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