Question 1

You fall very hard and sprain your ankle. Explain how the gate-control theory is related to pain, and how you might use this theory to minimize the amount of pain you are feeling.

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Question 2

________ refers to a form of memory activation that occurs when exposure, even unconscious exposure, to one stimulus influences a response to another stimulus.

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The answer of ________ refers to a form of memory...

Question 3

Which of these have been described as providing the mind's window to the outside world?

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A)   perceptions
B)   senses
C)   illusions
D)   transductionsE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Entering a movie theater from outside on a bright sunny day will cause temporary blindness due to ________.

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A)   presbyopia
B)   dark adaptation
C)   light adaptation
D)   hyperopiaE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Someone who can perceive only two colors would be classified as a ________.

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A)   trichromat
B)   dichromat
C)   monochromat
D)   phicromatE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

The process in which neural impulses travel by different routes to different parts of the brain allows us to detect physical stimuli as distinct sensations. This is called ________.

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A)   transformation
B)   sensory transmission
C)   transduction
D)   perceptual codingE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Which term refers to naturally occurring body scents that affect, in particular, the sexual behaviors of others?

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A)   hormones
B)   pheromones
C)   neurotransmitters
D)   phenomesE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

When Bernie sees an advertisement for a headache pill that has been found to work "90 percent of the time," he is tempted to buy the medicine. If, however, that same commercial said instead that the same medicine " fails to work in only about 10 percent of cases," he might be less excited to try the product. This demonstrates the influence of which of these on perception?

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A)   feature detectors
B)   transduction
C)   priming
D)   metacognitionE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

You are at a party talking to a group of friends, and your attention is suddenly drawn to another group's conversation as your name is mentioned. This is an example of ________.

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A)   sensory reduction
B)   habituation
C)   the cocktail-party phenomenon
D)   sensory adaptationE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Normal conversation is usually how many decibels?

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A)   10
B)   60
C)   90
D)   100E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 11

What is the most likely reason that Jessica, who lives in the United States, thinks raw fish and chicken feet are "disgusting," but Akiko, a girl in Japan, eats these as a normal part of her diet?

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A)   Cultural differences may mean that Jessica was not exposed to them but Akiko was.
B)   Like most Americans, Jessica likes sugar more than Japanese children.
C)   Jessica's taste buds are replaced more quickly than Akiko's.
D)   Jessica dislikes bitter tastes more than Akiko does.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

When we perceive the color of an object as being relatively constant even though the wavelength of light reaching the eye retina may vary due to lighting conditions, we are experiencing ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   brightness constancy
B)   color constancy
C)   shape constancy
D)   depth constancyE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

A binocular cue is one that requires ________.

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A)   binoculars to perceive depth or distance
B)   farsightedness to perceive depth or distance
C)   two eyes to perceive depth or distance
D)   corrective lenses to perceive depth or distanceE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Light waves are a form of ________.

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A)   chemostimulatory energy
B)   vibrations
C)   electromagnetic energy
D)   microwavesE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

When our perceptions don't agree with our sensations, a(n)  ________.

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A)   illusion results
B)   hallucination results
C)   delusion results
D)   sensory enigma resultsE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding color confusion?

Accepted Answer

A)   The vast majority of people can see well over 40 million different colors.
B)   Most people with limitations in their color vision are not aware of those deficits.
C)   Color blindness is an appropriate term, as most deficits of color perception involve a complete inability to see a given hue.
D)   To be "color blind" means that one can only see in shades of black, white, and gray.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Bleaching of the pigment in rods is an important factor in temporary blindness associated with ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   presbyopia
B)   dark adaptation
C)   light adaptation
D)   hyperopiaE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 18

What is psychophysics? Differentiate between absolute and difference thresholds and give an example of each.

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Psychophysics is the scientific study of...

Question 19

"Impossible figures" are stimuli that appear to make sense but cannot exist in actual, real space. These figures ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   define the correspondence between sensation and perception
B)   help scientists understand perceptual principles
C)   outline how to organize elements into a coherent whole
D)   define the difference between monocular and binocular cuesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

What has research found to be the human absolute threshold for taste?

Accepted Answer

A)   one teaspoon of salt in twenty gallons of water
B)   one teaspoon of sugar in two gallons of water
C)   one tablespoon of vinegar in 200 gallons of water
D)   one tablespoon of honey in 2,000 gallons of waterE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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