Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

According to this information processing model,the recognition of patterns occurs because the data are relayed from a lower level to a higher level of processing in the brain.


A) bottom-up processing
B) bottom-down processing
C) top-up processing
D) top-down processing

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Certain perfume companies advertise that their perfumes can help people attract a mate.If these perfumes work as advertised,we can take that as evidence of:


A) connectivity between vision and olfaction.
B) pheromone perception in humans.
C) olfactory input to the thalamus.
D) top-down processing of smell.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

All five of the familiar human sensory systems send information to the brain through the cranial nerves,but one sensory system sends information to the brain through the spinal nerves as well.Which of our sensory systems can also send information to the brain through the spinal nerves?


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

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Regarding visual illusions,which of the following statements is most accurate?


A) Illusions are largely irrelevant to understanding normal perceptual processes.
B) Illusions help reveal normal perceptual processes.
C) Most visual perception is actually illusory.
D) Illusions show that perception is mostly a bottom-up process.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Temperature receptors that signify heat when they are activated:


A) also signify cold when they are inhibited.
B) generally signify cold when they are inactive.
C) oppose the activity of receptors signifying cold.
D) may respond simultaneously with receptors signifying cold.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Artists did not learn to represent depth in paintings until the Renaissance.This fact suggests that:


A) the use of these cues is not easily accessible to conscious analysis.
B) these cues mimic but are not the same as those available in the world.
C) it was counterintuitive to think that three dimensions could be represented in two dimensions.
D) depth is a matter of perception and so cannot be accurately depicted.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Someone who needs reading glasses to see at a close distance has problems ________ her lens.Someone who needs glasses to see objects at a distance has problems ________ his lens.


A) thickening; flattening
B) flattening; flattening
C) thickening; thickening
D) flattening; thickening

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The primary visual cortex is located in which brain lobe?


A) frontal
B) temporal
C) occipital
D) parietal

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

How do the light waves reflected by a blue object differ from those reflected by a red object?


A) The blue object reflects longer wavelength light.
B) The blue object reflects shorter wavelength light.
C) The blue object reflects higher amplitude light.
D) The blue object reflects lower amplitude light.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

________ is the body's detection of external or internal sensory stimuli,whereas ________ is its further processing,organizing,and interpreting of those stimuli.


A) Sensation; perception
B) Perception; sensation
C) Transduction; perception
D) Perception; transduction

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Daniel is standing on the outside platform of the train station.He is looking down the tracks hoping to see his train.As the tracks get farther from him the two sides of the tracks will appear to ________ ,providing the depth cue of ________.


A) remain parallel; linear perspective
B) converge; linear perspective
C) remain parallel; texture gradient
D) converge; texture gradient

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Wavelengths of light are to ________ constancy as differences in light reflected off various objects are to ________constancy.


A) size; shape
B) shape; size
C) lightness; color
D) color; lightness

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Amadi is listening to John play the guitar.When John plays a note,the vibrations of the air are picked up by auditory receptors in his ear and sent to his brain.In Amadi's brain,the information from the receptors is analyzed to produce the experience of a musical note.The pickup of information by receptors in the ear is ________; the processing to produce the experience of a musical note is ________.


A) sensation; perception
B) bottom-up processing; sensation
C) perception; sensation
D) top-down processing; bottom-up processing

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Anna is reading her psychology text.The activation of receptors in her retina is called ________; her interpretation of the stimuli as particular words is termed ________.


A) sensation; sensation as well
B) sensation; perception
C) perception; sensation
D) perception; perception as well

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The first psychologists to emphasize the organizing processes underlying perception were the ________ psychologists.


A) structural
B) psychodynamic
C) Gestalt
D) cognitive

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Because the brain cannot process physical stimuli directly,it must convert the stimuli into chemical and electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain.This process is known as:


A) coarse coding.
B) perceptual constancy.
C) transduction.
D) sensory adaptation.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What is retained by people with hearing aids but lost in people who receive cochlear implants?


A) the cochlea itself
B) perception of middle frequencies
C) residual normal hearing
D) the ear drum

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

If the ventral stream of your visual cortex were not working temporarily,you would be unable to understand ________ an object is; but if your dorsal stream was still functioning,you could understand ________ an object is.


A) where; what
B) what; where
C) where; why
D) what; why

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

When Maggie comes home,she is surprised to see that her roommate has painted their living room red.The room looks so dazzlingly red because the paint has absorbed the ________ wavelengths of light and is reflecting the ________ wavelengths to Maggie's eyes.


A) long; short and medium
B) long and short; medium
C) short and medium; long
D) long and medium; short

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

On Monday,Manuel interviewed for a job that he really wants.The interviewer told Manuel that he would call on Friday to tell Manuel if he got the job.On late Friday afternoon,Manuel is in the shower,straining to hear the phone above the noise of the water.Whenever he hears a sound,he thinks it is the phone.Manuel is showing ________ ,a concept described in ________.


A) response bias; opponent-process theory
B) sensory adaptation; opponent-process theory
C) response bias; signal detection theory
D) sensory adaptation; signal detection theory

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 21 - 40 of 200

Related Exams

Show Answer