Question 1

Sensory adaptation can explain all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   getting used to the smell of the perfume you are wearing.
B)   hearing your name spoken in a noisy room.
C)   feeling comfortable in a cold swimming pool after being in for a few minutes.
D)   getting used to the touch of your clothes on your skin.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Reversible figures illustrate the observation that

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A)   individuals may fail to see fully visible objects.
B)   expectations do not influence perceptions.
C)   the same visual input can result in different perceptions.
D)   there is a one-to-one correspondence between sensory input and perception.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Television sets are able to recreate the entire visible spectrum by additively mixing three primary colours. This process is similar to the view of human colour vision called

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A)   opponent-process theory.
B)   saturation theory.
C)   complementary color theory.
D)   trichromatic theory.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 4

If your roommate slowly and carefully turns up the volume on the stereo until you can determine "now it's louder than it was before", it would be MOST accurate to say the volume increased by a

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A)   perceivable difference.
B)   just noticeable difference.
C)   fractional difference.
D)   proportional difference.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

For any specific type of sensory input a(n) ____________________ is the minimum stimulus intensity that an organism can detect in perceived magnitude of sensation.

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The answer of For any specific type of sensory input...

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of the perceived or psychological qualities of sound waves?

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A)   pitch
B)   purity
C)   timbre
D)   loudnessE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

The fact that we are generally much more aware of the changes in our sensory environments than we are of the constants is the general idea behind

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A)   signal detection theory.
B)   sensory adaptation.
C)   the method of constant stimuli.
D)   sensory equalisation.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

The successive blinking on and off of the lights on the neon sign gave the impression of beer filling a glass. This illusion of motion is the

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A)   phi phenomenon.
B)   constancy principle.
C)   common-fate principle.
D)   motion parallax effect.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 9

The phenomenon of perceptual constancy implies that

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A)   the perception of size is not related to the perception of distance.
B)   the farther away an object is, the more we underestimate its true size.
C)   two objects will be perceived as the same size whenever they produce the same size retinal image.
D)   two objects may be perceived as being the same size even though they produce different size retinal images.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

A variety of physical stimuli including mechanical, thermal, and chemical energy are the stimuli for the sense of

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A)   touch.
B)   smell.
C)   taste.
D)   both taste and smell.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Which of the following pairs of terms related to the perceived qualities of light and sound result from similar physical properties of light and sound?

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A)   brightness and loudness
B)   colour and timbre
C)   saturation and pitch
D)   frequency and wavelengthE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by changes in the size of the

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A)   pupil.
B)   lens.
C)   cornea.
D)   retina.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Sensitivity to _________ sounds declines most as adults age.

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A)   low-frequency
B)   middle-frequency
C)   high-frequency
D)   decibelE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

The retina is to the eye as the

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A)   eardrum is to the ear.
B)   ossicles are to the ear.
C)   pinna is to the ear.
D)   cochlea is to the ear.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Ruan is making potato soup. His roommate tastes it and tells Ruan it is great, but Ruan thinks it needs more salt. He adds just a little salt, and thinks the soup now tastes perfect. However, his roommate tastes it again and tells Ruan that the soup is ruined because it is too salty. Apparently, for the taste of salt

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A)   Ruan can detect a smaller just noticeable difference than his roommate.
B)   Ruan's roommate can detect a smaller just noticeable difference than Ruan can.
C)   Ruan has a higher absolute threshold than his roommate does.
D)   Ruan has a lower absolute threshold than his roommate does.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

A perceptual hypothesis is an inference about which distal stimuli could be responsible for the proximal stimuli that are detected by the sensory receptors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Glasses used to watch 3D movies are based on the principle of

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A)   binocular cues.
B)   monocular cues.
C)   opponent process.
D)   agnosia.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

The structure of the eye that absorbs light, processes images and sends visual information to the brain is the

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A)   fovea.
B)   lens.
C)   rods and cones.
D)   retina.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

If a person views three lights that differ only in amplitude, the person would perceive the lights as

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A)   differing in brightness.
B)   different colours.
C)   differing in brightness and colour.
D)   different shades of the same colour.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

The process in which the lens adjusts its shape depending on the distance between the eye and the object viewed in order to project a clear image onto the retina is

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A)   accommodation.
B)   focusing.
C)   constriction.
D)   dilation.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The structure of the eye that absorbs light, processes images and sends visual information to the brain is the

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Sensory adaptation can explain all of the following EXCEPT

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The fact that we are generally much more aware of the changes in our sensory environments than we are of the constants is the general idea behind

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If a person views three lights that differ only in amplitude, the person would perceive the lights as

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Which of the following is NOT one of the perceived or psychological qualities of sound waves?

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If your roommate slowly and carefully turns up the volume on the stereo until you can determine "now it's louder than it was before", it would be MOST accurate to say the volume increased by a

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A perceptual hypothesis is an inference about which distal stimuli could be responsible for the proximal stimuli that are detected by the sensory receptors.

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A variety of physical stimuli including mechanical, thermal, and chemical energy are the stimuli for the sense of

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The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by changes in the size of the

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Which of the following pairs of terms related to the perceived qualities of light and sound result from similar physical properties of light and sound?

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Reversible figures illustrate the observation that

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For any specific type of sensory input a(n) ____________________ is the minimum stimulus intensity that an organism can detect in perceived magnitude of sensation.

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Sensitivity to _________ sounds declines most as adults age.

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Television sets are able to recreate the entire visible spectrum by additively mixing three primary colours. This process is similar to the view of human colour vision called

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The phenomenon of perceptual constancy implies that

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