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Test Bank.for.Sensation.and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein

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E. Bruce Goldstein's SENSATION AND PERCEPTION has helped more than 100,000 students make the connection between perception and physiology. Goldstein has crafted an easier-to-understand, and more student-friendly book, without sacrificing the text's comprehensive examination of sensation and perception. Goldstein takes readers on an intriguing journey through their senses, and chronicles scientists' efforts to understand the fascinating behind the scenes activity that allows us to perceive

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1. Introduction to Perception. g g




2. ThePhysiologicalBeginningsofPerception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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6.Perceiving Color.
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12. AuditoryLocalization,the Auditory Scene, and Music.
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14. The Cutaneous Senses.
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15. TheChemicalSenses.
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,TestBank—Chapter1:IntroductiontoPerception
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2. Whichofthe following isan application ofperception research?
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3. Whichofthefollowingisareasonforstudyingperception?
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b. Toprovideinformationthatmayhelp withafuturecareer.
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c. Toapplyperceptiontoeverydayproblems,suchashighwaysignvisibility.
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4. Thestudyofperceptioncanoverlapwith
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5. WhichofthefollowingisNOTacategoryofthestagesintheperceptualprocess?
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a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
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6. Theprocessoftransforming energyintheenvironmentintoelectricalenergyintheneuronsis called
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a. refraction. c. reduction.
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7. is thestepin theperceptual processthat is analogous toanATM withdrawal (pressurefrom
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button press becomes electrical energythen becomes amechanical response resultinginthe
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a. Knowledge c. Action
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a. transduced image. c. visual image. g tv



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10. Whichbrainstructureis responsibleforcreating perceptions andproducingother“high”level
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functionssuchaslanguage,memory,andthinking?
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a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition

12. Whichofthefollowingbestdescribes thestepsoftheperceptual process?
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a. Thestepsareunidirectional,startingat theenvironmentalstimulusandending at
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b. The steps areunidirectional,starting attheenvironmentalstimulusandending at
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c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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13. Ifapersonseestheunambiguous“rat”stimulus,andthenviewstheambiguous“rat-man” figure,
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b. aman,becausewetendtoseethingsthatmatchourspecies.
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14. Justinforgottowearhisglassestoclasssothewritingheseesonthechalkboardisblurry. Evenso,
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heissureitsays “PopQuiz!”becausehe knowsthattherearepop quizzesinthe classand hecansee
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readthe “P”andthe “Q”.Whatallowshimtoread the board?
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15. processing isbasedonthestimulireaching thereceptors. tv g g g g g tv g




a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor

16. Trying toread a notewritten bysomeone withpoorhandwriting involves
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