Deck 4: Exsetntion: Sensation and Perception

Question 1

Infant Esme is just waking up from her nap.As her mom enters the room,Esme turns her head in Mom's direction.Which of the following allowed Esme to know the direction Mom would be entering from?

A)Echolocation
B)Sound shadow
C)Auditory perceptual cues
D)Binaural cues

Answer 1

Binaural cues

Question 2

The monocular cue of _____ is being used when an artist places trees in front of riders to create a sense of depth when the picture is viewed.

A)interposition
B)light and shadow
C)linear perspective
D)relative size

Answer 2

interposition

Question 3

A disorder of the inner ear would be most likely to impact our

A)equilibrium.
B)hearing.
C)sense of pain.
D)sense of smell.

Answer 3

equilibrium.

Question 4

Changing the shape of the lens to focus on objects near or far is called

A)focusing.
B)accommodation.
C)constriction.
D)dilation.

Question 5

Rafael has a cold and plugged sinuses.These symptoms are most likely to affect

A)his ability to listen to his Art History professor's lecture.
B)his enjoyment of the food at the university cafeteria.
C)his pain tolerance threshold.
D)his sense of balance.

Question 6

The name given to the sense of our body position is

A)gustation.
B)proprioception.
C)somatosensory sense.
D)the vestibular sense.

Question 7

Which of the following most closely mimics the process of transduction?

A)Betty mixes eggs,flour,and sugar together to make a cake.
B)While painting,Stan combines the colors red and blue to make purple.
C)Gas companies convert crude oil into a fuel that car engines can run on.
D)Nike changes its logo from a "swoosh" to a "panther."

Question 8

Brightness refers to the intensity of light.The corresponding term when discussing sound is

A)hue.
B)loudness.
C)pitch.
D)timbre.

Question 9

_____ processing is conceptually driven and influenced by our beliefs and expectations.

A)Bottom-up
B)Parallel
C)Top-down
D)Sensory

Question 10

Psychics are often viewed as accurate because they make general statements like,"A major celebrity will spend time in jail in 2007," and then we recall that Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie were sentenced to serve jail time in 2007.This is the psychic trick of

A)clairvoyance.
B)cold reading.
C)failed psychic predictions.
D)multiple end points.