TEST BANK
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Sensation and Perception,10th Edition
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by Goldstein, Cacciamani Chapter 1 to 15
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TablenofnContent
1.nIntroductionntonPerception.
2.nThenPhysiologicalnBeginningsnofnPerception.
3.nNeuralnProcessingnandnCoding.
4.nCorticalnOrganization.
5.nPerceivingnObjectsnandnScenes.
6.nVisualnAttention.
7.nTakingnAction.
8.nPerceivingnMotion.
9.nPerceivingnColor.
10.nPerceivingnDepthnandnSize.
11.nSoundnandnthenPerceptionnofnPitch.
12.nAuditorynLocalization,nthenAuditorynScene,nandnMusic.
13.nSpeechnPerception.
14.nThenCutaneousnSenses.
15.nThenChemicalnSenses.
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Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
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MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1.n “Perceivingnmachines”nthatncannnegotiatenthenenvironmentnwithnhumanlikenease
a.n werendevelopednbyncomputernscientistsninnthen1960s.
b.n werendevelopednbyncomputernscientistsninnthen1970s.
c.n werendevelopednbyncomputernscientistsninnthen1990s.
d.n havenyetntonbendeveloped.
2.n Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnannapplicationnofnperceptionnresearch?
a.n Developingnspeechnrecognition c.n Devisingnrobotsnthatncann“see.”
systems.
b.n Treatingnhearingnproblems. d.n Allnofnthese.
3.n Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnanreasonnfornstudyingnperception?
a.n Tonbecomenmorenawarenofnyournownnperceptualnexperiences.
b.n Tonprovideninformationnthatnmaynhelpnwithnanfuturencareer.
c.n Tonapplynperceptionntoneverydaynproblems,nsuchnasnhighwaynsignnvisibility.
d.n Allnofnthese.
4.n Thenstudynofnperceptionncannoverlapnwith
a.n medicine. c.n philosophy.
b.n computernscience. d.n allnofnthese.
5.n WhichnofnthenfollowingnisnNOTnancategorynofnthenstagesninnthenperceptualnprocess?
a.n Stimuli c.n Serendipity
b.n NeuralnProcessing d.n BehavioralnResponses
6.n Thenprocessnofntransformingnenergyninnthenenvironmentnintonelectricalnenergyninnthenneuronsnis
called
a.n refraction. c.n reduction.
b.n transduction. d.n construction.
7.n ______nisnthenstepninnthenperceptualnprocessnthatnisnanalogousntonannATMnwithdrawal
(pressurenfromnbuttonnpressnbecomesnelectricalnenergynthennbecomesnanmechanicalnrespons
e
resulting
a. ninnthendispensingnofnmoney).
n Knowledge c.n Action
b.n Transference d.n Transduction
8.n Thenspecificntermnfornthen“stimulusnonnthenreceptors”ninnvisualnprocessingnisnthe
a.n transducednimage. c.n visualnimage.
b.n environmentalnstimulus. d.n perception.
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9.n Thenimagenprojectednonnthenretinanisnbestndescribednasnan______nofnthenactualnstimulus.
a.n representation. c.n replication.
b.n environmentalnstimulus. d.n scalenmodel.
10.n Whichnbrainnstructurenisnresponsiblenforncreatingnperceptionsnandnproducingnothern“high”nlevel
functionsnsuchnasnlanguage,nmemory,nandnthinking?
a.n Brainnstem c.n Hypothalamus
b.n Cerebralncortex d.n Occipitalnlobe
11.n Visualnformnagnosianisnanproblemnofnthen______nstepnofnthenperceptualnprocess.
a.n action c.n transduction
b.n attention d.n recognition
12.n Whichnofnthenfollowingnbestndescribesnthenstepsnofnthenperceptualnprocess?
a.n Thenstepsnarenunidirectional,nstartingnatnthenenvironmentalnstimulusnandnendingnat
perception.
b.n Thenstepsnarenunidirectional,nstartingnatnthenenvironmentalnstimulusnandnendingnat
knowledge.
c.n Thenstepsnarenunidirectional,nstartingnatntransductionnandnendingnatnrecognition.
d.n Thensequencenofnstepsnisndynamicnandnconstantlynchanging.
13.n Ifnanpersonnseesnthenunambiguousn“rat”nstimulus,nandnthennviewsnthenambiguousn“rat-man”
figure,nthenpersonnwillnmostnlikelynreportnseeing
a.n anrat,nbecausenofntheneffectnofnknowledge.
b.n anman,nbecausenwentendntonseenthingsnthatnmatchnournspecies.
c.n anrat,nbecausenofntheneffectnofnaction.
d.n anratnornanmannequally.
14.n Justinnforgotntonwearnhisnglassesntonclassnsonthenwritingnhenseesnonnthenchalknboardnisnblurry.
Evennso,nhenisnsurenitnsaysn“PopnQuiz!”nbecausenhenknowsnthatntherenarenpopnquizzesninnthe
classnandnhencannseenreadnthen“P”nandnthen“Q”.nWhatnallowsnhimntonreadnthenboard?
a.n Bottom-upnprocessing c.n Top-downnprocessing
b.n Obliquenprocessing d.n Compression
15.n ________nprocessingnisnbasednonnthenstimulinreachingnthenreceptors.
a.n Bottom-up c.n Top-down
b.n Oblique d.n Receptor
16.n Tryingntonreadnannotenwrittennbynsomeonenwithnpoornhandwritingninvolves
a.n onlyntop-downnprocessing.
b.n onlynbottom-upnprocessing.
c.n bothntop-downnandnbottom-upnprocessing.
d.n onlyndata-basednprocessing.
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