Test Bank.for.Sensation.and Perception, 9th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein

,TableofContent
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1. Introduction to Perception. g g




2. ThePhysiologicalBeginningsofPerception.
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3. Neural Processing and Coding.
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4. CorticalOrganization. g




5. Perceiving Objects and Scenes. tv g g




6. Visual Attention. g




7. TakingAction. g




8. Perceiving Motion. tv




6.Perceiving Color.
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10. PerceivingDepthandSize. g g g




11. SoundandthePerceptionofPitch. g g g g g




12. AuditoryLocalization,the Auditory Scene, and Music.
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13. SpeechPerception. g




14. The Cutaneous Senses.
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15. TheChemicalSenses.
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,TestBank—Chapter1:IntroductiontoPerception
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1. “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment withhumanlike ease tv g g g g g g g g




a. weredevelopedbycomputerscientistsinthe1660s. g g g g g g g




b. weredevelopedbycomputerscientistsinthe1670s. g g g g g g g




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d. haveyettobe developed. g g g tv




2. Whichofthe following isan application ofperception research?
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a. Developing speechrecognition c. Devising robots thatcan“see.” tv g tv tv g g




systems.
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b. Treatinghearing problems. d. All of these. g tv tv g




3. Whichofthefollowingisareasonforstudyingperception?
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a. Tobecomemoreawareofyourownperceptual experiences.
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b. Toprovideinformationthatmayhelp withafuturecareer.
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c. Toapplyperceptiontoeverydayproblems,suchashighwaysignvisibility.
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d. Allofthese. g g




4. Thestudyofperceptioncanoverlapwith
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a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computerscience. g d. all ofthese. tv g




5. WhichofthefollowingisNOTacategoryofthestagesintheperceptualprocess?
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a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. NeuralProcessing d. BehavioralResponses g g




6. Theprocessoftransforming energyintheenvironmentintoelectricalenergyintheneuronsis called
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a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction. d. construction.



7. is thestepin theperceptual processthat is analogous toanATM withdrawal (pressurefrom
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button press becomes electrical energythen becomes amechanical response resultinginthe
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dispensingofmoney).
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a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction


8. Thespecifictermforthe“stimulusonthereceptors”invisualprocessing isthe
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a. transduced image. c. visual image. g tv



b. environmental stimulus. d. perception. g




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, 6. Theimageprojectedontheretinaisbest describedasa
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a. representation. c. replication.
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10. Whichbrainstructureis responsibleforcreating perceptions andproducingother“high”level
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functionssuchaslanguage,memory,andthinking?
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a. Brainstem c. Hypothalamus g




b. Cerebral cortex d. Occipitallobe g g




11. Visual formagnosiaisaproblemofthe tv g g g g g g g stepoftheperceptual process. g g g g




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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perception. g




b. The steps areunidirectional,starting attheenvironmentalstimulusandending at
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knowledge. g




c. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition.
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d. Thesequenceofstepsisdynamic and constantlychanging. g g g g g g g g




13. Ifapersonseestheunambiguous“rat”stimulus,andthenviewstheambiguous“rat-man” figure,
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thepersonwillmostlikelyreportseeing
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a. arat,because oftheeffect of knowledge.
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b. aman,becausewetendtoseethingsthatmatchourspecies.
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c. arat,because oftheeffect of action. g g g g g g g




d. aratoramanequally. g g g g g




14. Justinforgottowearhisglassestoclasssothewritingheseesonthechalkboardisblurry. Evenso,
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heissureitsays “PopQuiz!”becausehe knowsthattherearepop quizzesinthe classand hecansee
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readthe “P”andthe “Q”.Whatallowshimtoread the board?
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a. Bottom-up processing c. Top-downprocessing g g




b. Obliqueprocessing d. Compression g




15. processing isbasedonthestimulireaching thereceptors. tv g g g g g tv g




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

16. Trying toread a notewritten bysomeone withpoorhandwriting involves
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a. onlytop-downprocessing. g g




b. onlybottom-up processing. g g




c. bothtop-downandbottom-upprocessing. g g g g




d. onlydata-based processing. g g




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