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Table of Content
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1. Introduction to Perception.
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2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. Cortical Organization.
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5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes.
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6. Visual Attention.
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7. Taking Action.
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8. Perceiving Motion.
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9. Perceiving Color.
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10. Perceiving Depth and Size.
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11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
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12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
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13. Speech Perception.
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14. The Cutaneous Senses.
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15. The Chemical Senses.
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Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 7l
1. 7 l “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
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a. 7were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. 7 were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. 7have yet to be developed.
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2. 7 lWhich of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition
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systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
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3. 7 l Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. 7 To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. 7 To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. 7 To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. 7 All of these.
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4. 7 l The study of perception can overlap with
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a. 7 medicine.
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b. 7 computer science.
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5. 7 lWhich of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
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a. Stimuli
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b. Neural Processing
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6. 7 lThe process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
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called
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b. transduction.
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7. 7 l______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical respon
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se
resulting
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b. Transference
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8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is th
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e a. transduced image.
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b. environmental stimulus.
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9. 7 The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulu
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s. a. representation.
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b. environmental stimulus.
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10. 7 l Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
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functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
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a. 7Brain stem
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. 7 l Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process
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. a. 7 actionl c. transduction 7 l
b. 7 attention
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12. 7 l Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending a
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t perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending a
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t knowledge.
c. 7The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition
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d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
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13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our speci
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14. 7 l Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurr
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y.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the
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class
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b. Oblique processing
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15. 7 l________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
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a. Bottom-up
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16. 7 l Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. 7only top-down processing.
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Table of Content
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1. Introduction to Perception.
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2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. Cortical Organization.
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5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes.
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6. Visual Attention.
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7. Taking Action.
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8. Perceiving Motion.
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9. Perceiving Color.
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10. Perceiving Depth and Size.
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11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
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12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
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13. Speech Perception.
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14. The Cutaneous Senses.
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15. The Chemical Senses.
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Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 7l
1. 7 l “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
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a. 7were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. 7 were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. 7have yet to be developed.
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2. 7 lWhich of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition
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systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
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3. 7 l Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. 7 To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. 7 To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. 7 To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. 7 All of these.
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4. 7 l The study of perception can overlap with
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a. 7 medicine.
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b. 7 computer science.
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5. 7 lWhich of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
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a. Stimuli
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b. Neural Processing
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6. 7 lThe process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is
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called
a. refraction.
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b. transduction.
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7. 7 l______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
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(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical respon
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se
resulting
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b. Transference
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8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is th
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e a. transduced image.
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s. a. representation.
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10. 7 l Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level
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functions such as language, memory, and thinking?
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a. 7Brain stem
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. 7 l Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process
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. a. 7 actionl c. transduction 7 l
b. 7 attention
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12. 7 l Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending a
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t perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending a
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t knowledge.
c. 7The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition
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d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
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13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-
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man”
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c.
d. rat,or
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14. 7 l Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurr
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y.
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class
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b. Oblique processing
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a. 7only top-down processing.
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