TEST BANK
Sensation and Perception
John Harris, and Jared G. Smith
2nd Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 the Nature of Perception, and Some Ways of Investigating It 1
Chapter 02 Research Methods in Perception 8
Chapter 03 Mechanisms of Early and Middle Visual Processing 15
Chapter 04 Seeing in Colour 22
Chapter 05 Seeing Pattern and Motion 29
Chapter 06 Hearing 37
Chapter 07 Taste and Smell 45
Chapter 08 Touch and Pain 52
Chapter 09 Vestibular and Proprioceptive Systems 59
Chapter 10 Visual and Auditory Localisation 66
Chapter 11 Perception and Action 73
Chapter 12 Eye Movements and Perception of Natural Scenes 81
Chapter 13 Recognising Faces 89
Chapter 14 Attention and Awareness 97
Chapter 15 Changes in Perception Through the Life-span 105
Chapter 16 Pathologies of Perception 112
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Testbank
Chapter 1: The nature of perception, and some ways of
investigating it
1. Researchers in perception study:
a. How the brain acquires information through the senses
b. The neurological basis of handedness
c. Why some things are easier to remember than others
d. None of these
Ans: A
2. Which of the following is not a Gestalt psychologist?
a. Koehler
b. Wertheimer
c. Koffka
d. Gibson
Ans: D
3. Which of the following is a Gestalt perspective on perception?
a. Bigger is always better
b. The whole is other than the sum of the parts
c. The whole is less than the sum of the parts
d. Perception relies on past experience
Ans: B
4. Which statement best captures Gregory’s view of perception?
a. Percepts are accurate representations of the world
b. Percepts are like scientific hypotheses
c. Percepts are like weather forecasts
d. Perception does not involve cognition
Ans: B
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5. According to Gibson, the affordance of an object is?
a. The likely cost in the effort of manipulating it
b. Its natural place in the world
c. Its implicit suggestion of how to handle it
d. Its economic value
Ans: C
6. Which of the following is not a level of description in Marr’s theory of vision?
a. Algorithmic
b. Computational
c. Physiological
d. Implementation
Ans: C
7. A motion coherence threshold is calculated from:
a. The proportion of elements moving in the same direction at the same velocity
b. The proportion of moving elements of the same contrast
c. The element with the lowest velocity
d. The proportion of stationary elements
Ans: A
8. In the elderly, motion coherence thresholds are higher (motion perception is worse) than in
the young:
a. At higher speeds
b. At lower speeds
c. At all speeds
d. There is no difference at any speed
Ans: B
9. Adapting to vertical stripes:
a. Makes horizontal motion harder to see
b. Makes oblique stripes harder to see
c. Makes faint vertical stripes harder to see
d. Makes everything harder to see
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Ans: C
10. In serial visual search, reaction times:
a. Decrease with the number of elements in the display
b. Become more variable
c. Increase with the number of elements in the display
d. None of these
Ans: C
11. Perceptual learning in Vernier acuity has been studied by:
a. Change in contrast thresholds
b. Selective adaptation
c. Change in coherence thresholds
d. Transfer of training
Ans: D
12. The oblique effect is:
a. Misperception of a statement which is indirect
b. Lower sensitivity to oblique than to horizontal and vertical contours
c. Slower responses to things seen out of the corner of the eye
d. Misperception of body orientation when not upright
Ans: B
13. When hearing and vision provide conflicting information about the location of objects:
a. Visual information is always followed
b. Auditory information is always followed
c. Auditory information biases perceived location when visual information is imprecise
d. None of these
Ans: C
14. Which of the following brain regions is thought to be involved in synaesthesia?
a. Pre-cuneus
b. Hippocampus
c. Frontal lobes
d. Hypothalamus
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Ans: A
15. Measuring how changes in the apparatus affect the properties of the stimulus is known as:
a. Sensitization
b. Accommodation
c. Transduction
d. Calibration
Ans: D
16. The highest frequency which can be detected by a human with normal hearing is about:
a. 100 Hz
b. 5 kHz
c. 20 kHz
d. 50 kHz
Ans: C
17. The loudest sound which can be heard by a human without feeling pain is about:
a. 120 dB (SPL)
b. 50 dB (SPL)
c. 200 dB (SPL)
d. 80 dB (SPL)
Ans: A
18. The average luminance of the sky is about:
a. 100 cd m−2
b. 1000 cd m−2
c. 4000 cd m−2
d. 400 cd m−2
Ans: C
19. The size of visual stimuli is often expressed in:
a. Centimetres
b. Candelas per square metre
c. Foot lamberts
d. Degrees of visual angle
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Sensation and Perception
John Harris, and Jared G. Smith
2nd Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 the Nature of Perception, and Some Ways of Investigating It 1
Chapter 02 Research Methods in Perception 8
Chapter 03 Mechanisms of Early and Middle Visual Processing 15
Chapter 04 Seeing in Colour 22
Chapter 05 Seeing Pattern and Motion 29
Chapter 06 Hearing 37
Chapter 07 Taste and Smell 45
Chapter 08 Touch and Pain 52
Chapter 09 Vestibular and Proprioceptive Systems 59
Chapter 10 Visual and Auditory Localisation 66
Chapter 11 Perception and Action 73
Chapter 12 Eye Movements and Perception of Natural Scenes 81
Chapter 13 Recognising Faces 89
Chapter 14 Attention and Awareness 97
Chapter 15 Changes in Perception Through the Life-span 105
Chapter 16 Pathologies of Perception 112
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Test Bank - Sensation and Perception, 2nd Edition (Harris, 2022)
Testbank
Chapter 1: The nature of perception, and some ways of
investigating it
1. Researchers in perception study:
a. How the brain acquires information through the senses
b. The neurological basis of handedness
c. Why some things are easier to remember than others
d. None of these
Ans: A
2. Which of the following is not a Gestalt psychologist?
a. Koehler
b. Wertheimer
c. Koffka
d. Gibson
Ans: D
3. Which of the following is a Gestalt perspective on perception?
a. Bigger is always better
b. The whole is other than the sum of the parts
c. The whole is less than the sum of the parts
d. Perception relies on past experience
Ans: B
4. Which statement best captures Gregory’s view of perception?
a. Percepts are accurate representations of the world
b. Percepts are like scientific hypotheses
c. Percepts are like weather forecasts
d. Perception does not involve cognition
Ans: B
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5. According to Gibson, the affordance of an object is?
a. The likely cost in the effort of manipulating it
b. Its natural place in the world
c. Its implicit suggestion of how to handle it
d. Its economic value
Ans: C
6. Which of the following is not a level of description in Marr’s theory of vision?
a. Algorithmic
b. Computational
c. Physiological
d. Implementation
Ans: C
7. A motion coherence threshold is calculated from:
a. The proportion of elements moving in the same direction at the same velocity
b. The proportion of moving elements of the same contrast
c. The element with the lowest velocity
d. The proportion of stationary elements
Ans: A
8. In the elderly, motion coherence thresholds are higher (motion perception is worse) than in
the young:
a. At higher speeds
b. At lower speeds
c. At all speeds
d. There is no difference at any speed
Ans: B
9. Adapting to vertical stripes:
a. Makes horizontal motion harder to see
b. Makes oblique stripes harder to see
c. Makes faint vertical stripes harder to see
d. Makes everything harder to see
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Ans: C
10. In serial visual search, reaction times:
a. Decrease with the number of elements in the display
b. Become more variable
c. Increase with the number of elements in the display
d. None of these
Ans: C
11. Perceptual learning in Vernier acuity has been studied by:
a. Change in contrast thresholds
b. Selective adaptation
c. Change in coherence thresholds
d. Transfer of training
Ans: D
12. The oblique effect is:
a. Misperception of a statement which is indirect
b. Lower sensitivity to oblique than to horizontal and vertical contours
c. Slower responses to things seen out of the corner of the eye
d. Misperception of body orientation when not upright
Ans: B
13. When hearing and vision provide conflicting information about the location of objects:
a. Visual information is always followed
b. Auditory information is always followed
c. Auditory information biases perceived location when visual information is imprecise
d. None of these
Ans: C
14. Which of the following brain regions is thought to be involved in synaesthesia?
a. Pre-cuneus
b. Hippocampus
c. Frontal lobes
d. Hypothalamus
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Ans: A
15. Measuring how changes in the apparatus affect the properties of the stimulus is known as:
a. Sensitization
b. Accommodation
c. Transduction
d. Calibration
Ans: D
16. The highest frequency which can be detected by a human with normal hearing is about:
a. 100 Hz
b. 5 kHz
c. 20 kHz
d. 50 kHz
Ans: C
17. The loudest sound which can be heard by a human without feeling pain is about:
a. 120 dB (SPL)
b. 50 dB (SPL)
c. 200 dB (SPL)
d. 80 dB (SPL)
Ans: A
18. The average luminance of the sky is about:
a. 100 cd m−2
b. 1000 cd m−2
c. 4000 cd m−2
d. 400 cd m−2
Ans: C
19. The size of visual stimuli is often expressed in:
a. Centimetres
b. Candelas per square metre
c. Foot lamberts
d. Degrees of visual angle
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