Deck 3: Section 2: Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

Question 1

The pupil is the ______.

A)opening in the center of the iris
B)white of the eye
C)colored part of the eye
D)lining in the back of the eyeball

Answer 1

opening in the center of the iris

Question 2

Sound waves are simply ___________.

A)the vibration of the molecules of the air surrounding us
B)the impact of acoustrons in the air
C)a form of electronic radiation
D)none of these

Answer 2

the vibration of the molecules of the air surrounding us

Question 3

Endorphins are the neural transmitters that _____________.

A)control your muscles
B)generate pain sensations
C)act as a natural version of morphine
D)excite the ventral horn of the spinal cord

Answer 3

act as a natural version of morphine

Question 4

A study reviewed in your text investigated the effect of pheromone perfume on various behaviors in females.The results included all of the following except:

A)increase in number of males approaching them.
B)increased sexual intercourse.
C)increase in number of formal dates.
D)increased "petting."

Question 5

The lowest intensity of a particular stimulus that enables the average person to detect that stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ___________.

A)absolute threshold
B)difference threshold
C)just noticeable difference
D)psychophysical threshold

Question 6

When you enter a darkened room (e.g., a movie theatre)you will find it hard to see at first but shortly afterward you will be able to see much better.This phenomenon is referred to as:

A)color adaptation.
B)cone adaptation.
C)dark adaptation.
D)light adaptation.

Question 7

Astronauts who spend too much time in outer space may ultimately jeopardize their ________.

A)vestibular sense
B)kinesthetic sense
C)somasthetic sense
D)anomalous cognition

Question 8

According to your authors, we identify where objects are by coding ________.

A)categorical spatial relations
B)temporal relations
C)proximal spatial relations
D)occipital relations

Question 9

If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and then look at a blank sheet of white paper, you will see a greenish image of the object.This phenomenon BEST supports the ______ theory of color vision.

A)Grieco trichromatic
B)opponent-process
C)Helmholtz trichromatic
D)Hering's vibration

Question 10

______ is the mental process of making sense of sensory information.

A)Abstraction
B)Sensation
C)Perception
D)Consciousness