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Sensation and Perception,10th Edition
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by Goldstein, Cacciamani Chapter 1 to 15
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Table of Content
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1. Introduction to Perception.
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2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. Cortical Organization.
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5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes.
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6. Visual Attention.
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7. Taking Action.
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8. Perceiving Motion.
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9. Perceiving Color.
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10. Perceiving Depth and Size.
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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.
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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 yi
1. y i “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.
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d. have yet to be developed.
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2. y i Which of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition
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systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
y i d. All of these.
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3. y i 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.
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d. All of these.
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4. y i The study of perception can overlap with
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a. medicine.
y i c. y i philosophy.
b. computer science.
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5. y i Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
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a. Stimuli
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b. Neural Processing
y i d. Behavioral Responses
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6. y i The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
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called
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b. transduction.
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7. y i ______ 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 respons
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resulting
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Knowledge
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b. Transference
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8. y i The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
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a. transduced image.
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b. environmental stimulus.
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9. y i The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulus.
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a. representation.
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b. environmental stimulus.
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10. y i Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
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functions such as language, memory, and thinking? yi yi yi yi yi yi
a. Brain stem
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. y i Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.
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a. action
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b. attention
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12. y i 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.
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d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
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13. y i 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. y a rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our specie
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14. y i 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
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b. Oblique processing
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15. y i ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
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a. Bottom-up
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b. Oblique
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16. y i Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. only top-down processing.
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b. only bottom-up processing.
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c.
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d. only data-based processing.
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