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Psych 1000 - Chapter 5 Test Bank
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1.
Thehmosthaccuratehorderhofhthehstageshinhsens
oryhprocessinghandhperceptionhofhinformationhishfr
om:

A. receptionhtohanalysishto
translationhtohrecognition.
B. receptionhtohtransductionh
tohmatchinghtohinterpretation
.
C. receptionhtohreconst
ructionhtohanalysishtohre
cognition.
D. receptionhtohcomparisonh
tohreconstructionhtohinterpr
etation.


2. Occasionally,hpeoplehwhohhavehbeenhblindhsince
birthhwillhhavehtheirhvisionhrestored.hAfterwards,hthe
yharehablehtohnoticehlighthandhvarioushcolourshbuthth
eyhoftenhhavehcontinualhdifficultyhmakinghsensehofht
hishnewhsensoryhinformation.hExampleshlikehtheseh
besthdemonstratehthehdifferencehbetween:

A. sensationhand
hperception.


B. sensationhand
transduction.
C. perceptionhand
organizinghsensoryhinput.
D. rodshandhcones.

3. Onehnighthonhahfamilyhcampinghtrip,hSamanthahwas
lyinghawakehinhherhtenthwhenhallhofhahsudden,hshehs
awhahbrighthflashhofhlight,hsohbrighthinhfact,hthathithlig
hthuphthehentirehinsidehofhthehtent.hThenhtherehwash
ahloudhrumblehthathseemedhtohshakehthehgroundhsh
ehwashsleepinghon.hThehlighthandhthehrumbleharehse
nsedhbyhSamantha,handhshe
thehphenomenahashahthunderstorm.


A. identifies

, B. senses
C. perceives
D. knows

4. Thehtwohkindshofhcapabilitieshstudiedhin
psychophysicshare:


A. thehabsolutehsensitivityhto
stimulihandhsensitivityhtohch
angeshinhstimuli.
B. thehfunctionshofhthehrodsh
andhcones.
C. thehabilityhtohorganizeh
stimulihandhthehabilityhtoh
makehsensehofhstimuli.
D. thehabilityhtohproduceh
neurotransmittershandht
hehabilityhtohproducehhor
mones.

5. Thehlowesthintensityhathwhichhahstimulushcanhbe
detectedh50hpercenthofhthehtimehishthe:


A. absolutehthreshold.
B. decisionhcriterion.
C. differencehthreshold.
D. subliminalhstimulus.

6.
Ahresearcherhishconductinghahstudyhwithhowlshatht
hehzoohtohdeterminehhowhsensitivehtheyharehtohvario
ushsoundshandhwhaththehsmallesthsoundhishthaththeyh
canhdetect.hThehworkhofhthishresearcherhishmosthcon
sistenthwithhthehgoalshofhwhichhscientificharea?

A. neuropsychology
B. psychotherapy
C. psychophysics
D. psychoneuroimmunology

, 7.
Dr.hHallerhishconductinghanhexperimenthrelatedht
ohvision.hHehplaceshhishsubjectshinhahdarkhroomhan
dhafterhtheyhhavehacclimated,hhehpresentshthemhwit
hhvisualhstimulihofhvaryinghstrengthshandhattemptsht
ohdeterminehthehminimalhamounthofhlighththathpeopl
ehcanhdetect.hDr.hHallerhishspecificallyhtryinghtohdete
rmineha(n):

A. differencehthreshold.
B. absolutehthreshold.
C. minimumhthreshold.
D. maximumhthreshold.

Terryhenjoyshridinghhishbikehlonghdistances.hWhile
8.
ridinghalonghbusyhcityhstreets,hTerryhmusthbehaware
ofhthehvehicleshthathapproachhhimhandhthenhpassh
him.hWithhexperience,hTerryhishnowhablehtohsenseh
anhapproachinghcarh90%hofhthehtime.hThishsensitiv
ityhmeanshTerryhhasha(n)h
ht

hresholdhforhvehiclehdetection.

A. low
B. high
C. absolute
D. ultimate

Thehtermh"decisionhcriterion"hrefershto:
9.
A. thehdifferencehbetween
anhabsolutehandha
differencehthresholdhusedh
tohdeterminehifhahstimulus
ishpresent.
B. howhcertainhahperson
musthfeelhthathahstimulus
ishpresenthbeforehsayingh
thathithishpresent.
C. thehparticularhsignalh
detectionhcriteriahahres
earcherhusedhtohdeter
minehanhabsolutehthres
hold.