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Test Bank For Sensation And Perception 10th Edition (LATEST)
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
a. were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
d. have yet to be developed.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. have yet to be developed.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. Developing speech recognition systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
c. Devising robots that can “see.”
d. All of these.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. All of these.
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
d. All of these.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. All of these.
4. The study of perception can overlap with
a. medicine.
b. computer science.
c. philosophy.
d. all of these.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. all of these.
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
a. Stimuli
b. Neural Processing
c. Serendipity
d. Behavioral Responses
CORRECT ANSWER: c. Serendipity
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
called
a. refraction.
b. transduction.
c. reduction.
d. construction.
CORRECT ANSWER: b. transduction.
7. ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal (pressure
from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response resulting in the
dispensing of money).
a. Knowledge
b. Transference
c. Action
d. Transduction
CORRECT ANSWER: d. Transduction
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
a. transduced image.
b. environmental stimulus.
c. visual image.
d. perception.
CORRECT ANSWER: c. visual image.
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9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulus.
a. representation.
b. environmental stimulus.
c. replication.
d. scale model.
CORRECT ANSWER: a. representation.
10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
a. Brain stem
b. Cerebral cortex
c. Hypothalamus
d. Occipital lobe
CORRECT ANSWER: b. Cerebral cortex
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.
a. action
b. attention
c. transduction
d. recognition
CORRECT ANSWER: d. recognition
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at knowledge.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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Test Bank For Sensation And Perception 10th Edition (LATEST)
by E. Bruce Goldstein
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
a. were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
d. have yet to be developed.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. have yet to be developed.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. Developing speech recognition systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
c. Devising robots that can “see.”
d. All of these.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. All of these.
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
d. All of these.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. All of these.
4. The study of perception can overlap with
a. medicine.
b. computer science.
c. philosophy.
d. all of these.
CORRECT ANSWER: d. all of these.
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
a. Stimuli
b. Neural Processing
c. Serendipity
d. Behavioral Responses
CORRECT ANSWER: c. Serendipity
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
called
a. refraction.
b. transduction.
c. reduction.
d. construction.
CORRECT ANSWER: b. transduction.
7. ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal (pressure
from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response resulting in the
dispensing of money).
a. Knowledge
b. Transference
c. Action
d. Transduction
CORRECT ANSWER: d. Transduction
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
a. transduced image.
b. environmental stimulus.
c. visual image.
d. perception.
CORRECT ANSWER: c. visual image.
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9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulus.
a. representation.
b. environmental stimulus.
c. replication.
d. scale model.
CORRECT ANSWER: a. representation.
10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
a. Brain stem
b. Cerebral cortex
c. Hypothalamus
d. Occipital lobe
CORRECT ANSWER: b. Cerebral cortex
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.
a. action
b. attention
c. transduction
d. recognition
CORRECT ANSWER: d. recognition
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at knowledge.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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