Psych 111 Chapter 4 Exam With Complete
Solutions 2025-2026
Which of the following BEST describes how we hear according to place theory? -
ANSWER Different sound frequencies vibrate different portions of the basilar
membrane, producing different pitches.
Imagine you are sitting at the dinner table and looking at the round plate in front of the
person sitting across from you. From your frame of reference the distal stimulus of the
plate would be ____, while the proximal stimulus would be ____. - ANSWER round; oval
If you gaze at a sheet of notebook paper set on a table, the distal stimulus is the ____,
and the proximal stimulus is the ____. - ANSWER sheet of paper; projection on the retina
While finger painting, Chris mixed yellow paint and blue paint and ended up with green,
an example of - ANSWER subtractive color mixing
The amplitude of sound waves is measured in ____; the frequency of sound waves is
measured in ____. - ANSWER decibels; hertz
The structure of the ear that transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses is the -
ANSWER cochlea.
When we view cars in a distant parking lot, we know that the cars are not actually the
size of toy cars because of a perceptual - ANSWER constancy.
The door-in-the-face technique involves - ANSWER making a very large request that is
likely to be turned down in order to enhance the probability that
people will agree to a smaller request later.
, Which of the following has NOT been demonstrated to be a factor affecting the
perception of pain in humans? - ANSWER Age
Which of the following statements MOST accurately describes the transmission of visual
information to the brain? - ANSWER Signals from both eyes go to both hemispheres of
the brain.
As she drove down the highway, the pickets of the fences moved past her in a blur, but
the mountains off in the distance didn't appear to move at all. Briana was experiencing
the monocular cue for depth known as motion parallax.
Due to the course that information follows from the eye to the visual cortex, what an
individual sees in the left visual field is initially received only in ____ - ANSWER the right
visual cortex.
The senses of night and peripheral vision depend primarily on ____, whereas the sense
of daylight and acute vision depend more on ____. - ANSWER rod cells; cone cells
In order to maximize visual acuity in the dark, you should - ANSWER turn your head at a
slight angle to the object.
The pathway that researchers believe mediates the perception of pain originates in -
ANSWER the periacqueductal gray.
The fact that your criterion for "hearing" mysterious noises at night may change after a
rash of burglaries in your neighborhood can best be explained by - ANSWER
signal-detection theory
The moon illusion is that the moon appears ____ when near the horizon than when
overhead and is explained by ____. - ANSWER larger; size constancy
Solutions 2025-2026
Which of the following BEST describes how we hear according to place theory? -
ANSWER Different sound frequencies vibrate different portions of the basilar
membrane, producing different pitches.
Imagine you are sitting at the dinner table and looking at the round plate in front of the
person sitting across from you. From your frame of reference the distal stimulus of the
plate would be ____, while the proximal stimulus would be ____. - ANSWER round; oval
If you gaze at a sheet of notebook paper set on a table, the distal stimulus is the ____,
and the proximal stimulus is the ____. - ANSWER sheet of paper; projection on the retina
While finger painting, Chris mixed yellow paint and blue paint and ended up with green,
an example of - ANSWER subtractive color mixing
The amplitude of sound waves is measured in ____; the frequency of sound waves is
measured in ____. - ANSWER decibels; hertz
The structure of the ear that transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses is the -
ANSWER cochlea.
When we view cars in a distant parking lot, we know that the cars are not actually the
size of toy cars because of a perceptual - ANSWER constancy.
The door-in-the-face technique involves - ANSWER making a very large request that is
likely to be turned down in order to enhance the probability that
people will agree to a smaller request later.
, Which of the following has NOT been demonstrated to be a factor affecting the
perception of pain in humans? - ANSWER Age
Which of the following statements MOST accurately describes the transmission of visual
information to the brain? - ANSWER Signals from both eyes go to both hemispheres of
the brain.
As she drove down the highway, the pickets of the fences moved past her in a blur, but
the mountains off in the distance didn't appear to move at all. Briana was experiencing
the monocular cue for depth known as motion parallax.
Due to the course that information follows from the eye to the visual cortex, what an
individual sees in the left visual field is initially received only in ____ - ANSWER the right
visual cortex.
The senses of night and peripheral vision depend primarily on ____, whereas the sense
of daylight and acute vision depend more on ____. - ANSWER rod cells; cone cells
In order to maximize visual acuity in the dark, you should - ANSWER turn your head at a
slight angle to the object.
The pathway that researchers believe mediates the perception of pain originates in -
ANSWER the periacqueductal gray.
The fact that your criterion for "hearing" mysterious noises at night may change after a
rash of burglaries in your neighborhood can best be explained by - ANSWER
signal-detection theory
The moon illusion is that the moon appears ____ when near the horizon than when
overhead and is explained by ____. - ANSWER larger; size constancy
