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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 C/
1. C / “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ea
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se
a. C / were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. C / were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. C / were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. C / have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application
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? a. Developing speech recognition
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systems. ”
b. Treating hearing problems.
C / C/ C/ d. All of these.
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3. C / Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. C To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. C To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. C To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility
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.
d. C / All of these.
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4. CThe study of perception can overlap wit
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h a. medicine.
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b. computer science
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5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual proce
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ss?a. Stimuli
C / c. Serendipity C /
b. Neural Processing
C / d. Behavioral Responses
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6. C The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons
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C/ is
calledrefraction.
a. C / c. reduction. C /
b. transduction.
C / d. construction. C /
7. C / ______ 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 respo
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nse
resulting
a. C in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
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b. CTransference
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8. CThe specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
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thea. transduced image.
C / c. visual image. C/ C / C/
b. environmental stimulus.
C / d. perception. C/ C /
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9. C The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stim
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ulus.
a. representation.
C / c. replication. C /
b. environmental stimulus.
C / d. scale model C/ C / C/
.
10. C / Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” le
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vel
functions
a. Brainsuch
C stemas language, memory, and thinking?
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C/ C/ Hypothalamus C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C /
b. Cerebral cortex
C / d. Occipital lobe C/ C / C/
11. CVisual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proce
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ss. a. action
C / c. transduction C /
b. attention
C / d. recognition C /
12. C / 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 endin
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g atperception.
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b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
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at knowledge.
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c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recogniti
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on.
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”
figure,
a. athe
rat,person
C willofmost
because / likely of
the effect
C/C/ report seeing
knowledge.C/C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our spe
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cies.
c.
d. rat,or
a rat because
CC a man of the effect of action.
equally
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14. CJustin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is bl
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urry.
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-up processing
C / c. Top-down processing C/ C / C/
class
b. and he can
Oblique
C see read the “P” and thed.“Q”.Compression
processing
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15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptor
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s. a. Bottom-up
C / c. Top-down C /
b. ObliqueC / d. Receptor C /
16. C / Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involve
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s
a.
b. C
C top-down processing.
only bottom-up
// processing. C/
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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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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 C/
1. C / “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ea
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se
a. C / were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. C / were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. C / were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. C / have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application
C / C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ of perception research
C/ C/ C/
? a. Developing speech recognition
C / C/ C/ c. Devising robots that can “see.
C / C/ C/ C/ C/
systems. ”
b. Treating hearing problems.
C / C/ C/ d. All of these.
C / C/ C/
3. C / Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. C To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. C To provide information that may help with a future career.
/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
c. C To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility
/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
.
d. C / All of these.
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4. CThe study of perception can overlap wit
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h a. medicine.
C / c. philosophy. C /
b. computer science
C / d. all of these. C/ C / C/ C/
.
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual proce
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ss?a. Stimuli
C / c. Serendipity C /
b. Neural Processing
C / d. Behavioral Responses
C/ C / C/
6. C The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons
/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
C/ is
calledrefraction.
a. C / c. reduction. C /
b. transduction.
C / d. construction. C /
7. C / ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal
C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
(pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical respo
C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
nse
resulting
a. C in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
/ C/ C/ c. Action C/ C/ C/ C /
b. CTransference
/ d. Transduction C /
8. CThe specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
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thea. transduced image.
C / c. visual image. C/ C / C/
b. environmental stimulus.
C / d. perception. C/ C /
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9. C The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stim
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ulus.
a. representation.
C / c. replication. C /
b. environmental stimulus.
C / d. scale model C/ C / C/
.
10. C / Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” le
C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
vel
functions
a. Brainsuch
C stemas language, memory, and thinking?
/ c.
C/ C/ Hypothalamus C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C /
b. Cerebral cortex
C / d. Occipital lobe C/ C / C/
11. CVisual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proce
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ss. a. action
C / c. transduction C /
b. attention
C / d. recognition C /
12. C / Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and endin
C / C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
g atperception.
C/
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
C / C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
at knowledge.
C/
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recogniti
C / C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
on.
d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
C / C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-
C / C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
man”
figure,
a. athe
rat,person
C willofmost
because / likely of
the effect
C/C/ report seeing
knowledge.C/C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
C/ C/ C/
b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our spe
C / C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
cies.
c.
d. rat,or
a rat because
CC a man of the effect of action.
equally
/ C/
C/ C/C/ C/ C/ C/
C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
.
14. CJustin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is bl
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urry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in t
C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
he
a. Bottom-up processing
C / c. Top-down processing C/ C / C/
class
b. and he can
Oblique
C see read the “P” and thed.“Q”.Compression
processing
/ C/ C/ What allows him to read the board?
C/
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15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptor
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s. a. Bottom-up
C / c. Top-down C /
b. ObliqueC / d. Receptor C /
16. C / Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involve
C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/
s
a.
b. C
C top-down processing.
only bottom-up
// processing. C/
C/ C/C/
c. both top-down and bottom-
C / C/ C/ C/
up processing.
C/
d. only data-based processing.
C / C/ C/
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