Test Bank for Sensation and Perception 11th Edition b̍y E. Bruce Goldstein and
Laura Cacciamani | Chapters 1–15
,Tab̍le of Content
1.Introduction to Perception.
2.The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
3.Neural Processing and Coding.
4.Cortical Organization.
5.Perceiving Ob̍jects and Scenes.
6.Visual Attention.
7.Taking Action.
8.Perceiving Motion.
9.Perceiving Color.
10. Perceiving Depth and Size.
11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
13. Speech Perception.
14. The Cutaneous Senses.
15. The Chemical Senses.
,Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike
ease
a. were developed b̍ y computer scientists in the 1960s.
b̍. were developed b̍y computer scientists in the 1970s.
c. were developed b̍ y computer scientists in the 1990s.
d. have yet to b̍e developed.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising rob̍ots that can
“see.” systems.
b̍. Treating hearing prob̍lems. d. All of these.
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
a. To b̍ecome more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b̍. To provide information that may help with a future career.
c. To apply perception to everyday prob̍lems, such as highway sign
visib̍ility.
d. All of these.
4. The study of perception can
overlap with c. philosophy.
a. medicine. d. all of these.
b̍. computer science.
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual
process?
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b̍. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical
energy in the neurons is
called
a. refraction. c. reduction.
̍b. transduction. d. construction.
7. __ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM
__ withdrawal
(pressure from b̍utton press b̍ecomes electrical energy then b̍ecomes a
mechanical response resulting in the dispensing of money).
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, a. c. Action
d. Transduction
Knowledge
b̍.
Transference
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
the
a. transduced image. c. visual image.
̍b. environmental d. perception.
stimulus.
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Laura Cacciamani | Chapters 1–15
,Tab̍le of Content
1.Introduction to Perception.
2.The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
3.Neural Processing and Coding.
4.Cortical Organization.
5.Perceiving Ob̍jects and Scenes.
6.Visual Attention.
7.Taking Action.
8.Perceiving Motion.
9.Perceiving Color.
10. Perceiving Depth and Size.
11. Sound and the Perception of Pitch.
12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
13. Speech Perception.
14. The Cutaneous Senses.
15. The Chemical Senses.
,Test Bank—Chapter 1: Introduction to Perception
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike
ease
a. were developed b̍ y computer scientists in the 1960s.
b̍. were developed b̍y computer scientists in the 1970s.
c. were developed b̍ y computer scientists in the 1990s.
d. have yet to b̍e developed.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising rob̍ots that can
“see.” systems.
b̍. Treating hearing prob̍lems. d. All of these.
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
a. To b̍ecome more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b̍. To provide information that may help with a future career.
c. To apply perception to everyday prob̍lems, such as highway sign
visib̍ility.
d. All of these.
4. The study of perception can
overlap with c. philosophy.
a. medicine. d. all of these.
b̍. computer science.
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual
process?
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b̍. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
6. The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical
energy in the neurons is
called
a. refraction. c. reduction.
̍b. transduction. d. construction.
7. __ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM
__ withdrawal
(pressure from b̍utton press b̍ecomes electrical energy then b̍ecomes a
mechanical response resulting in the dispensing of money).
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, a. c. Action
d. Transduction
Knowledge
b̍.
Transference
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is
the
a. transduced image. c. visual image.
̍b. environmental d. perception.
stimulus.
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