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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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1. p c “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ea
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a. p c were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. p c were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. p c were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. p c have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application
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h?a. Developing speech recognition
p c pc pc c. Devising robots that can “see.
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b. Treating hearing problems.
p c pc pc d. All of these.
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3. p c Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. p To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. p To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. p To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility
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d. p c All of these.
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4. pThe study of perception can overlap wit
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h a. medicine.
p c c. philosophy. p c
b. computer science
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual proce
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ss?a. Stimuli
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b. Neural Processing
p c d. Behavioral Responses
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6. p The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons
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calledrefraction.
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b. transduction.
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7. p c ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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b. pTransference
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8. pThe specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
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thea. transduced image.
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b. environmental stimulus.
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9. p The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stim
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ulus.
a. representation.
p c c. replication. p c
b. environmental stimulus.
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10. p c Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” le
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. pVisual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proc
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ess.a. action
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b. attention
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12. p c 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 endin
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g atperception.
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b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
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at knowledge.
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c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recogniti
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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-
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man”
figure,
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our spe
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14. p Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is b
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lurry.
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he
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b. Oblique processing
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15. p________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the recepto
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b. Oblique
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16. p c Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involve
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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 pc
1. p c “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ea
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se
a. p c were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. p c were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. p c were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. p c have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application
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h?a. Developing speech recognition
p c pc pc c. Devising robots that can “see.
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systems. ”
b. Treating hearing problems.
p c pc pc d. All of these.
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3. p c Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. p To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. p To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. p To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility
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.
d. p c All of these.
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4. pThe study of perception can overlap wit
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h a. medicine.
p c c. philosophy. p c
b. computer science
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual proce
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ss?a. Stimuli
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b. Neural Processing
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6. p The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons
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calledrefraction.
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b. transduction.
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7. p c ______ 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 resp
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onse
resulting
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b. pTransference
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8. pThe specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
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9. p The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stim
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b. environmental stimulus.
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10. p c Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” le
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functions
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p stemas language, memory, and thinking?
c c.
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. pVisual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proc
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ess.a. action
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b. attention
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12. p c 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 endin
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at knowledge.
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c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recogniti
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d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
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14. p Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is b
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lurry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in t
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he
a. Bottom-
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class and he can see read the “P” and thed.“Q”.Compression
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b. Oblique processing
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b. Oblique
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16. p c Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involve
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b. only bottom-up
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c. both top-down and bottom-
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