SENSATION AND PERCEPTION 9TH EDITION E.BRUCE GOLDSTEIN
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Test Bank for Sensation and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein, ISBN-10: 1133958494, ISBN-13: 9781133958499
,SENSATION AND PERCEPTION 9TH EDITION E.BRUCE GOLDSTEIN
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Table of Content
1. Introduction to Perception.
2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
3. Neural Processing and Coding.
4. Cortical Organization.
5. Perceiving Objects 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 by computer scientists in the 1960s.
b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
, d. have yet to be developed.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising robots that can “see.” systems.
b. Treating hearing problems. d. All of these.
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility. d. All of these.
4. The study of perception can overlap with
a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer science. d. all of these.
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. 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 button press becomes electrical energy then
becomes a mechanical response resulting in the dispensing of money).
a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
a. transduced image. c. visual image.
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b. environmental stimulus. d. perception.
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,9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulus.
a. representation. c. replication.
b. environmental stimulus. d. scale model.
10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level functions such as language, memory, and
thinking?
a. Brain stem c. Hypothalamus
b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.
a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at knowledge.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-man” figure, the person will most likely report seeing a. a
rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our species.
c. a rat, because of the effect of action.
d. a rat or a man equally.
14. Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry. Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he
knows that there are pop quizzes in the class and he can see read the “P” and the “Q”. What allows him to read the board?
a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-down processing
b. Oblique processing d. Compression
15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor
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16. Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
a. only top-down processing.
b. only bottom-up processing.
c. both top-down and bottom-up processing.
d. only data-based processing.
17. The physiological level of analysis involves the relationship between
a. stimulus-and-physiology.
b. physiology-and-perception.
c. stimulus-and-perception.
d. both stimulus-and-physiology and physiology-and-perception.
18. Kimmy is casting shadows on the wall and watching whether her cat Tiger jumps at the shadows or not. She uses different hand motions to see
if there is a difference in whether Tiger jumps or not. Kimmy is informally studying which relationship?
a. the stimulus-physiology relationship c. the stimulus-perception relationship
b. the physiology-perception relationship d. all of these
19. Cognitive influences affect the _______ level of analysis.
a. physiological c. both physiological and psychophysical
b. psychophysical d. neither physiological and psychophysical
20. The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending and descending orders in discrete steps is called
the method of
a. limits. c. searching.
b. constant stimuli. d. scaling.
21. When using the method of limits, the absolute threshold is determined by calculating
a. the stimulus intensity detected 50% of the time.
b. the stimulus intensity detected 75% of the time.
c. the stimulus intensity detected 100% of the time.
d. the average of the “cross-over” points.
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,22. The difference between the method of limits and the method of adjustment is that, in the method of adjustment, stimulus intensity is changed in
a _______ manner.
a. stepwise c. continuous
b. bivariate d. discrete
23. Of the three classical psychophysical methods, the method of constant stimuli
a. is most accurate, but takes the most amount of time.
b. is least accurate, but is the fastest.
c. is the fastest and most accurate method.
d. is the least accurate and takes the most amount of time.
24. As used in the textbook, the “DL” is the abbreviation for
a. detection level. c. descending limit.
b. differenze limen. d. determinant logarithm.
25. Using Weber’s Law, if the DL for a 100 gram weight standard is 2 grams, then the DL when using a 200 gram standard would be ____ grams.
a. 0.02 c. 4
b. 2 d. 50
26. The Weber’s fraction for electric shock is _____, and ______ for light intensity.
a. 0.01; 0.08 c. 0.02; 0.02
b. 0.08; 0.01 d. 0.08; 0.08
27. The “S” in the Weber fraction stands for:
a. sensation c. standard stimulus
b. synapse d. somatic
28. Demetri is a participant in an auditory detection study using the method of constant stimuli. He never detects the 10 unit tone. He detects the
20 unit tone 25% of the trials. He detects the 30 unit tone 50% of the trials. He detects the 40 unit tone 80% of the trials. He detects the 50
unit tone 95% of the trials. His threshold for hearing tones would be taken as the
a. 15 unit tone. c. 30 unit tone.
b. 20 unit tone. d. 55 unit tone.
29. A soup company wants to develop a “reduced-salt” version of their traditional minestrone.
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Which of the following would be the best first step to take? a. find taste-testers who have
agnosia
b. measure the amount of “cross-talk” using the method of adjustment
c. determine the absolute threshold for salty taste using the method of limits
d. determine the Weber’s fraction for salty taste
30. Which of the following methods are used to measure the quantitative relationship between the stimulus and perception?
a. description c. reflection
b. the phenomenological method d. classical psychophysical methods
31. Fechner’s psychophysical methods
a. are important from a historical perspective, but are no longer used in contemporary research.
b. were developed in the early 1960s.
c. showed that mental activity cannot be measured quantitatively.
d. are currently used to test a person’s hearing and vision.
32. The first step in the procedure for ____________ is to present the participant a “standard stimulus” and assign a numerical value to that
stimulus.
a. the method of limits c. the method of adjustment
b. the method of constant stimuli d. magnitude estimation
33. Response __________ in a magnitude estimation experiment when doubling the stimulus intensity LESS than doubles the subjective magnitude
of the stimulus.
a. accretion c. regression
b. compression d. expansion
34. To double the perceived brightness of a light, you need to multiply the physical intensity of the light by about 9. This is an example of response
a. compression. c. linearity.
b. expansion. d. inversion.
35. Stevens’s Power Law is so named because
a. it is the best psychophysical law that has ever been theorized.
b. the law explains why electrical power in the brain is responsible for perception.
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, c. it explains how electrical signals in the retina are involved in transduction.
d. the stimulus intensity is raised to a specific exponent to predict perceived magnitude. ** (page 16-17; conceptual)
36. Stevens’s Power Law
a. accurately describes vision, but not any other modality.
b. accurately describes audition and vision, but not the skin senses.
c. can describe the relationship between stimulus and perceived magnitude in all senses.
d. is valid, but not reliable.
37. The human response to electric shock demonstrates response expansion. This is important because it can explain why people
a. will withdraw even from weak shocks. c. will give shocks to other people.
b. can have a high pain threshold. d. will receive shocks from other people.
38. Nelia is riding in a car and notices that stationary objects closer to her move faster than stationary objects that are further. Nelia is using
which method of measuring perception?
a. detection c. phenomenological method
b. search d. magnitude estimation
39. Trying to find your friend’s face in a crowd is related to the method of
a. visual search. c. constant stimuli.
b. limits. d. adjustment.
40. The major dependent variable used in the visual search method is
a. color. c. attention span.
b. reaction time. d. brightness level.
41. In a detection experiment, Randy says “yes” to 90% of the trials, and Perry says “yes” to 70% of the trials. Our best conclusion from this
study is
a. Randy’s threshold is higher than Perry’s.
b. Perry is more sensitive than Randy.
c. response criterion may be different for Randy and Perry.
d. Randy and Perry are equally sensitive.
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42. The theory that accounts for response criterion in a detection experiment is
a. signal detection theory. c. balance theory.
b. evolutionary theory. d. gateway theory.
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Test Bank for Sensation and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein, ISBN-10: 1133958494, ISBN-13: 9781133958499
,SENSATION AND PERCEPTION 9TH EDITION E.BRUCE GOLDSTEIN
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Table of Content
1. Introduction to Perception.
2. The Physiological Beginnings of Perception.
3. Neural Processing and Coding.
4. Cortical Organization.
5. Perceiving Objects 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 by computer scientists in the 1960s.
b. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
c. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
, d. have yet to be developed.
2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
a. Developing speech recognition c. Devising robots that can “see.” systems.
b. Treating hearing problems. d. All of these.
3. Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
a. To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
b. To provide information that may help with a future career.
c. To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility. d. All of these.
4. The study of perception can overlap with
a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer science. d. all of these.
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual process?
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. 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 button press becomes electrical energy then
becomes a mechanical response resulting in the dispensing of money).
a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is the
a. transduced image. c. visual image.
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b. environmental stimulus. d. perception.
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,9. The image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimulus.
a. representation. c. replication.
b. environmental stimulus. d. scale model.
10. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level functions such as language, memory, and
thinking?
a. Brain stem c. Hypothalamus
b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual process.
a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition
12. Which of the following best describes the steps of the perceptual process?
a. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at knowledge.
c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
d. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing.
13. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus, and then views the ambiguous “rat-man” figure, the person will most likely report seeing a. a
rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our species.
c. a rat, because of the effect of action.
d. a rat or a man equally.
14. Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry. Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he
knows that there are pop quizzes in the class and he can see read the “P” and the “Q”. What allows him to read the board?
a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-down processing
b. Oblique processing d. Compression
15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.
a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor
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16. Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
a. only top-down processing.
b. only bottom-up processing.
c. both top-down and bottom-up processing.
d. only data-based processing.
17. The physiological level of analysis involves the relationship between
a. stimulus-and-physiology.
b. physiology-and-perception.
c. stimulus-and-perception.
d. both stimulus-and-physiology and physiology-and-perception.
18. Kimmy is casting shadows on the wall and watching whether her cat Tiger jumps at the shadows or not. She uses different hand motions to see
if there is a difference in whether Tiger jumps or not. Kimmy is informally studying which relationship?
a. the stimulus-physiology relationship c. the stimulus-perception relationship
b. the physiology-perception relationship d. all of these
19. Cognitive influences affect the _______ level of analysis.
a. physiological c. both physiological and psychophysical
b. psychophysical d. neither physiological and psychophysical
20. The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending and descending orders in discrete steps is called
the method of
a. limits. c. searching.
b. constant stimuli. d. scaling.
21. When using the method of limits, the absolute threshold is determined by calculating
a. the stimulus intensity detected 50% of the time.
b. the stimulus intensity detected 75% of the time.
c. the stimulus intensity detected 100% of the time.
d. the average of the “cross-over” points.
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6
,22. The difference between the method of limits and the method of adjustment is that, in the method of adjustment, stimulus intensity is changed in
a _______ manner.
a. stepwise c. continuous
b. bivariate d. discrete
23. Of the three classical psychophysical methods, the method of constant stimuli
a. is most accurate, but takes the most amount of time.
b. is least accurate, but is the fastest.
c. is the fastest and most accurate method.
d. is the least accurate and takes the most amount of time.
24. As used in the textbook, the “DL” is the abbreviation for
a. detection level. c. descending limit.
b. differenze limen. d. determinant logarithm.
25. Using Weber’s Law, if the DL for a 100 gram weight standard is 2 grams, then the DL when using a 200 gram standard would be ____ grams.
a. 0.02 c. 4
b. 2 d. 50
26. The Weber’s fraction for electric shock is _____, and ______ for light intensity.
a. 0.01; 0.08 c. 0.02; 0.02
b. 0.08; 0.01 d. 0.08; 0.08
27. The “S” in the Weber fraction stands for:
a. sensation c. standard stimulus
b. synapse d. somatic
28. Demetri is a participant in an auditory detection study using the method of constant stimuli. He never detects the 10 unit tone. He detects the
20 unit tone 25% of the trials. He detects the 30 unit tone 50% of the trials. He detects the 40 unit tone 80% of the trials. He detects the 50
unit tone 95% of the trials. His threshold for hearing tones would be taken as the
a. 15 unit tone. c. 30 unit tone.
b. 20 unit tone. d. 55 unit tone.
29. A soup company wants to develop a “reduced-salt” version of their traditional minestrone.
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Which of the following would be the best first step to take? a. find taste-testers who have
agnosia
b. measure the amount of “cross-talk” using the method of adjustment
c. determine the absolute threshold for salty taste using the method of limits
d. determine the Weber’s fraction for salty taste
30. Which of the following methods are used to measure the quantitative relationship between the stimulus and perception?
a. description c. reflection
b. the phenomenological method d. classical psychophysical methods
31. Fechner’s psychophysical methods
a. are important from a historical perspective, but are no longer used in contemporary research.
b. were developed in the early 1960s.
c. showed that mental activity cannot be measured quantitatively.
d. are currently used to test a person’s hearing and vision.
32. The first step in the procedure for ____________ is to present the participant a “standard stimulus” and assign a numerical value to that
stimulus.
a. the method of limits c. the method of adjustment
b. the method of constant stimuli d. magnitude estimation
33. Response __________ in a magnitude estimation experiment when doubling the stimulus intensity LESS than doubles the subjective magnitude
of the stimulus.
a. accretion c. regression
b. compression d. expansion
34. To double the perceived brightness of a light, you need to multiply the physical intensity of the light by about 9. This is an example of response
a. compression. c. linearity.
b. expansion. d. inversion.
35. Stevens’s Power Law is so named because
a. it is the best psychophysical law that has ever been theorized.
b. the law explains why electrical power in the brain is responsible for perception.
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8
, c. it explains how electrical signals in the retina are involved in transduction.
d. the stimulus intensity is raised to a specific exponent to predict perceived magnitude. ** (page 16-17; conceptual)
36. Stevens’s Power Law
a. accurately describes vision, but not any other modality.
b. accurately describes audition and vision, but not the skin senses.
c. can describe the relationship between stimulus and perceived magnitude in all senses.
d. is valid, but not reliable.
37. The human response to electric shock demonstrates response expansion. This is important because it can explain why people
a. will withdraw even from weak shocks. c. will give shocks to other people.
b. can have a high pain threshold. d. will receive shocks from other people.
38. Nelia is riding in a car and notices that stationary objects closer to her move faster than stationary objects that are further. Nelia is using
which method of measuring perception?
a. detection c. phenomenological method
b. search d. magnitude estimation
39. Trying to find your friend’s face in a crowd is related to the method of
a. visual search. c. constant stimuli.
b. limits. d. adjustment.
40. The major dependent variable used in the visual search method is
a. color. c. attention span.
b. reaction time. d. brightness level.
41. In a detection experiment, Randy says “yes” to 90% of the trials, and Perry says “yes” to 70% of the trials. Our best conclusion from this
study is
a. Randy’s threshold is higher than Perry’s.
b. Perry is more sensitive than Randy.
c. response criterion may be different for Randy and Perry.
d. Randy and Perry are equally sensitive.
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42. The theory that accounts for response criterion in a detection experiment is
a. signal detection theory. c. balance theory.
b. evolutionary theory. d. gateway theory.
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