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Test Bank for Sensation and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein, ISBN-10:
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1133958494, ISBN-13: 9781133958499
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Table of Content
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1. Introduction to Perception. j j
2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. Cortical Organization. j
5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes. j j j
6. Visual Attention.j
7. Taking Action. j
8. Perceiving Motion. j
9. Perceiving Color. j
10. Perceiving Depth and Size. j j j
11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
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12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
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13. Speech Perception. j
14. The Cutaneous Senses.
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15. The Chemical Senses.
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,Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
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MULTIPLE CHOICE j
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
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a. were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. have yet to be developed. j j j j
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising robots that can “see.” j j j j j j
systems.
b. Treating hearing problems. j j d. All of these. j j
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. All of these. j j
4. The study of perception can overlap with
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a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer science. j d. all of these. j j
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
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a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
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6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
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called
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a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction. d. construction.
7. is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response
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resulting in the dispensing of money).
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a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
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a. transduced image. c. visual image. j j
b. environmental stimulus. d. perception. j
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, 9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a
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a. representation. c. replication.
b. environmental stimulus. d. scale model. j j
10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
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functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
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a. Brain stem c. Hypothalamus
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b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe j j
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the
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a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
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perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
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knowledge.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
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13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-man”
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figure, the person will most likely report seeing
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a. a rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our species.
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c. a rat, because of the effect of action.
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d. a rat or a man equally.
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14. Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry.
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Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the
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class and he can see read the “P” and the “Q”. What allows him to read the board?
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a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-down processing j j
b. Oblique processing d. Compression j
15. processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
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a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor
16. Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. only top-down processing. j j
b. only bottom-up processing. j j
c. both top-down and bottom-up processing. j j j j
d. only data-based processing. j j
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Test Bank for Sensation and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein, ISBN-10:
j j j j j j j j j j j
1133958494, ISBN-13: 9781133958499
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Table of Content
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1. Introduction to Perception. j j
2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. Cortical Organization. j
5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes. j j j
6. Visual Attention.j
7. Taking Action. j
8. Perceiving Motion. j
9. Perceiving Color. j
10. Perceiving Depth and Size. j j j
11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
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12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
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13. Speech Perception. j
14. The Cutaneous Senses.
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15. The Chemical Senses.
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,Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
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MULTIPLE CHOICE j
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
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a. were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. have yet to be developed. j j j j
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising robots that can “see.” j j j j j j
systems.
b. Treating hearing problems. j j d. All of these. j j
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. All of these. j j
4. The study of perception can overlap with
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a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer science. j d. all of these. j j
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
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a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
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6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
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called
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a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction. d. construction.
7. is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response
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resulting in the dispensing of money).
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a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
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a. transduced image. c. visual image. j j
b. environmental stimulus. d. perception. j
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, 9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a
j j j j j j j j j j j of the actual stimulus.
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a. representation. c. replication.
b. environmental stimulus. d. scale model. j j
10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
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functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
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a. Brain stem c. Hypothalamus
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b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe j j
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the
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a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
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perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
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knowledge.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
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13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-man”
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figure, the person will most likely report seeing
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a. a rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our species.
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c. a rat, because of the effect of action.
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d. a rat or a man equally.
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14. Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry.
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Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the
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class and he can see read the “P” and the “Q”. What allows him to read the board?
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a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-down processing j j
b. Oblique processing d. Compression j
15. processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
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a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor
16. Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. only top-down processing. j j
b. only bottom-up processing. j j
c. both top-down and bottom-up processing. j j j j
d. only data-based processing. j j
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