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Test Bank for Sensation and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein, ISBN-10:
1133958494, ISBN-13: 9781133958499
Table of Content
1. Introduction to Perception.
2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
3. Neural Processing and Coding.
4. Cortical Organization.
5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes.
6. Visual Attention.
7. Taking Action.
8. Perceiving Motion.
9. Perceiving Color.
10. Perceiving Depth and Size.
11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
13. Speech Perception.
14. The Cutaneous Senses.
15. The Chemical Senses.
,Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulus.
a. representation. c. replication.
MULTIPLE CHOICE b. environmental stimulus. d. scale model.
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
a. were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s. 10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s. functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s. a. Brain stem c. Hypothalamus
d. have yet to be developed. b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. action c. transduction
a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising robots that can “see.”
b. attention d. recognition
systems.
b. Treating hearing problems. d. All of these.
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
perception.
a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
knowledge.
c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
d. All of these.
d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
4. The study of perception can overlap with
13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-man”
a. medicine. c. philosophy.
figure, the person will most likely report seeing
b. computer science. d. all of these. a. a rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our species.
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process? c. a rat, because of the effect of action.
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity d. a rat or a man equally.
b. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
14. Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry.
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the
called class and he can see read the “P” and the “Q”. What allows him to read the board?
a. refraction. c. reduction.
a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-down processing
b. transduction. d. construction.
b. Oblique processing d. Compression
15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
7. ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response b. Oblique d. Receptor
resulting in the dispensing of money).
a. Knowledge c. Action
16. Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
b. Transference d. Transduction a. only top-down processing.
b. only bottom-up processing.
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the c. both top-down and bottom-up processing.
a. transduced image. c. visual image. d. only data-based processing.
b. environmental stimulus. d. perception.
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,17. The physiological level of analysis involves the relationship between 25. Using Weber’s Law, if the DL for a 100 gram weight standard is 2 grams, then the DL when
a. stimulus-and-physiology. using a 200 gram standard would be ____ grams.
b. physiology-and-perception. a. 0.02 c. 4
c. stimulus-and-perception. b. 2 d. 50
d. both stimulus-and-physiology and physiology-and-perception.
26. The Weber’s fraction for electric shock is _____, and ______ for light intensity.
18. Kimmy is casting shadows on the wall and watching whether her cat Tiger jumps at the a. 0.01; 0.08 c. 0.02; 0.02
shadows or not. She uses different hand motions to see if there is a difference in whether b. 0.08; 0.01 d. 0.08; 0.08
Tiger jumps or not. Kimmy is informally studying which relationship?
a. the stimulus-physiology relationship c. the stimulus-perception relationship
27. The “S” in the Weber fraction stands for:
b. the physiology-perception relationship d. all of these
a. sensation c. standard stimulus
b. synapse d. somatic
19. Cognitive influences affect the _______ level of analysis.
a. physiological c. both physiological and psychophysical 28. Demetri is a participant in an auditory detection study using the method of constant stimuli.
b. psychophysical d. neither physiological and
He never detects the 10 unit tone. He detects the 20 unit tone 25% of the trials. He detects the
psychophysical 30 unit tone 50% of the trials. He detects the 40 unit tone 80% of the trials. He detects the 50
unit tone 95% of the trials. His threshold for hearing tones would be taken as the
20. The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending a. 15 unit tone. c. 30 unit tone.
and descending orders in discrete steps is called the method of b. 20 unit tone. d. 55 unit tone.
a. limits. c. searching.
b. constant stimuli. d. scaling.
29. A soup company wants to develop a “reduced-salt” version of their traditional minestrone.
Which of the following would be the best first step to take?
21. When using the method of limits, the absolute threshold is determined by calculating a. find taste-testers who have agnosia
a. the stimulus intensity detected 50% of the time. b. measure the amount of “cross-talk” using the method of adjustment
b. the stimulus intensity detected 75% of the time. c. determine the absolute threshold for salty taste using the method of limits
c. the stimulus intensity detected 100% of the time. d. determine the Weber’s fraction for salty taste
d. the average of the “cross-over” points.
30. Which of the following methods are used to measure the quantitative relationship between the
22. The difference between the method of limits and the method of adjustment is that, in the stimulus and perception?
method of adjustment, stimulus intensity is changed in a _______ manner. a. description c. reflection
a. stepwise c. continuous b. the phenomenological method d. classical psychophysical methods
b. bivariate d. discrete
31. Fechner’s psychophysical methods
23. Of the three classical psychophysical methods, the method of constant stimuli a. are important from a historical perspective, but are no longer used in
a. is most accurate, but takes the most amount of time. contemporary research.
b. is least accurate, but is the fastest. b. were developed in the early 1960s.
c. is the fastest and most accurate method. c. showed that mental activity cannot be measured quantitatively.
d. is the least accurate and takes the most amount of time. d. are currently used to test a person’s hearing and vision.
24. As used in the textbook, the “DL” is the abbreviation for 32. The first step in the procedure for ____________ is to present the participant a “standard
a. detection level. c. descending limit.
stimulus” and assign a numerical value to that stimulus.
b. differenze limen. d. determinant logarithm. a. the method of limits c. the method of adjustment
b. the method of constant stimuli d. magnitude estimation
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, 33. Response __________ in a magnitude estimation experiment when doubling the stimulus a. Randy’s threshold is higher than Perry’s.
intensity LESS than doubles the subjective magnitude of the stimulus. b. Perry is more sensitive than Randy.
a. accretion c. regression c. response criterion may be different for Randy and Perry.
b. compression d. expansion d. Randy and Perry are equally sensitive.
34. To double the perceived brightness of a light, you need to multiply the physical intensity of 42. The theory that accounts for response criterion in a detection experiment is
the light by about 9. This is an example of response a. signal detection theory. c. balance theory.
a. compression. c. linearity. b. evolutionary theory. d. gateway theory.
b. expansion. d. inversion.
35. Stevens’s Power Law is so named because
a. it is the best psychophysical law that has ever been theorized.
b. the law explains why electrical power in the brain is responsible for perception.
c. it explains how electrical signals in the retina are involved in transduction.
d. the stimulus intensity is raised to a specific exponent to predict perceived
magnitude. ** (page 16-17; conceptual)
36. Stevens’s Power Law
a. accurately describes vision, but not any other modality.
b. accurately describes audition and vision, but not the skin senses.
c. can describe the relationship between stimulus and perceived magnitude in all
senses.
d. is valid, but not reliable.
37. The human response to electric shock demonstrates response expansion. This is important
because it can explain why people
a. will withdraw even from weak shocks. c. will give shocks to other people.
b. can have a high pain threshold. d. will receive shocks from other people.
38. Nelia is riding in a car and notices that stationary objects closer to her move faster than
stationary objects that are further. Nelia is using which method of measuring perception?
a. detection c. phenomenological method
b. search d. magnitude estimation
39. Trying to find your friend’s face in a crowd is related to the method of
a. visual search. c. constant stimuli.
b. limits. d. adjustment.
40. The major dependent variable used in the visual search method is
a. color. c. attention span.
b. reaction time. d. brightness level.
41. In a detection experiment, Randy says “yes” to 90% of the trials, and Perry says “yes” to 70%
of the trials. Our best conclusion from this study is
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Test Bank for Sensation and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein, ISBN-10:
1133958494, ISBN-13: 9781133958499
Table of Content
1. Introduction to Perception.
2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
3. Neural Processing and Coding.
4. Cortical Organization.
5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes.
6. Visual Attention.
7. Taking Action.
8. Perceiving Motion.
9. Perceiving Color.
10. Perceiving Depth and Size.
11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
13. Speech Perception.
14. The Cutaneous Senses.
15. The Chemical Senses.
,Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulus.
a. representation. c. replication.
MULTIPLE CHOICE b. environmental stimulus. d. scale model.
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
a. were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s. 10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s. functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s. a. Brain stem c. Hypothalamus
d. have yet to be developed. b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. action c. transduction
a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising robots that can “see.”
b. attention d. recognition
systems.
b. Treating hearing problems. d. All of these.
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
perception.
a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at
b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
knowledge.
c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
d. All of these.
d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
4. The study of perception can overlap with
13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-man”
a. medicine. c. philosophy.
figure, the person will most likely report seeing
b. computer science. d. all of these. a. a rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our species.
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process? c. a rat, because of the effect of action.
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity d. a rat or a man equally.
b. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
14. Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry.
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the
called class and he can see read the “P” and the “Q”. What allows him to read the board?
a. refraction. c. reduction.
a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-down processing
b. transduction. d. construction.
b. Oblique processing d. Compression
15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
7. ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response b. Oblique d. Receptor
resulting in the dispensing of money).
a. Knowledge c. Action
16. Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
b. Transference d. Transduction a. only top-down processing.
b. only bottom-up processing.
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the c. both top-down and bottom-up processing.
a. transduced image. c. visual image. d. only data-based processing.
b. environmental stimulus. d. perception.
8 9
,17. The physiological level of analysis involves the relationship between 25. Using Weber’s Law, if the DL for a 100 gram weight standard is 2 grams, then the DL when
a. stimulus-and-physiology. using a 200 gram standard would be ____ grams.
b. physiology-and-perception. a. 0.02 c. 4
c. stimulus-and-perception. b. 2 d. 50
d. both stimulus-and-physiology and physiology-and-perception.
26. The Weber’s fraction for electric shock is _____, and ______ for light intensity.
18. Kimmy is casting shadows on the wall and watching whether her cat Tiger jumps at the a. 0.01; 0.08 c. 0.02; 0.02
shadows or not. She uses different hand motions to see if there is a difference in whether b. 0.08; 0.01 d. 0.08; 0.08
Tiger jumps or not. Kimmy is informally studying which relationship?
a. the stimulus-physiology relationship c. the stimulus-perception relationship
27. The “S” in the Weber fraction stands for:
b. the physiology-perception relationship d. all of these
a. sensation c. standard stimulus
b. synapse d. somatic
19. Cognitive influences affect the _______ level of analysis.
a. physiological c. both physiological and psychophysical 28. Demetri is a participant in an auditory detection study using the method of constant stimuli.
b. psychophysical d. neither physiological and
He never detects the 10 unit tone. He detects the 20 unit tone 25% of the trials. He detects the
psychophysical 30 unit tone 50% of the trials. He detects the 40 unit tone 80% of the trials. He detects the 50
unit tone 95% of the trials. His threshold for hearing tones would be taken as the
20. The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending a. 15 unit tone. c. 30 unit tone.
and descending orders in discrete steps is called the method of b. 20 unit tone. d. 55 unit tone.
a. limits. c. searching.
b. constant stimuli. d. scaling.
29. A soup company wants to develop a “reduced-salt” version of their traditional minestrone.
Which of the following would be the best first step to take?
21. When using the method of limits, the absolute threshold is determined by calculating a. find taste-testers who have agnosia
a. the stimulus intensity detected 50% of the time. b. measure the amount of “cross-talk” using the method of adjustment
b. the stimulus intensity detected 75% of the time. c. determine the absolute threshold for salty taste using the method of limits
c. the stimulus intensity detected 100% of the time. d. determine the Weber’s fraction for salty taste
d. the average of the “cross-over” points.
30. Which of the following methods are used to measure the quantitative relationship between the
22. The difference between the method of limits and the method of adjustment is that, in the stimulus and perception?
method of adjustment, stimulus intensity is changed in a _______ manner. a. description c. reflection
a. stepwise c. continuous b. the phenomenological method d. classical psychophysical methods
b. bivariate d. discrete
31. Fechner’s psychophysical methods
23. Of the three classical psychophysical methods, the method of constant stimuli a. are important from a historical perspective, but are no longer used in
a. is most accurate, but takes the most amount of time. contemporary research.
b. is least accurate, but is the fastest. b. were developed in the early 1960s.
c. is the fastest and most accurate method. c. showed that mental activity cannot be measured quantitatively.
d. is the least accurate and takes the most amount of time. d. are currently used to test a person’s hearing and vision.
24. As used in the textbook, the “DL” is the abbreviation for 32. The first step in the procedure for ____________ is to present the participant a “standard
a. detection level. c. descending limit.
stimulus” and assign a numerical value to that stimulus.
b. differenze limen. d. determinant logarithm. a. the method of limits c. the method of adjustment
b. the method of constant stimuli d. magnitude estimation
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, 33. Response __________ in a magnitude estimation experiment when doubling the stimulus a. Randy’s threshold is higher than Perry’s.
intensity LESS than doubles the subjective magnitude of the stimulus. b. Perry is more sensitive than Randy.
a. accretion c. regression c. response criterion may be different for Randy and Perry.
b. compression d. expansion d. Randy and Perry are equally sensitive.
34. To double the perceived brightness of a light, you need to multiply the physical intensity of 42. The theory that accounts for response criterion in a detection experiment is
the light by about 9. This is an example of response a. signal detection theory. c. balance theory.
a. compression. c. linearity. b. evolutionary theory. d. gateway theory.
b. expansion. d. inversion.
35. Stevens’s Power Law is so named because
a. it is the best psychophysical law that has ever been theorized.
b. the law explains why electrical power in the brain is responsible for perception.
c. it explains how electrical signals in the retina are involved in transduction.
d. the stimulus intensity is raised to a specific exponent to predict perceived
magnitude. ** (page 16-17; conceptual)
36. Stevens’s Power Law
a. accurately describes vision, but not any other modality.
b. accurately describes audition and vision, but not the skin senses.
c. can describe the relationship between stimulus and perceived magnitude in all
senses.
d. is valid, but not reliable.
37. The human response to electric shock demonstrates response expansion. This is important
because it can explain why people
a. will withdraw even from weak shocks. c. will give shocks to other people.
b. can have a high pain threshold. d. will receive shocks from other people.
38. Nelia is riding in a car and notices that stationary objects closer to her move faster than
stationary objects that are further. Nelia is using which method of measuring perception?
a. detection c. phenomenological method
b. search d. magnitude estimation
39. Trying to find your friend’s face in a crowd is related to the method of
a. visual search. c. constant stimuli.
b. limits. d. adjustment.
40. The major dependent variable used in the visual search method is
a. color. c. attention span.
b. reaction time. d. brightness level.
41. In a detection experiment, Randy says “yes” to 90% of the trials, and Perry says “yes” to 70%
of the trials. Our best conclusion from this study is
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