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PSY 101-Chapter 6

Questão 1 de 33

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A decrease in sensory responsiveness accompanying an unchanging stimulus is called...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Sensory fatigue

  • Accommodation

  • Sensory adaptation

  • Sensory interaction

Explicação

Questão 2 de 33

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The size of the pupil is controlled by the...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Lens

  • Retina

  • Cornea

  • Iris

Explicação

Questão 3 de 33

1

The process by which the lens changes its curvature is...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Accomidation

  • Sensory adaptation

  • Feature detection

  • Transduction

Explicação

Questão 4 de 33

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The sensory receptor of the eye that functions best in dim light is the...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Fovea

  • Cone

  • Bipolar cell

  • Rod

Explicação

Questão 5 de 33

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The phenomenon of size constancy is based on the close connection between an object’s perceived _______ and its perceived ________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • size; shape

  • size; distance

  • size; brightness

  • shape; distance

Explicação

Questão 6 de 33

1

Frequency is to pitch as ___ is to ___.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • wavelength; loudness

  • amplitude; loudness

  • wavelength; constancy

  • amplitude; constancy

Explicação

Questão 7 de 33

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According to the gate-control theory, a way to alleviate chronic pain would be to stimulate the ___ nerve fibers that ___ the spinal gate.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • small; open

  • small; close

  • large; open

  • large; close

Explicação

Questão 8 de 33

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The transduction of light energy into nerve impulses takes place in the...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Iris

  • Retina

  • Lens

  • Cornea

Explicação

Questão 9 de 33

1

The brain breaks vision into separate dimensions such as color, depth, movement, and form, and works on each aspect simultaneously. This is an example of ...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Illumination

  • Parallel processing

  • Accommodation

  • Opponent processing

Explicação

Questão 10 de 33

1

One light may appear reddish and another greenish if they differ in...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Wavelength

  • Kinesthesis

  • Amplitude

  • Brightness

Explicação

Questão 11 de 33

1

Although carpenter Smith perceived a briefly viewed object as a screwdriver, police officer Jones perceived the same object as a knife. This difference illustrates that perception is guided by...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Bottom-up processing

  • Sensory adaptation

  • Transduction

  • Perceptual set

Explicação

Questão 12 de 33

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As the football game continued into the night, Joe noticed that he was having difficulty distinguishing the colors of the players’ uniforms. This is because the _____, which enable color visions, have a ______ absolute threshold for brightness than the available light intensity.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • rods; higher

  • cones; higher

  • rods; lower

  • cones; lower

Explicação

Questão 13 de 33

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When we stare at a nearby object, each eye receives a slightly different image, providing a depth cue known as...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Interposition

  • Linear perspective

  • Relative motion

  • Retinal disparity

Explicação

Questão 14 de 33

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The principle that one sense may influence another is...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Transduction

  • Sensory adaptation

  • Weber’s law

  • Sensory interaction

Explicação

Questão 15 de 33

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Which of the following is the correct order of the structures through which light passes through the eye?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Lens, pupil, cornea, retina

  • Pupil, cornea, lens, retina

  • Pupil, lens, cornea, retina

  • Cornea, pupil, lens, retina

Explicação

Questão 16 de 33

1

Seventy-year-old Mrs. Martinez finds that she must spice her food heavily or she cannot taste it. Unfortunately, her son often finds her cooking inedible because it is so spicy. What is the likely explanation for their taste differences?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • W

  • Mrs. Martinez's son is a long time smoker

  • Being 70-years-old, Mrs. Martinez probably has fewer taste buds than her son

  • All of the above

Explicação

Questão 17 de 33

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To maximize your sensitivity to fine visual detail you should...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Stare off to one side of the object you are attempting to see

  • Close one eye

  • Decrease the intensity of the light falling upon the object

  • Stare directly at the object

Explicação

Questão 18 de 33

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Eve hates the bitter taste of her cough syrup. Which of the following would she find most helpful in minimizing the syrup’s bad taste?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Tasting something sweet before taking the cough syrup

  • Keeping the syrup in her mouth for several seconds before swallowing it

  • Holding her nose while taking the cough syrup

  • There is nothing that can be done to minimize the perception of bad taste

Explicação

Questão 19 de 33

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Which of the following is true of cones?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Cones enable color vision

  • Cones are highly concentrated in the foveal region of the retina

  • Cones have higher absolute thresholds for brightness than rods

  • All of the above

Explicação

Questão 20 de 33

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Which of the following is an example of sensory interaction?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Finding that despite its delicious aroma, an unappetizing, weird-looking meal tastes bad

  • Finding that food tastes bland when you have a bad cold

  • Finding it difficult to maintain your balance when you have an ear infection

  • All of the above

Explicação

Questão 21 de 33

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Which of the following correctly lists the order of structures through which sound travels after entering the ear?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Auditory canal, eardrum, middle ear, cochlea

  • Eardrum, auditory canal, middle ear, cochlea

  • Eardrum, middle ear, cochlea, auditory canal

  • Cochlea, eardrum, middle ear, auditory canal

Explicação

Questão 22 de 33

1

Dr. Frankenstein has forgotten to give his monster an important part within the inner ear, as a result, the monster cannot transduce sound. Doctor Frankenstein omitted the...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Eardrum

  • Auditory cortex

  • Stirrup

  • Basilar membrane

Explicação

Questão 23 de 33

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Sensation is to as perseption is to

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    bottom-up processing
    absolute threshold
    grouping
    interpretation
    top-down processing
    difference threshold
    detection
    priming

Explicação

Questão 24 de 33

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The process by which we organize and interpret sensory information is called

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    perseption
    sensation
    absolute threshold

Explicação

Questão 25 de 33

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Subliminal stimuli are...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • too waek to be processed by the brain in any way

  • consciously percieved more than 50% of the time

  • always strong enough to affect our behavior

  • below our absolute threshold for conscious awareness

Explicação

Questão 26 de 33

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Another term for difference threshold is the

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    just noticable difference
    barely noticeable difference
    noticeable difference

Explicação

Questão 27 de 33

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Weber's Law states that for a diference to be percieved, two stimuli must differ by...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a fixed or constant energy amount

  • a constant minimum percent

  • a contantly changing amount

  • more than 7%

Explicação

Questão 28 de 33

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Sensory aadaption helps us focus on

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    important changes in the envoirment
    visual stimuli
    auditory stimuli
    constant features of the enviorment

Explicação

Questão 29 de 33

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Our perceptual set influences what we perceive. This mental tendency reflects our .

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    experiences and assumptions
    perceptual adaptation
    priming ability
    difference threshold

Explicação

Questão 30 de 33

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The characteristic of light that determines the color we experience, such as blue or green, is

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    wavelength
    hue
    amplitude

Explicação

Questão 31 de 33

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The amplitude of a light wave determines our perception of

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    brightness
    color
    meaning
    distance

Explicação

Questão 32 de 33

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The blind spot in your retina is located where...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • there are rods but NO cones

  • there are cones but NO rods

  • the optic nerve leaves the eye

  • the bipolar cells meet the ganglian cells

Explicação

Questão 33 de 33

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Cones are the eye's receptor cells that are especially sensitive to light and are responsible for our vision.

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    bright
    dim
    color
    black-and-white

Explicação