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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 b&
1. b & “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike e
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ase
a. b & were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. b & were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. b & were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. b & have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application of perception researc
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h?a. Developing speech recognitio
b & c. Devising robots that can “see.
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n systems. ”
b. Treating hearing problems.
b & d. All of these.
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3. b & Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibili
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ty.
d. All of these.
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4. bThe study of perception can overlap wi
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th a. medicine. b & c. b & philosophy.
b. computer science
b & d. b& b & all of these
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5. bWhich of the following is NOT a category of
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ess?
a. Stimuli b & c. b & Serendipity
b. Neural Processing
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s
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neuro
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ns is b&
calledrefraction.
a. b & c. reduction. b &
b. transduction.
b & d. construction. b &
7. b & ______ 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
a. b in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
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b. bTransference
& d. Transduction b &
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing i
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s the
a. transduced image.
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b. environmental stimulus.
b & d. perception. b& b &
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9. b The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual sti
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mulus.
a. representation.
b & c. replication. b &
b. environmental stimulus.
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.
10. bWhich brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” l
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evel
functions
a. Brainsuch
bstemas language, memory, and c.thinking?
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b. Cerebral cortex
b & d. Occipital lobe
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11. b & Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual pro
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cess.
a. b action & c. transduction b &
b. b attention
& d. recognition b &
12. b & Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. b The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endi
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ng atperception.
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b. b The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endi
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ng atknowledge.
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c. b The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognit
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ion.
d. b 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,
a. athe
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knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our sp
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ecies.
c.
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14. b &Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is
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& blurry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in
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a.the Bottom-
b& b & c. Top-down processing b & b&
class and he can see read the “P” and the
up processing
b& b& b& d. “Q”.Compression
What allows him to read the board?
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b. Oblique processing
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15. b ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the recept
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ors.a. Bottom-up
b & c. Top-down b &
b. Oblique
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16. b & Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involv
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es
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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 b&
1. b & “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike e
b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
ase
a. b & were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. b & were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. b & were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. b & have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application of perception researc
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h?a. Developing speech recognitio
b & c. Devising robots that can “see.
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n systems. ”
b. Treating hearing problems.
b & d. All of these.
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3. b & Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
b & b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibili
b & b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
ty.
d. All of these.
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4. bThe study of perception can overlap wi
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th a. medicine. b & c. b & philosophy.
b. computer science
b & d. b& b & all of these
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. .
5. bWhich of the following is NOT a category of
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ess?
a. Stimuli b & c. b & Serendipity
b. Neural Processing
b & d. b& b & Behavioral Response b&
s
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neuro
b & b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
ns is b&
calledrefraction.
a. b & c. reduction. b &
b. transduction.
b & d. construction. b &
7. b & ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical resp
b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
onse
resulting
a. b in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
& b& b& c. Action
b& b& b& b &
b. bTransference
& d. Transduction b &
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing i
b & b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
s the
a. transduced image.
b& b & c. visual image. b& b & b&
b. environmental stimulus.
b & d. perception. b& b &
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9. b The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual sti
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mulus.
a. representation.
b & c. replication. b &
b. environmental stimulus.
b & d. scale model b& b & b&
.
10. bWhich brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” l
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evel
functions
a. Brainsuch
bstemas language, memory, and c.thinking?
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b. Cerebral cortex
b & d. Occipital lobe
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11. b & Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual pro
b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
cess.
a. b action & c. transduction b &
b. b attention
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12. b & Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. b The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endi
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ng atperception.
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b. b The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endi
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ng atknowledge.
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c. b The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognit
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ion.
d. b 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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rat,person
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because
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the effect
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knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our sp
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ecies.
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14. b &Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is
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& blurry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in
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a.the Bottom-
b& b & c. Top-down processing b & b&
class and he can see read the “P” and the
up processing
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What allows him to read the board?
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b & b& b& b& b& b& b& b&
b. Oblique processing
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15. b ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the recept
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ors.a. Bottom-up
b & c. Top-down b &
b. Oblique
b & d. Receptor b &
16. b & Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involv
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es
a.
b. bb top-down processing.
only bottom-up
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c. bboth top-down and bottom-
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up processing.
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