Complete Test Bank Sensation and Perception 10th Edition Goldstein Questions & Answers with rationales (Chapter 1-15)

TEST BANK
Sensation and Perception,10th Edition
by Goldstein, Cacciamani, Chapter 1 to 15

,Table of Content
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1. Introduction to Perception. sx sx




2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. Cortical Organization. sxs x




5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes. sx sx sx




6. Visual Attention.
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7. Taking Action. sx




8. Perceiving Motion. sx




9. Perceiving Color. sx




10. Perceiving Depth and Size. sx sx sx




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. sx




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 sx




1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
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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. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition c. sx sx


Devising robots that can “see.” systems. sx sx sx sx s x


b. Treating hearing problems.
sxs x d. All of these. sx sx sxsxsx sx sx




3. 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 visibility.
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d. All of these.
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4. The study of perception can overlap with
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a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer science.
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
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a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. Neural Processing
sxsxsxs x d. Behavioral Responses
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6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
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called
a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction.
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7.sxsxs x _ __ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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_sx


(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response
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x resulting in the dispensing of money). sx sx sx sx sx


a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transferenc
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e


8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
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, a. transduced image.
sx c. visual image.
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b. environmental stimulu
sxsxsxs x sx d. perception.
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