Test Bank.for.Sensation.and Perception,10th edition E. Bruce Goldstein

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1. Introduction to Perception. j j




2. ThePhysiological BeginningsofPerception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. Cortical Organization. j




5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes. tv j j




6. Visual Attention. j




7. TakingAction. j




8. Perceiving Motion. tv




6.Perceiving Color.
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10. PerceivingDepth and Size. j j j




11. SoundandthePerceptionofPitch.
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12. Auditory Localization, the Auditory Scene, and Music.
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13. SpeechPerception. j




14. The Cutaneous Senses.
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15. TheChemical Senses.
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,TestBank—Chapter1:IntroductiontoPerception
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1. ―Perceiving machines‖ that can negotiate the environment with humanlike ease
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a. weredevelopedbycomputerscientistsinthe1660s. j j j j j j j




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c. weredevelopedbycomputerscientistsinthe1660s. j j j j j j j




d. have yettobe developed. j j j tv




2. Which of the following is an application of perception research?
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a. Developing speechrecognition c. Devising robots that can―see.‖ tv j tv tv j j




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b. Treatinghearing problems. d. All of these. j tv tv j




3. Whichofthefollowingisareasonforstudyingperception?
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a. Tobecomemoreawareofyourownperceptual experiences.
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b. To provide information that mayhelp with afuture career.
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c. To applyperception toeverydayproblems, such as highwaysign visibility.
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d. All ofthese. j j




4. Thestudyofperceptioncanoverlapwith
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a. medicine. c. philosophy.
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5. WhichofthefollowingisNOT acategoryofthestages intheperceptual process?
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a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. Neural Processing d. Behavioral Responses
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6. Theprocessoftransforming energyintheenvironment intoelectrical energyintheneurons is called
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a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction. d. construction.



7. is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an ATM withdrawal (pressure
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from button press becomes electrical energythen becomes amechanical response
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resultinginthedispensingofmoney).
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a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction


8. Thespecifictermforthe ―stimulusonthereceptors‖invisualprocessing is the
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a. transduced image. c. visual image. j tv



b. environmental stimulus. d. perception. j




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, 6. Theimageprojectedontheretinaisbest described asa
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a. representation. c. replication.
b. environmental stimulus. d. scalemodel. j j




10. Which brainstructureis responsible forcreating perceptions and producing other ―high‖level
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functionssuchaslanguage,memory,andthinking?
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b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipital lobe j j




11. Visual formagnosiaisaproblemofthe tv j j j j j j j step ofthe perceptual process.
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a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition

12. Whichofthefollowingbestdescribes thestepsoftheperceptual process?
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a. Thestepsareunidirectional,startingat theenvironmentalstimulusandending at
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b. The steps areunidirectional,starting attheenvironmental stimulusand ending at
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c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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d. Thesequence ofstepsis dynamic and constantlychanging. j j j j j j j j




13. Ifapersonseestheunambiguous―rat‖stimulus,andthenviewstheambiguous―rat-man‖
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figure, the personwill most likelyreport seeing
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a. a rat,because ofthe effect of knowledge.
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b. aman,becausewetendtoseethingsthatmatchourspecies.
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c. a rat,because ofthe effect of action.
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d. aratoramanequally. j j j j j




14. Justinforgottowearhisglassestoclasssothewritingheseesonthechalk boardisblurry. Even so,
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heissure itsays ―Pop Quiz!‖because he knows that there arepop quizzes inthe class and hecan
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seeread the ―P‖and the ―Q‖.What allows himto read the board?
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a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-downprocessing j j




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15. processing isbasedonthestimulireaching thereceptors. tv j j j j j tv j




a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor

16. Trying to read a note written bysomeone with poor handwriting involves
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a. onlytop-down processing. j j




b. onlybottom-up processing. j j




c. bothtop-downandbottom-upprocessing. j j j j




d. onlydata-based processing. j j




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