Deck 4: Section 6: Sensation and Perception

Question 1

The local fire department sounds the 12 o'clock whistle. The process by which your ears convert the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is an example of:

A)accommodation.
B)absolute threshold.
C)transduction.
D)sensory adaptation.

Answer 1

transduction.

Question 2

Visual form agnosia is MOST associated with impaired functioning in the:

A)ventral stream of visual processing.
B)dorsal stream of visual processing.
C)area MT.
D)optic chiasm.

Answer 2

ventral stream of visual processing.

Question 3

Which receptor cells MOST directly enable us to perceive color from different wavelengths of light?

A)rods
B)bipolar cells
C)cones
D)feature detectors

Answer 3

cones

Question 4

In a landscape, artists often paint distant objects, such as trees, closer to the top of the canvas than nearby objects, like flowers. This is an example of the use of the distance cue known as:

A)linear perspective.
B)texture gradient.
C)relative height.
D)interposition.

Question 5

Which statement is NOT true of supertasters?

A)They represent about 25 percent of the adult population.
B)They tend to like green leafy vegetables.
C)They tend to dislike fatty foods.
D)They tend to be thinner than nontasters.

Question 6

A participant is shown a black "8" and a gold "6." When asked to describe the visual display, she responds that she saw a gold "8" and a black "6", illustrating a(n) _____ primarily caused by _____.

A)color blindness; genetics
B)agnosia; hippocampal impairments
C)illusory conjunction; occipital lobe deficits
D)illusory conjunction; lack of focused attention

Question 7

Due to the partial crossing of visual information at the _____, information from the _____ visual field projects to the right hemisphere.

A)optic chiasm; right
B)optic chiasm; left
C)lateral geniculate nucleus; right
D)lateral geniculate nucleus; left

Question 8

A blind spot occurs when an object is projected directly onto the:

A)retina.
B)fovea.
C)optic nerve.
D)cornea.

Question 9

After a small section of his basilar membrane was damaged, Josko experienced a noticeable loss of hearing for high-pitched sounds only. Josko's hearing loss is best explained by the _____ code mechanism of the ear to encode sound-wave frequencies.

A)place
B)opponent-process
C)temporal
D)modular

Question 10

A neuroscientist records neuronal firing from Hillary's retina and notices that her m-cones and l-cones are both firing at an equal rate. From this, Hillary is probably looking at a:

A)bowl of lemons.
B)blue sky.
C)lush green field.
D)red apple.

Question 11

Which of these would play a role in quickly alerting you to a gas leak in your home?

A)the vestibular system
B)olfactory receptor neurons
C)feature detectors in the A1 area of the occipital cortex
D)thermoreceptors

Question 12

Brightness is to amplitude as hue is to:

A)purity.
B)pitch.
C)color.
D)wavelength.

Question 13

According to _____-based theories of object recognition, your brain compares perceived retinal images with _____ to make identifications.

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

Question 14

The registration of light, sound, pressure, odor, or taste as your body interacts with the physical world is called:

A)priming.
B)perception.
C)synesthesia.
D)sensation.

Question 15

Giulio's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Jim's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Jim's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Giulio's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates:

A)signal detection theory.
B)Weber's law.
C)accommodation.
D)sensory adaptation.

Question 16

Days after breaking his nose in a football game, Ben still perceived a dull pain in his nose, due to which pain sensory neurons?

A)A-delta fibers
B)B-gamma fibers
C)C fibers
D)V fibers

Question 17

Which structure is contained in the middle ear?

A)auditory canal
B)ossicles
C)ear drum
D)cochlea