Deck 3: Section 1: Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

Question 1

All of the following are associated with attractiveness for faces except ________.

A)smooth skin
B)symmetry
C)female hormones
D)male hormones

Answer 1

male hormones

Question 2

Jamie walks from a bright room into a dark room.It will take about ______ minutes for her rods to fully adjust to the dark.

A)10
B)30
C)20
D)40

Answer 2

30

Question 3

According to the opponent-process theory of color vision, the correct pairings of opposite colors are _________________________.

A)red versus green and blue versus yellow
B)black versus gray and white versus colored
C)blue versus red and green versus yellow
D)blue versus green and red versus yellow

Answer 3

red versus green and blue versus yellow

Question 4

Sensation is to perception as ________ is to ________.

A)stimulation; recognition
B)awareness; interpretation
C)interpretation; awareness
D)organization; interpretation

Question 5

Psychological aspects of pain perception can influence the release of the neurotransmitters called ____________, the body's natural version of morphine.

A)endorphins
B)substance P
C)serotonin
D)acetylcholine

Question 6

The cilia in the nasal cavity act in a manner similar to taste buds in that they______________.

A)respond to various wavelengths of smell
B)contain pressure-sensitive elements that detect certain molecules
C)contain receptor sites that are stimulated by different molecules
D)only respond to five basic smells

Question 7

Bottom-up processing is initiated by ________.

A)knowledge
B)expectation
C)the stimulus
D)belief

Question 8

The change in the shape of the lens in order to focus on a visual image is known as_______________.

A)fixation
B)divergence
C)convergence
D)accommodation

Question 9

Closing your eyes and then touching your nose with your forefinger most accurately illustrates which of the following?

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

Question 10

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ______.

A)absolute threshold
B)range threshold
C)difference threshold
D)noticeable threshold