Deck 4: Web Quiz 1

Question 1

Dorothy is driving her car along a highway.She perceives that the highway converges at a point in the distance due to the depth cue of:

A)interposition.
B)binocular disparity.
C)linear perspective.
D)common fate.

Answer 1

linear perspective.

Question 2

Sound wave-vibrations are transmitted by three tiny bones called the _____ located in the _____.

A)auricles;inner ear
B)ossicles;middle ear
C)temporal bones;cochlea
D)saccules;middle ear

Answer 2

ossicles;middle ear

Question 3

Area _____ is a region of the occipital lobe that contains the primary visual cortex.

A)A1
B)V1
C)MT
D)VT

Answer 3

V1

Question 4

Loudness is to amplitude as pitch is to:

A)brightness.
B)rhythm.
C)hue.
D)frequency.

Question 5

Accommodation refers to the:

A)diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.
B)constant eye movements that allow the retina to continuously detect stimuli.
C)process by which the lens changes shape in order to focus images onto the retina.
D)process by which stimuli are changed into neural messages.

Question 6

The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the:

A)iris.
B)retina.
C)cornea.
D)fovea.

Question 7

The amplitude of a light wave corresponds to its:

A)color.
B)hue.
C)purity.
D)brightness.

Question 8

Rods are _____ light-sensitive and _____ color-sensitive than are cones.

A)more;more
B)less;less
C)more;less
D)less;more

Question 9

The dorsal stream of visual processing is to the ventral stream of visual processing as:

A)below is to above.
B)why is to where.
C)left is to right.
D)how is to what.

Question 10

During a hearing test,many sounds were presented at such low levels of intensity that Mr.Antall could hardly detect them.These sounds were below Mr.Antall's _____ threshold.

A)subliminal
B)absolute
C)adaptation
D)difference

Question 11

The three primary colors of light are:

A)white,red,and green.
B)red,green,and blue.
C)red,blue,and yellow.
D)white,red,and blue.

Question 12

According to _____-based theories of object recognition,your brain deconstructs retinal images into _____ to make identifications.

A)image;templates
B)image;geons
C)parts;templates
D)parts;geons

Question 13

Sensation is to _____ as perception is to _____.

A)encoding;detection
B)detection;interpretation
C)interpretation;organization
D)organization;accommodation

Question 14

Following the flow of visual information from the retina to the brain,encoded information travels along the optic nerve to the _____ and then to the _____ in the occipital lobe.

A)lateral geniculate nucleus;primary visual cortex
B)lateral geniculate nucleus;optic chiasm
C)retina;lateral geniculate nucleus
D)hippocampus;primary visual cortex

Question 15

According to the gate-control theory,rubbing the lower back when there is pain would MOST likely reduce the pain by:

A)triggering a release of painkilling endorphins in the brain.
B)activating neurons that gate the pain from signals from traveling to the brain.
C)causing the autonomic nervous system to release adrenaline into the bloodstream.
D)deactivating the region devoted to the lower back in the somatosensory cortex.