Question 1

According to the gate-control theory, a back massage would most likely reduce your physical aches and pains by causing the

Accepted Answer

A)  release of pain-killing endorphins in your muscles. 
B)  activation of large nerve fibers in your spinal cord. 
C)  the release of adrenaline into your bloodstream. 
D)  deactivation of the pain receptors on the surface of your skin.

Question 2

Tiny hairlike receptors that monitor the tilting of your head are located in the

Accepted Answer

A)  ganglion fibers. 
B)  fovea. 
C)  olfactory bulb. 
D)  vestibular sacs.

Question 3

For burn victims, a computer-generated virtual reality can help to control pain by means of

Accepted Answer

A)  subliminal stimulation. 
B)  thought distraction. 
C)  phantom limb sensations. 
D)  blindsight.

Question 4

The McGurk effect best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  phantom limb sensations. 
B)  Weber's law. 
C)  tinnitus. 
D)  sensory interaction.

Question 5

The biopsychosocial approach to pain is likely to emphasize the importance of both

Accepted Answer

A)  top-down and bottom-up processing. 
B)  frequency and place theories. 
C)  kinesthesis and psychokinesis. 
D)  telepathy and clairvoyance.

Question 6

The sense of smell is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  subliminal stimulation. 
B)  the vestibular sense. 
C)  transduction. 
D)  olfaction.

Question 7

Damage to the oval window is most likely to result in

Accepted Answer

A)  accommodation. 
B)  conduction hearing loss. 
C)  loss of the sense of balance. 
D)  sensorineural hearing loss.

Question 8

A time lag between left and right auditory stimulation is important for accurately

Accepted Answer

A)  locating sounds. 
B)  detecting pitch. 
C)  recognizing rhythms. 
D)  judging amplitude.

Question 9

An integrated understanding of pain control in terms of mental distraction, the release of endorphins, and the presence of empathic caregivers is most clearly provided by

Accepted Answer

A)  parapsychology. 
B)  opponent-process theory. 
C)  a biopsychosocial approach. 
D)  the volley principle.

Question 10

The taste of umami is a ________ taste.

Accepted Answer

A)  meaty 
B)  salty 
C)  bitter 
D)  sour

Question 11

Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the

Accepted Answer

A)  fovea. 
B)  cerebellum. 
C)  olfactory cortex. 
D)  frontal lobes.

Question 12

Sensory receptors in your vestibular sacs enable you to maintain your sense of

Accepted Answer

A)  smell. 
B)  taste. 
C)  touch. 
D)  balance.

Question 13

Receptor cells for our sense of ________ reproduce themselves every week or two.

Accepted Answer

A)  vision 
B)  hearing 
C)  taste 
D)  equilibrium

Question 14

The barn owl's right ear opens slightly upward while its left ear opens slightly downward. This difference enables the owl to detect the ________ of a sound.

Accepted Answer

A)  pitch 
B)  location 
C)  loudness 
D)  amplitude

Question 15

Of the four distinct skin senses, the only one that has definable receptors is

Accepted Answer

A)  warmth. 
B)  cold. 
C)  pressure. 
D)  pain.

Question 16

The sense of ________ is a chemical sense.

Accepted Answer

A)  taste 
B)  kinesthesis 
C)  equilibrium 
D)  pain

Question 17

The place theory of pitch perception cannot account for how we hear

Accepted Answer

A)  low-pitched sounds. 
B)  middle-pitched sounds. 
C)  high-pitched sounds. 
D)  chords (three or more pitches simultaneously).

Question 18

A friend believes that the five human senses-seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling-are independent from one another and from our judgments of people and the world around us. Explain what is wrong with your friend's belief.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A friend believes that the five human...

Question 19

The absolute threshold for hearing is arbitrarily defined as zero

Accepted Answer

A)  decibels. 
B)  amps. 
C)  phonemes. 
D)  hertz.

Question 20

On the way to the temporal lobe's auditory cortex, neural impulses from the auditory nerve are first relayed to the

Accepted Answer

A)  thalamus. 
B)  amygdala. 
C)  hippocampus. 
D)  fovea.

Exam 19: The Nonvisual Senses