable grasp and whether an object is slipping 
D)  The ability to feel when an object you are holding contacts another object, or a mosquito landing on your arm 
E)  The ability to sense cold and warmth of objects touching the skin 
A)  Texture perception and pattern/form perception, like for reading Braille 
B)  Sensitivity to finger position and downward skin pressure, as when holding an object 
C)  The ability to detect stable grasp and whether an object is slipping 
D)  The ability to feel when an object you are holding contacts another object, or a mosquito landing on your arm 
E)  The ability to sense cold and warmth of objects touching the skin

Question 19

_______ is the inability to identify objects by touch.

Accepted Answer

A)  Somatosensory agnosia 
B)  Sensorineural aphasia 
C)  Prosopagnosia 
D)  Tactile agnosia 
E)  Kinesthagnosia 
A)  Somatosensory agnosia 
B)  Sensorineural aphasia 
C)  Prosopagnosia 
D)  Tactile agnosia 
E)  Kinesthagnosia

Question 20

Suppose you hit your shin on a piece of furniture and it starts to hurt. Which theory explains why rubbing your shin might make it hurt less?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theory of vestibulation 
B)  Pain sensitization theory 
C)  Theory of kinesthetics 
D)  Two-point threshold 
E)  Gate control theory 
A)  Theory of vestibulation 
B)  Pain sensitization theory 
C)  Theory of kinesthetics 
D)  Two-point threshold 
E)  Gate control theory

_______ perception is knowledge of the world that is derived from sensory receptors in skin, muscles, tendons, and joints, and usually involves active exploration.

What sort of frame of reference do we use for haptic object localization?

_______ fibers respond best to low-frequency vibrations from about 5 to 50 Hz, such as are produced when an object slips from one's grasp, and they terminate in Meissner corpuscles.

The _______ is a maplike representation of regions of the body processed in the brain.

Refer to the figure. The figure demonstrates the locations of four types of

Touch receptors can be found in the epidermis and

Suppose the amount of cortical area dedicated to processing skin sensations from your elbow dramatically increased. This would most likely result in a(n) _ in your touch sensitivity and _ in the two-point touch threshold in your elbow.

Which term describes the perception of the position and movement of our limbs in space?

Exploratory procedures are used to

The story of soldiers in battle who did not feel painful wounds until the stress was over describes a reduction of pain sensations known as

Describe how touch sensitivity is measured and how it varies across different parts of the body.

_______ describes the center of a reference frame.

_______ are narrow-diameter, unmyelinated sensory nerve fibers that transmit signals from pleasant touch.

The _______ pathway is the route from the spinal cord to the brain that carries most of the information about skin temperature and pain.

When you walk on an uneven surface your brain senses the information from your skin, muscles, tendons, and joints to help you keep your balance. Which pathway, from the spinal cord to the brain, carries this information?

Which concept explains why people with an amputated arm might feel a touch on their face as occurring both on their face and on their missing arm?

Which functionality would be most affected if you lost your FA I (Meissner) touch receptors?

Which functionality would be most affected if you lost your SA II (Ruffini) touch receptors?

_______ is the inability to identify objects by touch.

Suppose you hit your shin on a piece of furniture and it starts to hurt. Which theory explains why rubbing your shin might make it hurt less?

Introduction

The First Steps in Vision: From Light to Neural Signals

Spatial Vision: From Spots to Stripes

Perceiving and Recognizing Objects

The Perception of Color

Space Perception and Binocular Vision

Attention and Scene Perception

Visual Motion Perception

Hearing: Physiology and Psychoacoustics

Hearing in the Environment

Music and Speech Perception

Vestibular Sensation

Olfaction

Taste

Filters

Exam 13: Touch

_______ perception is knowledge of the world that is derived from sensory receptors in skin, muscles, tendons, and joints, and usually involves active exploration.

What sort of frame of reference do we use for haptic object localization?

_______ fibers respond best to low-frequency vibrations from about 5 to 50 Hz, such as are produced when an object slips from one's grasp, and they terminate in Meissner corpuscles.

The _______ is a maplike representation of regions of the body processed in the brain.

Refer to the figure. The figure demonstrates the locations of four types of

Touch receptors can be found in the epidermis and

Suppose the amount of cortical area dedicated to processing skin sensations from your elbow dramatically increased. This would most likely result in a(n) _______ in your touch sensitivity and _______ in the two-point touch threshold in your elbow.

Which term describes the perception of the position and movement of our limbs in space?

Exploratory procedures are used to

The story of soldiers in battle who did not feel painful wounds until the stress was over describes a reduction of pain sensations known as

Describe how touch sensitivity is measured and how it varies across different parts of the body.

_______ describes the center of a reference frame.

_______ are narrow-diameter, unmyelinated sensory nerve fibers that transmit signals from pleasant touch.

The _______ pathway is the route from the spinal cord to the brain that carries most of the information about skin temperature and pain.

When you walk on an uneven surface your brain senses the information from your skin, muscles, tendons, and joints to help you keep your balance. Which pathway, from the spinal cord to the brain, carries this information?

Which concept explains why people with an amputated arm might feel a touch on their face as occurring both on their face and on their missing arm?

Which functionality would be most affected if you lost your FA I (Meissner) touch receptors?

Which functionality would be most affected if you lost your SA II (Ruffini) touch receptors?

_______ is the inability to identify objects by touch.

Suppose you hit your shin on a piece of furniture and it starts to hurt. Which theory explains why rubbing your shin might make it hurt less?

Introduction

The First Steps in Vision: From Light to Neural Signals

Spatial Vision: From Spots to Stripes

Perceiving and Recognizing Objects

The Perception of Color

Space Perception and Binocular Vision

Attention and Scene Perception

Visual Motion Perception

Hearing: Physiology and Psychoacoustics

Hearing in the Environment

Music and Speech Perception

Vestibular Sensation

Olfaction

Taste

Filters

Suppose the amount of cortical area dedicated to processing skin sensations from your elbow dramatically increased. This would most likely result in a(n) _ in your touch sensitivity and _ in the two-point touch threshold in your elbow.