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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 2p
1. 2 p “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ea
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se
a. 2 p were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. 2 p were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. 2 p were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. 2 p have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application
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h?a. Developing speech recognition
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systems. ”
b. Treating hearing problems.
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3. 2 p Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. 2 To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. 2 To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. 2 To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibilit
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y.
d. 2 p All of these.
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4. 2The study of perception can overlap wit
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h a. medicine. 2 p c. 2 p philosophy.
b. computer science
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5. 2Which of the following is NOT a category of
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ss?a. Stimuli 2 p c. 2 p Serendipity
b. Neural Processing
2 p d. 2p 2 p Behavioral Responses 2p
6. 2The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neuron
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s is 2p
calledrefraction.
a. 2 p c. reduction. 2 p
b. transduction.
2 p d. construction. 2 p
7. 2 p ______ 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 resp
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onse
resulting
a. 2 in the dispensing of money).
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b. 2Transference
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8. 2The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
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thea.
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2 p c. visual image. 2p 2 p 2p
b. environmental stimulus.
2 p d. perception. 2p 2 p
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9. 2 The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stim
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ulus.
a. representation.
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b. environmental stimulus.
2 p d. scale model 2p 2 p 2p
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10. 2 p Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” le
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stemas language, memory, and c.
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b. Cerebral cortex
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ess.a. action
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b. attention
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12. 2 p Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. 2The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endin
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g atperception.
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b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endin
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g atknowledge.
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c. 2The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recogniti
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on.
d. 2The 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”
figure,
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because
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our sp
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ecies.
c.
d. rat, or
a rat
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a man of
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14. 2Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is
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blurry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in t
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he
a. Bottom-
2 p c. Top-down processing 2 p 2p
class and he can see read the “P” and thed. “Q”.Compression
up processing 2p 2p 2p What allows him to read the board?
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b. Oblique processing
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15. 2________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the recepto
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rs. a. Bottom-up
2 p c. Top-down 2 p
b. Oblique
2 p d. Receptor 2 p
16. 2 p Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involve
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a.
b. only bottom-up
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c. both top-down and bottom-
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d. only data-based 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
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
MULTIPLE CHOICE 2p
1. 2 p “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ea
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se
a. 2 p were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. 2 p were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. 2 p were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. 2 p have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application
2 p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p of perception researc
2p 2p 2p
h?a. Developing speech recognition
2 p 2p 2p c. Devising robots that can “see.
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systems. ”
b. Treating hearing problems.
2 p 2p 2p d. All of these.
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3. 2 p Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. 2 To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. 2 To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. 2 To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibilit
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y.
d. 2 p All of these.
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4. 2The study of perception can overlap wit
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h a. medicine. 2 p c. 2 p philosophy.
b. computer science
2 p d. 2p 2 p all of these.
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.
5. 2Which of the following is NOT a category of
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ss?a. Stimuli 2 p c. 2 p Serendipity
b. Neural Processing
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6. 2The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neuron
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s is 2p
calledrefraction.
a. 2 p c. reduction. 2 p
b. transduction.
2 p d. construction. 2 p
7. 2 p ______ 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 resp
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onse
resulting
a. 2 in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
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b. 2Transference
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8. 2The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
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thea.
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2 p c. visual image. 2p 2 p 2p
b. environmental stimulus.
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9. 2 The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stim
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ulus.
a. representation.
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b. environmental stimulus.
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.
10. 2 p Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” le
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vel
functions
a. 2Brainsuch
stemas language, memory, and c.
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. 2Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proc
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ess.a. action
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b. attention
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12. 2 p Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
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a. 2The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endin
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g atperception.
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b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endin
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g atknowledge.
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c. 2The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recogniti
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on.
d. 2The 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”
figure,
a. athe
rat,person
2 willofmost
because
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the effect
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knowledge.
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2p 2p 2p
b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our sp
2 p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
ecies.
c.
d. rat, or
a rat
22 because
a man of
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equall 2p
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y.
14. 2Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is
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blurry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in t
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
he
a. Bottom-
2 p c. Top-down processing 2 p 2p
class and he can see read the “P” and thed. “Q”.Compression
up processing 2p 2p 2p What allows him to read the board?
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p2 p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
b. Oblique processing
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15. 2________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the recepto
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rs. a. Bottom-up
2 p c. Top-down 2 p
b. Oblique
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16. 2 p Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involve
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s
a.
b. only bottom-up
only
22 top-down processing.
pp processing. 2p
2p 2p2p
c. both top-down and bottom-
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up processing.
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d. only data-based processing.
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