Test Bank on Psychology And Your Life With P.O.W.E.R Learning 4th Edition By Robert Feldman

Test Bank on Psychology And Your Life With P.O.W.E.R Learning 4th Edition By Robert Feldman Physical energy that produces a response in a sense organ is called sensation. perception. a stimulus. adaptivity. Which of the following brain-scanning techniques is correctly matched with its description? Electroencephalogram (EEG): records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes Positron emission tomography (PET): uses magnetic fields to cause a momentary interruption of the brain's electrical activity Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI): traces biochemical activity in the brain Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): produces a graph of electrical wave patterns Which of the following laws best explains why a person in a quiet room is more startled by the ringing of a telephone than a person who is already in a noisy room? Multiple Choice Fitt's law Weber's law Bloch's law Hick's law Adelaide notices a flicker of motion out of the corner of her eye as she hurries down a dimly lit alley late at night. Sydney deciphers a complex wiring diagram under the bright glare of her desk lamp. Adelaide's vision is driven mainly by Blank, and Sydney's vision is driven mainly by Blank. Multiple Choice cones; cones as well rods; rods as well cones; rods rods; cones The pons serves to Multiple Choice regulate breathing and heartbeat. relay sensory information to the brain's association areas. integrate movement between the left and right halves of the body. consolidate memories. The Blank bends light as it passes through and focuses the light more sharply. Multiple Choice cornea pupil iris lens The part of the eye that converts the electromagnetic energy of light to electrical impulses for transmission to the brain is known as the Multiple Choice retina. fovea. iris. pupil. Thin, cylindrical receptor cells in the retina that are highly sensitive to light are called Multiple Choice lenses. pons. rods. cones. Which of the following statements about smell is false? Multiple Choice Men generally have a better sense of smell than women. People can distinguish men from women solely on the basis of the smell of their breath. People can distinguish happy from sad emotions based on underarm smells. Women are able to identify their babies solely on the basis of smell just a few hours after birth. Which of the following statements is true of light therapy? Multiple Choice It passes an electric current through the part of the body that is affected by pain. It stimulates nerve cells in the brain to provide direct pain relief. It stimulates the production of healing enzymes. It encourages the development of different thought patterns and beliefs. Mark and Jacob are driving home during a college break. Mark is in the passenger seat. Mark is bored and gazes toward an empty field. He notices that distant hilltops seem to be moving slowly in the same direction in which their car is moving, whereas mile markers on the side of the highway seem to be moving swiftly past them in the opposite direction. The difference in the apparent speed and direction of the objects' motion serves as a depth cue known as Multiple Choice motion disparity. motion parallax. motion perspective. motion gradient. Blank is the monocular cue in which a change in position of an object on the retina allows the perception of movement. Multiple Choice Motion disparity Motion gradient Motion parallax Motion perspective Define and provide authentic examples of (a) an absolute threshold, (b) a difference threshold, and (c) adaptation. Dr. Kurutz is a health psychologist because he/she is focusing on the prevention of health risk behaviors. However, the other doctor is focusing on psychosocial factors in well being such as family dynamics. Penny is recovering from drug addiction. Her treatment program emphasizes the influence of her environment, people, places things on her us of drug choice. Her program reflects the perspective in psychology Behavioral Which of the following perspectives is correctly matched with its description? structuralism: emphasizes what the mind does functionalism: emphasizes the elements of mental experience humanism: emphasizes the unconscious determinants of behavior gestalt psychology: emphasizes the organization of perception