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10/19/23, 12:46 PM PYS 101 Midterm 2PYS 101 (PYS101) PYS 101 MIDTERM 2
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• Question 1
Basic processes in sensation include the of information to the brain.
Selected
Answer: c.
Receiving, transforming, and delivering
Answers: a.
Adaptation, context, and continuity
b.
Signal detection, interposition, and sensory adaptation
c.
Receiving, transforming, and delivering
d.
Priming, grouping, and parallel processing
• Question 2 2.5 out of 2.5 points
Light energy is converted into nerve impulses in the
Selected
Answer: b.
Retina
Answers: a.
Iris
b.
Retina
c.
Optic nerve
d.
Lens
• Question 3 0 out of 2.5 points
Although we see an object (e.g., a car) as a single stimulus, the brain
considers dimensions such as form, depth, color, and movement
separately but simultaneously. This is referring to
Selected
Answer: a.
Feature detection
Answers: a.
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PYS 101 (PYS101) PYS 101 MIDTERM 2
Feature detection
b.
Parallel processing
c.
Accommodation
d.
Opponent processing
• Question 4 2.5 out of 2.5 points
The last time your nasal passage was congested, you noticed that the food
you consumed tasted bland. This illustrates the principle of
Selected
Answer: d.
Sensory interaction
Answers: a.
Transduction
b.
Gate-control theory
c.
Kinesthesis
d.
Sensory interaction
• Question 5 2.5 out of 2.5 points
The 2006 movie Children of Men initially puts the audience on edge when the
main character gets tinnitus and the audience hear the high-pitched ringing
in his ears. After a while, the audience doesn’t even notice that it’s still there,
this acclimation is due to
Selected
Answer: c.
Sensory adaptation
Answers: a.
Transduction
b.
Difference threshold
c.
Sensory adaptation
d.
Signal detection theory
• Question 6 0 out of 2.5 points
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PYS 101 (PYS101) PYS 101 MIDTERM 2
Tucked up by our midbrain, olfactory bulb, amygdala, and hippocampus is a
brain structure called the uncus. The uncus integrates emotion, smell, and
memory information. This is why when you smell the type of cookies your
grandma made, you immediately remember your grandma and feel a rush
of happy emotion. This sensation is an example of
Selected
Answer: d.
Olfaction
Answers: a.
Sensory interaction
b.
Embodied cognition
c.
The McGurk effect
d.
Olfaction
• Question 7 0 out of 2.5 points
Sensory input from muscles and organs are sent to whereas sensation
one gets from holding a cup of hot coffee is sent to .
Selected
Answer: b.
Somatosensory cortex, Cerebellum
Answers:
a.
Cerebellum, somatosensory cortex
b.
Somatosensory cortex, Cerebellum
c.
Temporal lobe, somatosensory cortex
d.
Motor cortex, frontal lobe
• Question 8 2.5 out of 2.5 points
Physical punishment is a controversial way of controlling someone’s behavior
because
Selected
Answer: d.
All of the above
Answers: a.
It induces fear of the person giving punishment, via classical
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