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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 sx
1. s x “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike eas
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e
a. s x were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. s x were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. s x were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. s x have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application of perception research
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? a. Developing speech recognition
s x c. Devising robots that can “see.”
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systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
s x d. All of these.
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3. s x Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. s To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. s To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. s To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. s All of these.
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4. s x The study of perception can overlap with
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a. s medicine.
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5. sWhich of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual proces
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s? a. Stimuli
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b. Neural Processing
s x d. Behavioral Responses
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6. s x The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons i
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calledrefraction.
a. s x c. s x reduction.
b. stransduction.
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7. s x ______ 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. s in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
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b. Transference
s x d. Transduction s x
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is t
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hea. transduced image.
s x c. visual image. sx s x sx
b. environmental stimulus.
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9. sThe image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimul
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us.a. representation.
s x c. replication. s x
b. environmental stimulus.
s x d. scale model. sx s x sx
10. s x Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” lev
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el
functions
a. sBrainsuch
stemas language, memory, and thinking?
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b. Cerebral cortex
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11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proces
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s. a. action
s x c. transduction s x
b. attention
s x d. recognition s x
12. s x 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
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at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
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at knowledge.
c. sThe steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognitio
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n.
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,
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rat,person
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becausex likely of
the effect
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knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our spec
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ies.
c.
d. rat,or
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a man equally.
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14. s x Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blu
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rry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in th
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ea. sBottom-up processing
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class
b. sand he can
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processing
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15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptor
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s. a. Bottom-up
s x c. Top-down s x
b. Oblique
s x d. Receptor s x
16. s x Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. sonly top-down processing.
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b. sonly bottom-up processing.
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c. s both top-down and bottom-
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up processing.
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d. sonly 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 sx
1. s x “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with humanlike eas
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e
a. s x were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s.
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b. s x were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s.
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c. s x were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s.
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d. s x have yet to be developed.
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2. Which of the following is an application of perception research
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? a. Developing speech recognition
s x c. Devising robots that can “see.”
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systems.
b. Treating hearing problems.
s x d. All of these.
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3. s x Which of the following is a reason for studying perception?
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a. s To become more aware of your own perceptual experiences.
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b. s To provide information that may help with a future career.
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c. s To apply perception to everyday problems, such as highway sign visibility.
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d. s All of these.
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4. s x The study of perception can overlap with
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a. s medicine.
x c. s x philosophy.
b. s computer science
x d. sx s x all of these.
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.
5. sWhich of the following is NOT a category of the stages in the perceptual proces
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s? a. Stimuli
s x c. Serendipity s x
b. Neural Processing
s x d. Behavioral Responses
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6. s x The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons i
sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx
s
calledrefraction.
a. s x c. s x reduction.
b. stransduction.
x d. s x construction.
7. s x ______ 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. s in the dispensing of money).
Knowledge
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b. Transference
s x d. Transduction s x
8. The specific term for the “stimulus on the receptors” in visual processing is t
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hea. transduced image.
s x c. visual image. sx s x sx
b. environmental stimulus.
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9. sThe image projected on the retina is best described as a ______ of the actual stimul
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us.a. representation.
s x c. replication. s x
b. environmental stimulus.
s x d. scale model. sx s x sx
10. s x Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” lev
sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx
el
functions
a. sBrainsuch
stemas language, memory, and thinking?
x c.
sx sx Hypothalamus sx sx sx sx sx s x
b. Cerebral cortex
s x d. Occipital lobe sx s x sx
11. Visual form agnosia is a problem of the ______ step of the perceptual proces
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s. a. action
s x c. transduction s x
b. attention
s x d. recognition s x
12. s x 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
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at perception.
b. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending
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at knowledge.
c. sThe steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognitio
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n.
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
s willofmost
becausex likely of
the effect
sxsx report seeing
knowledge.
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b. a man, because we tend to see things that match our spec
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ies.
c.
d. rat,or
a rat
ss because of the effect of action.
a man equally.
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14. s x Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blu
sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx
rry.
Even so, he is sure it says “Pop Quiz!” because he knows that there are pop quizzes in th
sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx sx
ea. sBottom-up processing
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class
b. sand he can
Oblique x see read the “P” and thed.“Q”. Compression
processing
sx sx What allows him to read the board?
sx
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15. ________ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptor
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s. a. Bottom-up
s x c. Top-down s x
b. Oblique
s x d. Receptor s x
16. s x Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves
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a. sonly top-down processing.
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b. sonly bottom-up processing.
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c. s both top-down and bottom-
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up processing.
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d. sonly data-based processing.
x sx sx
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