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1.
Experiencing sudden pain is to _______ as recognizing that you are suffering a heart attack is to ________.
A.
kinesthesis; accommodation
B.
sensation; perception
C.
absolute threshold; difference threshold
D.
gate-control theory; Weber's law


2.
The impact of boredom and fatigue on people's absolute thresholds is highlighted by:
A.
signal detection theory.
B.
opponent-process theory.
C.
Weber's law.
D.
frequency theory.
E.
the Young-Helmholtz theory.


3.
If a visual image is first presented subliminally, the chance of a person later recognizing the same briefly presented image is improved. This best illustrates:
A.
the pervasive impact of sensory interaction.
B.
the difference between absolute and difference thresholds.
C.
that information can be processed outside of conscious awareness.
D.
that the process of accommodation takes place over a period of time.


4.
If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates:
A.
parallel processing.
B.
accommodation.
C.
sensory adaptation.
D.
Weber's law.


5.
Visual information is processed by ganglion cells:
A.
before it is processed by rods and cones and after it is processed by bipolar cells.
B.
after it is processed by rods and cones and before it is processed by bipolar cells.
C.
before it is processed by rods and cones and before it is processed by bipolar cells.
D.
after it is processed by rods and cones and after it is processed by bipolar cells.


6.
The central focal point in the retina where cones are heavily concentrated is known as the:
A.
pupil.
B.
lens.
C.
optic nerve.
D.
cornea.
E.
fovea.


7.
Our shifting perceptions of a Necker cube best illustrate the importance of:
A.
sensory interaction.
B.
bottom-up processing.
C.
sensory adaptation.
D.
top-down processing.


8.
Some stroke victims lose the capacity to perceive motion but retain the capacity to perceive shapes and colors. Others lose the capacity to perceive colors but retain the capacity to perceive movement and form. These peculiar visual disabilities best illustrate our normal capacity for:
A.
sensory adaptation.
B.
parallel processing.
C.
sensory interaction.
D.
accommodation.
E.
prosopagnosia.


9.
The opponent-process theory is most useful for explaining one of the characteristics of:
A.
phantom limb sensations.
B.
prosopagnosia.
C.
Weber's Law.
D.
accommodation.
E.
afterimages.


10.
Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to affect one's:
A.
vision.
B.
audition.
C.
sense of smell.
D.
sense of taste.
E.
vestibular sense.


11.
The volley principle is most relevant to understanding how we sense:
A.
pain.
B.
color.
C.
pitch.
D.
taste.
E.
body movement.


12.
By amplifying soft sounds but not loud sounds, digital hearing aids produce:
A.
sensory interaction.
B.
compressed sound.
C.
subliminal stimulation.
D.
sensory compensation.


13.
Infant rats deprived of their mothers' grooming touch produce:
A.
less growth hormone and have a higher metabolic rate.
B.
more growth hormone and have a lower metabolic rate.
C.
less growth hormone and have a lower metabolic rate.
D.
more growth hormone and have a higher metabolic rate.


14.
The rubber-hand illusion best illustrates.
A.
monochromatic vision.
B.
sensory interaction.
C.
prosopagnosia.
D.
sensory compensation.


15.
Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the:
A.
fovea.
B.
cerebellum.
C.
olfactory cortex.
D.
frontal lobes.
E.
limbic system.


16.
Interpreting new sensory information within the framework of a past memory illustrates:
A.
accommodation.
B.
top-down processing.
C.
Weber's law.
D.
sensory adaptation.



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