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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 B!
1. B ! “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike eas
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a. B ! were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. B ! were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. B ! were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. B ! have yet to be developed.
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2. B !Which of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speech recognition
B ! c. Devising robots that can “see.”
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systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
B ! d. All of these.
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3. B ! Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. B To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. B To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. B To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. B All of these.
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4. B ! The study of perception can overlap with
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a. B medicine.
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b. B computer science.
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process
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? a. Stimuli B ! c. Serendipity B !
b. Neural Processing
B ! d. Behavioral Responses
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6. B ! The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons i
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s
calledrefraction.
a. B ! c. B ! reduction.
b. Btransduction.
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7. B ! ______ 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
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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. B 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. B ! Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” leve
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functions
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proces
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s. a. action
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b. attention
B ! d. recognition B !
12. B ! 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
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at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
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at knowledge.
c. BThe steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognitio
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n.
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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14. B ! Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blur
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ry.
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
B ! d. Compression
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15. B ! ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors
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. a. BBottom-up
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16. B ! Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. Bonly top-down processing.
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b. Bonly bottom-up processing.
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c. B both top-down and bottom-
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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.
B! B! B! B!
11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
B! B! B! B! B! B!
12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
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
B! B! B! B! B!
MULTIPLE CHOICE B!
1. B ! “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike eas
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
e
a. B ! were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b. B ! were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
c. B ! were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. B ! have yet to be developed.
B! B! B! B!
2. B !Which of the following is an application of perception research?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a. Developing speech recognition
B ! c. Devising robots that can “see.”
B! B! B ! B! B! B! B!
systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
B ! d. All of these.
B! B! B ! B! B!
3. B ! Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a. B To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b. B To provide information that may help with a future career.
! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
c. B To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d. B All of these.
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4. B ! The study of perception can overlap with
B! B! B! B! B! B!
a. B medicine.
! c. B ! philosophy.
b. B computer science.
! d. B! B ! all of these.
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process
B ! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
? a. Stimuli B ! c. Serendipity B !
b. Neural Processing
B ! d. Behavioral Responses
B! B ! B!
6. B ! The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons i
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
s
calledrefraction.
a. B ! c. B ! reduction.
b. Btransduction.
! d. B ! construction.
7. B ! ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical respon
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
se
resulting
a. B in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
! B! c.
B! Action B! B! B! B !
b. Transference
B ! d. Transduction B !
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is th
B ! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
e a. transduced image.
B ! c. visual image. B! B ! B!
b. environmental stimulus.
B ! d. perception. B! B !
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9. B The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulu
! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
s. a. representation.
B ! c. replication. B !
b. environmental stimulus.
B ! d. scale model. B! B ! B!
10. B ! Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” leve
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
l
functions
a. BBrainsuch
stemas language, memory, and thinking?
! c.
B! B! Hypothalamus B! B! B! B! B! B !
b. Cerebral cortex
B ! d. Occipital lobe B! B ! B!
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proces
B ! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
s. a. action
B ! c. transduction B !
b. attention
B ! d. recognition B !
12. B ! Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
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at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
B ! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
at knowledge.
c. BThe steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognitio
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n.
d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
B ! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-
B ! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
man”
figure,
a. athe
rat,person
B willofmost
because! likely of
the effect
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knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our speci
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es.
c.
d. rat,or
a rat
BB because!of the effect of action.
a man equally. B!
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14. B ! Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blur
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
class
a. Band he canprocessing
Bottom-up
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B! B!“Q”. What allows
Top-downB! him to read the board?
processing B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B ! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b. Oblique processing
B ! d. Compression
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15. B ! ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors
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. a. BBottom-up
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a. Bonly top-down processing.
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b. Bonly bottom-up processing.
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c. B both top-down and bottom-
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up processing.
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