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1

Sensation is defined as the process by which organisms _____________________________.
A)detect stimuli in the environment
B)transform the energy of stimuli into electrochemical energy
C)respond to selected aspects of a stimulus
D)organize and interpret sensory information
2

A logic test asks students to complete the following number sequence: 1, 5, 9, _. This behavior is an example of _____________________.
A)an absolute threshold
B)top-down processing
C)bottom-up processing
D)subliminal processing
3

A music student who learns that a psychology major with no musical training can detect the difference between 2 adjacent notes on a scale 5 times in 10 exposures has determined the psychology major's ____________________.
A)the absolute threshold
B)subliminal perception
C)the difference threshold
D)psychophysics
4

A student who overlooks 5 brown apples when asked to count the number of apples on a page is exhibiting ____________________.
A)sensory adaption
B)perceptual set
C)the difference threshold
D)Weber's law
5

On New Year's Day, members of "Polar Bear" clubs will swim in the ocean or lakes, often having to break through a layer of ice to enter the lake. The fact that they can stay in the water for several minutes is example of ________________.
A)sensory adaptation
B)perceptual set
C)the Stroop effect
D)selective attention
6

A person who is moving through a dark room in which all objects appear to be black or gray is using primarily _______________.
A)rods
B)cones
C)the fovea
D)the lens
7

A psychologist who is identifying neurons in the brain that fire when pictures of lines drawn at varying angles is studying _______________.
A)selective attention
B)perceptual set
C)feature detectors
D)binding
8

When a person looks at an object like a dog, all neurons throughout pathways that are activated by the object vibrate at the same frequency to unite the features of the object into a unified perception. This process is called _______________.
A)parallel processing
B)selective attention
C)transduction
D)binding
9

Although the numbers on many scoreboards are composed of individual light bulbs, people have no difficulty distinguishing the numbers. This perception is an example of the principle of _______________.
A)similarity
B)closure
C)proximity
D)figure-ground relationships
10

A person standing on a railroad track notes that the tracks appear to converge in the distance. This perception is an example of _______________.
A)familiar size
B)texture gradient
C)shading
D)linear perspective
11

As a person walks around a rectangular table, the image on the retina changes, e.g., appearing as a parallelogram at certain points. The fact that the person continues to perceive the table as a rectangle is an example of _______________.
A)size constancy
B)depth perception
C)shape constancy
D)parallel processing
12

The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are parts of the _______________.
A)pinna
B)middle ear
C)inner ear
D)semicircular canals
13

The description of hearing based on the notion that clusters of neurons can fire in rapid succession is the _______________.
A)place theory
B)frequency theory
C)volley principle
D)transduction principle
14

Which of the following injuries would be signaled to the brain by the slow pathway?
A)Arthritis of the knee.
B)A headache resulting from a blow to the head.
C)A burn from touching a heating element on a stove.
D)A puncture wound to the foot.
15

A human factors psychologist would be most likely to be involved in _________________________.
A)making an automobile speedometer easier to read
B)measuring loudness at a rock concert
C)devising methods to help physical therapists control pain
D)locating neurons in the brain responsible for identification of certain colors







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