b. Hubel and Wiesel - ANSWER 1. In the video "Sensation and Perception" from class (part of the Discovering Psychology video series), you saw a description of the research done by ________________, who mapped the neural pathways for receptor cells in vision.
a. Haber and Warner
b. Hubel and Wiese...
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b. Hubel and Wiesel - ANSWER 1. In the video "Sensation and Perception" from class
(part of the Discovering Psychology video series), you saw a description of the research
done by ________________, who mapped the neural pathways for receptor cells in
vision.
a. Haber and Warner
b. Hubel and Wiesel
c. Hertzog and Wentworth
d. Skinner and Watson
a.
smaller than your car - ANSWER ___ 2. You are driving a car. As you prepare to turn,
you see a motorcycle coming toward you. The motorcycle is likely to appear farther
away than it is because it is ______.
a.
smaller than your car
b.
facing you directly
c.
moving faster than your car
d.
moving slower than your car
d.
the method of limits - ANSWER 4. In what method are stimuli presented in a graduated
scale, with participants asked to judge the stimuli along a certain property that goes up
or down?
a.
the method of adjustment
b.
the method of repugnancy
c.
the magnitude method
d.
the method of limits
a. an acquired deficit in face perception because of brain damage - ANSWER 3. What is
prosopagnosia?
a.
an acquired deficit in face perception because of brain damage
b.
the complete loss of the somatosensory system
c.
blindness due to brain damage
,d.
a condition that develops after extended exposure to fMRI fields
c.
monitor body position - ANSWER 5. The proprioception system allows us to ______.
a.
keep our balance
b.
process temperatures
c.
monitor body position
d.
identify pressure
c.
the nature of color vision and whether perception involves unconscious inferences -
ANSWER 6. What did Helmholtz and Hering disagree about?
a.
what should be considered perception and what should be considered sensation
b.
signal detection theory and just-noticeable differences
c.
the nature of color vision and whether perception involves unconscious inferences
d.
the doctrine of specific energy and the role of psychophysics in understanding
perception
a.
magnitude estimation - ANSWER 8. A psychophysical method in which participants
judge and assign numerical estimates to the perceived strength of a stimulus is known
as ______.
a.
magnitude estimation
b.
response compression
c.
threshold sensitivity
d.
the signal detection axis
a.
turning sensory input into meaningful conscious experience - ANSWER 7. Perception
means ______.
a.
turning sensory input into meaningful conscious experience
b.
, registering a physical stimulus on our sensory receptors
c.
using logic to interpret sensory data
d.
converting auditory input into a visual stimulus
b.
expansion - ANSWER 9. Professor Everdine has devised a scale to examine people's
perception of saltiness. She finds that for every milligram of salt added, the perception
of saltiness increases fourfold. That is, the perception of saltiness increases faster than
the actual increase in salt. This finding illustrates response ______.
a.
compression
b.
expansion
c.
subtraction
d.
addition
10. Karwan is a participant in a psychophysical experiment on visual detection. He is
shown a mix of near-threshold stimuli with stimulus-absent catch trials. When Karwan
indicates that he did not see a light that was actually present, he is making a ______.
a.
hit
b.
correct rejection
c.
miss
d.
false alarm - ANSWER c.
miss
11. This visual abnormality results from the clouding of the lens. It affects older adults
more than younger adults but can occur in anyone at any age. What is it?
a.
macular degeneration
b.
presbyopia
c.
cataracts
d.
corneal contusions - ANSWER c.
cataracts
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