Exam 2 PSY 111 Practice Questions With Complete
Solutions
Clara, the psychic, is addressing her audience prior to the show.
She notices that two of the audience members are wearing
military uniforms. After a brief conversation with one of the
soldiers, she suggests to him that he may be experiencing some
doubt over recent events that took place. Which process is Clara
engaging in?
cold reading
Julio is playing paintball with his friends. He is wearing his new
camouflage suit hoping it will interfere with which gestalt
principle.
figure-ground
The process of selecting one sensory channel and ignoring or
minimizing others is called _______.
selective attention
Cole was distressed to learn that he had a blind spot. In fact he
learned that everyone has a blind spot. Cole's inability to notice
his own blind spot is most likely a result of which perceptual
process.
filling-in
Hubel and Wiesel discovered cells in the visual cortex that
responded to ________.
slits of light in a specific orientation
,Which of the following would NOT be considered one of the
ossicles
pinna
in locating the source of sounds, we tend to rely most heavily on
____________ cues.
binaural
A major concern about ESP claims is that proponents explain
both the positive and negative findings. By explaining the
negative findings via the experimenter and decline effects,
proponents of ESP are faced with a problem in which principle
of critical thinking?
falsifiability
The average human being has ______________ olfactory genes.
1000
which of the following sensory difficulties is likely to be the
most dangerous
pain insensitivity
In general, ___________ is/are the least serious sensory and
perceptual disorders
olfactory/gustation disorders
Ed often experiences an intense urge to sleep and has often
fallen asleep for a few minutes while in business meetings,
while driving, and talking on the phone. He is most likely to
diagnosed as suffering from
, narcolepsy
When considering the effects of alcohol, which of the following
statements is true?
The feeling of intoxication depends largely on the rate of
absorption of alcohol by the bloodstream
Research by solms demonstrated the importance of what area of
the brain in dreaming?
forebrain
According to Hobson and McCarley, which neurotransmitters
are shut down in the brain at the initiation of REM sleep
serotonin and norepinephrine
Interest in understanding dreams can be traced back
____________.
thousands of years
jennifer is a heroin abuser. She injects heroin to experience
euphoria. How long should this feeling last?
3-4 hours
What is the best pharmacological explanation scientists have
been able to come up with to explain the experience of
flashbacks after taking LSD?The ingestion of LSD changes the
way the thalamus routes incoming sensory information to the
cerebral cortex.
To date, no pharmacological explanation has been discovered
Solutions
Clara, the psychic, is addressing her audience prior to the show.
She notices that two of the audience members are wearing
military uniforms. After a brief conversation with one of the
soldiers, she suggests to him that he may be experiencing some
doubt over recent events that took place. Which process is Clara
engaging in?
cold reading
Julio is playing paintball with his friends. He is wearing his new
camouflage suit hoping it will interfere with which gestalt
principle.
figure-ground
The process of selecting one sensory channel and ignoring or
minimizing others is called _______.
selective attention
Cole was distressed to learn that he had a blind spot. In fact he
learned that everyone has a blind spot. Cole's inability to notice
his own blind spot is most likely a result of which perceptual
process.
filling-in
Hubel and Wiesel discovered cells in the visual cortex that
responded to ________.
slits of light in a specific orientation
,Which of the following would NOT be considered one of the
ossicles
pinna
in locating the source of sounds, we tend to rely most heavily on
____________ cues.
binaural
A major concern about ESP claims is that proponents explain
both the positive and negative findings. By explaining the
negative findings via the experimenter and decline effects,
proponents of ESP are faced with a problem in which principle
of critical thinking?
falsifiability
The average human being has ______________ olfactory genes.
1000
which of the following sensory difficulties is likely to be the
most dangerous
pain insensitivity
In general, ___________ is/are the least serious sensory and
perceptual disorders
olfactory/gustation disorders
Ed often experiences an intense urge to sleep and has often
fallen asleep for a few minutes while in business meetings,
while driving, and talking on the phone. He is most likely to
diagnosed as suffering from
, narcolepsy
When considering the effects of alcohol, which of the following
statements is true?
The feeling of intoxication depends largely on the rate of
absorption of alcohol by the bloodstream
Research by solms demonstrated the importance of what area of
the brain in dreaming?
forebrain
According to Hobson and McCarley, which neurotransmitters
are shut down in the brain at the initiation of REM sleep
serotonin and norepinephrine
Interest in understanding dreams can be traced back
____________.
thousands of years
jennifer is a heroin abuser. She injects heroin to experience
euphoria. How long should this feeling last?
3-4 hours
What is the best pharmacological explanation scientists have
been able to come up with to explain the experience of
flashbacks after taking LSD?The ingestion of LSD changes the
way the thalamus routes incoming sensory information to the
cerebral cortex.
To date, no pharmacological explanation has been discovered
