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Chapter 4 - part 7: Our Other Senses
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1Which sense is important for perception of the positions of the various parts of the body?
- Ahomeostatic
- Bvestibular
- Ckinesthetic
- Dkinetic
2What does your kinesthetic system allow you to perceive?
- Ayour sense of forward acceleration
- Byour body movement, when something else is moving you
- Cthe relative position of your body parts
- Dthe location of your body in space
3Where would you find receptors for the kinesthetic sense?
- Asemicircular canals
- Bbasilar membrane
- Ccochlea
- Djoints and muscles
4A police officer asks Stanley to close his eyes and touch the tip of his nose, using first his right index finger and then his left index finger. What does Stanley rely on to complete this test of coordination?
- Asensory accommodation
- Breticular sense
- Cvestibular sense
- Dkinesthetic sense
5Where are the receptors for the vestibular sense?
- Amuscles
- Binner ear
- Cjoints
- Dskin
6Which of the following parts of the ear has a role in maintaining balance?
- Asemicircular canals
- Bbasilar membrane
- Cossicles
- Dcochlea
7Loreen has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is spinning, and she has trouble keeping her balance. Which of the following is most likely to be the location of excess neural activity in Loreen’s case?
- Aolfactory bulb
- Bparvocellular system
- Cperiacqueductal gray
- Dsemicircular canals
8You have a severe ear infection. Which of the following is a potential side effect?
- Aenhanced sense of smell
- Bloss of balance
- Cblurred vision
- Dloss of ability to taste food
9Our construction of perceptual hypotheses illustrates which of your text’s unifying themes?
- APsychology is empirical.
- BBehaviour is determined by multiple causes.
- CPsychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
- DPeople’s experience of the world is highly subjective.
10Which of your text’s unifying themes is illustrated by the fact that many people are reluctant to try novel foods from other cultures?
- APeople’s experience of the world is highly subjective.
- BPsychology is empirical.
- CBehaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage.
- DPsychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
11What depth cues must a painter employ in order to create the illusion of three-dimensional reality?
- Apictorial
- Bconvergence
- Cbinocular
- Dpointillism
12Which type of artists were more concerned with interpreting a viewer’s fleeting perception of reality than with recreating the photographic “reality” of a scene?
- AFrench Impressionists
- Brealists
- Cmedievalists
- Dcubists
13Which mechanism does the impressionist technique of pointillism rely on?
- Asubtractive colour mixing
- Bfeature analysis
- Cbinocular disparity as a cue for depth
- Dadditive colour mixing
14Which school of painting reduces reality to combinations of geometric forms laid out in a flat space?
- Acubism
- Bsurrealism
- CImpressionism
- Dpointillism
15Which organizational principles are evident in the paintings of Cubists?
- AGestalt
- Baccommodation
- Cfunctionalist
- Dneurological
16Which theorist’s influence is reflected in the surrealists’ exploration of the world of dreams and fantasy?
- AErnst Weber
- BDavid Hubel
- CSigmund Freud
- DGustav Fechner
17What are M. C. Escher’s paintings, which often include impossible staircases and other structures, viewed as
examples of?- Aperceptual ambiguity
- Bpointillism
- Ccubism
- DGestalt continuity
18Victor Vasarely’s approach is known as Kinetic Art. How does he use optical illusions in his work?
- AHe makes it seem as if there are three-dimensional images popping out of a background of arbitrary
features. - BHe hides images of nudes within advertising images.
- CHe makes it appear as if geometric shapes are moving or changing shape.
- DHe creates a complex image from tiny points of paint or charcoal.
- AHe makes it seem as if there are three-dimensional images popping out of a background of arbitrary
19Belgian artist René Magritte used images of paintings on easels (within his paintings) that appeared to continue
beyond the borders of the canvas. What point was he trying to make?- ABy making his images look ridiculous, he challenged the viewer to react against surrealist trends in art.
- BHe used visual illusions to make political statements about the futility of democracy.
- CThere is no line between the “real world” and the illusory world, or that everything is an illusion.
- DHe created impossible figures, like Escher did, in order to demonstrate that it was impossible to separate
art from the artist.
20What does the door-in-the-face technique involve?
- AMaking a long series of very small requests, until the target stops agreeing.
- BConcealing some of the costs associated with a request until after the request has been accepted.
- CMaking a very large request that is likely to be turned down to increase the chances that people will agree
to a smaller request later. - DAdding incentives to a request that has been turned down until people finally agree to go along with the
initial request.
21Last year Fiona had a yard sale. She marked the prices of items very reasonably, and she refused to reduce
them when people tried to negotiate. This year she had another yard sale, but this time she marked the prices of
items quite high, and then reduced them by 50 percent or more when people asked to negotiate. Fiona was
surprised to find that she made much more money this year. Which of the following may have led people to
purchase a lot from Fiona’s sale this year?- Acontrast effects
- Babsolute thresholds
- Csensory adaptation
- Dsubliminal comparitors
22Roberta and Phil have been arrested for vandalism at their school. Given what we know about contrast effects,
what should their defence attorney emphasize in order to get a lighter sentence for Roberta and Phil?- AThe other students involved in the incident did much more damage than her clients did.
- BHer clients are both active in a number of extracurricular activities at their school.
- CThis is the first offence.
- DBoth clients are good students who always score at the top of their class.
23Darcy (for next 5 questions)
Darcy is studying at the kitchen table. Her brothers are watching the hockey game in the living room. When
Darcy first sat down to study, the noise of the game was distracting, but now she doesn’t really notice it at all. As
she reads through her notes, Darcy also doesn’t seem to notice all the little spelling errors she made when she
was writing them down in class. Instead, she reads the words and sentences clearly and is able to focus on the
concepts and examples rather than her mistakes. After a while, Darcy reaches out and grabs her water glass and
takes a drink. Just then, her brothers started yelling when their team scores. Startled, Darcy dropped the glass
onto her baby toe, which sends pain shooting up her leg. Although Darcy is momentarily distracted, she goes
back to her books and is focused on her studies again within about 20 minutes.
Which process allows Darcy to not be distracted by the hockey game?- AGestalt continuation
- Bneural fatigue
- Csensory adaptation
- Dselective attention
24Which perceptual process allows Darcy to read her notes without noticing small errors?
- Alinguistic adaptation
- Bbottom-up processing
- Ctop-down processing
- Dsensory adaptation
25Which of the following brain areas is critical when Darcy reaches out for her water glass?
- Adorsal stream
- Bprimary visual cortex
- Cperiaqueductal gray
- Dtemporal lobe
26Which of the following increases led to Darcy being startled when Darcy’s brothers started yelling?
- Afrequency of the sound
- Bamplitude of the sound
- Cpurity of the sound
- Dtimbre of the sound
27Which type of nerve fibres were responsible for the immediate sensation when Darcy felt pain in her baby toe?
- AC fibres
- BA-delta fibres
- Cungated thalamic fibres
- Dperiaqueductal fibres
28Complete the following analogy: The visual cortex is to the auditory cortex as the occipital lobe is to the _____.
- Afrontal lobe
- Bsensory lobe
- Cparietal lobe
- Dtemporal lobe
29You’ve been sitting on the couch for a while now; there is music playing in the background, and your cat has
fallen asleep with his head on your arm. You are daydreaming about your upcoming vacation, and you don’t
notice or attend to the sound of the music or the pressure of your cat’s very heavy head. What processes result
in these two types of loss of feeling?- Aendorphin-induced suppression of perception
- Bsensory adaptation
- Csensory sensitization
- Dperceptual dulling
30Complete the following analogy: Hue is to pitch as brightness is to _____.
- Apurity
- Bloudness
- Cretinal disparity
- Dtimbre
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