Chapter 01 Test Bank 3e Schwartz
1 A central goal of our perceptual processes is producing a(n) ______ representation.
unconscious
pleasing
truthful
creative
2 Agnosia is a deficit in what due to brain damage?
memory
perception
balance
sensation
3 Biologists have little interest in sensation.
True
False
4 Emotion does not factor into perception in psychology.
True
False
5 How many sensory systems do humans have?
1–2
5–6
7–12
15–20
,6 Human beings have more than five senses.
True
False
7 Humans must choose which stimuli to focus on. Which term refers to the important or
interesting stimuli that stand out to us?
attended
potential
internal
favored
8 Most scientists believe that vision and hearing should be considered part of the same
sensory system.
True
False
9 Neuropsychology tries to understand the changes in behavior that can occur due to brain
damage.
True
False
10 Perception is the process of creating conscious perceptual experience from sensory input.
True
False
11 Present day neuroimaging technology is now able to look at single cells.
True
,12 The computational approach builds on the information-processing approach.
True
False
Sample response: Creativity
13 Transduction is the process of converting a physical stimulus into an electrochemical
signal.
True
False
Sample response: Innovation
14 What has the ability to penetrate a single neuron in a mammal without destroying the cell?
receptors
transductions
microelectrodes
fMRIs
15 Which action is associated with our proprioception system?
keeping our balance
processing temperatures
monitoring body position
identifying pressure
16 Which approach to perception claims that information in the sensory world is complex and
abundant, and therefore the perceptual systems need only directly perceive such
complexity?
signal detection view
cognitive approach
unconscious inference approach
direct perception view
17 Which concept was developed by Johannes Mueller in trying to understand perception in
, the doctrine of specific nerve energies
the discovery of the sensory experience known as motion aftereffect
the view that three nerve fibers are responsible for color vision
the first acuity test for vision
18 Which is, in fact, a human sensory ability even if it is not considered one of the five
canonical senses?
touch
proprioception
vision
hearing
19 Which term describes our subjective experience of perception?
action
phenomenology
reception
cognitive penetration
20 Which term is defined as converting physical energy into a neural signal?
sensation
perception
transduction
aftereffect
21 Which term is defined as motor activity?
perception
aftereffect
action
agnosia
22 Which term is defined as the study of the relation of brain damage to changes in
behavioral and cognitive function?
functional neuroscience
gestalt psychology
psychophysics
1 A central goal of our perceptual processes is producing a(n) ______ representation.
unconscious
pleasing
truthful
creative
2 Agnosia is a deficit in what due to brain damage?
memory
perception
balance
sensation
3 Biologists have little interest in sensation.
True
False
4 Emotion does not factor into perception in psychology.
True
False
5 How many sensory systems do humans have?
1–2
5–6
7–12
15–20
,6 Human beings have more than five senses.
True
False
7 Humans must choose which stimuli to focus on. Which term refers to the important or
interesting stimuli that stand out to us?
attended
potential
internal
favored
8 Most scientists believe that vision and hearing should be considered part of the same
sensory system.
True
False
9 Neuropsychology tries to understand the changes in behavior that can occur due to brain
damage.
True
False
10 Perception is the process of creating conscious perceptual experience from sensory input.
True
False
11 Present day neuroimaging technology is now able to look at single cells.
True
,12 The computational approach builds on the information-processing approach.
True
False
Sample response: Creativity
13 Transduction is the process of converting a physical stimulus into an electrochemical
signal.
True
False
Sample response: Innovation
14 What has the ability to penetrate a single neuron in a mammal without destroying the cell?
receptors
transductions
microelectrodes
fMRIs
15 Which action is associated with our proprioception system?
keeping our balance
processing temperatures
monitoring body position
identifying pressure
16 Which approach to perception claims that information in the sensory world is complex and
abundant, and therefore the perceptual systems need only directly perceive such
complexity?
signal detection view
cognitive approach
unconscious inference approach
direct perception view
17 Which concept was developed by Johannes Mueller in trying to understand perception in
, the doctrine of specific nerve energies
the discovery of the sensory experience known as motion aftereffect
the view that three nerve fibers are responsible for color vision
the first acuity test for vision
18 Which is, in fact, a human sensory ability even if it is not considered one of the five
canonical senses?
touch
proprioception
vision
hearing
19 Which term describes our subjective experience of perception?
action
phenomenology
reception
cognitive penetration
20 Which term is defined as converting physical energy into a neural signal?
sensation
perception
transduction
aftereffect
21 Which term is defined as motor activity?
perception
aftereffect
action
agnosia
22 Which term is defined as the study of the relation of brain damage to changes in
behavioral and cognitive function?
functional neuroscience
gestalt psychology
psychophysics
