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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 nw
1. n“Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike
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ease
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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.
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2. nWhich of the following is an application of perception resear
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3. n w Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. nTo become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. nTo provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. nTo apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibil
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ity.
d. nAll of these.
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cess?
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b. Neural Processing
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7. n w ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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ponse
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8. n The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing
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is a.
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b. environmental stimulus.
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10. n Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high”
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b. Cerebral corte
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ocess.
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12. n w Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. nThe steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endi
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ng at
perception.
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b. nThe steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endi
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ng at
knowledge.
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tion.
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13. nIf a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat
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na. the Bottom-
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b. Oblique processing
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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 nw
1. n“Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike
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ease
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.
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2. nWhich of the following is an application of perception resear
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ch?
a. Developing speech recognitio
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n systems. .”
b. Treating hearing problems.
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3. n w Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. nTo become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. nTo provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. nTo apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibil
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ity.
d. nAll of these.
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4. nThe study of perception can overlap wi
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th a. medicine.
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b. computer science
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5. nWhich of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual pro
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cess?
a. Stimuli
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b. Neural Processing
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6. nThe process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neuro
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ns is nw
calledrefraction.
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7. n w ______ 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 res
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ponse
resulting
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b. nTransference
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8. n The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing
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is a.
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mulus.
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.
10. n Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high”
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level
functions
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12. n w Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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ng at
knowledge.
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tion.
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16. n w Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting invol
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