Introduction to Psychology - Quiz 6

Chapter 6 Practice Quiz - Results You answered 22 out of 25 questions correctly, for a score of 88%. 1. Correct. You answered: b. sensation; perception. Detection of the sound of a bell ringing is referred to as a _______. Once you interpret the stimulus as the sound of your alarm clock, it is referred to as a _______. The correct answer was: b. sensation; perception. Textbook References: 6.1 Sensory System Principles 2. Correct. You answered: a. sitting on the beach on a very sunny day.. You would expect that your pupils would be smallest when you are The correct answer was: a. sitting on the beach on a very sunny day.. Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 3. Correct. You answered: d. sensory modalities.. Vision and hearing are different The correct answer was: d. sensory modalities.. Textbook References: 6.1 Sensory System Principles 4. Correct. You answered: c. You turn off the radio to answer your phone, but the phone is not ringing.. Which of the following constitutes a false alarm in signal detection theory? The correct answer was: c. You turn off the radio to answer your phone, but the phone is not ringing.. Textbook References: 6.1 Sensory System Principles 5. Correct. You answered: b. psychophysics.. The study of how physical events, such as lights and sounds, affect our senses is called The correct answer was: b. psychophysics.. Textbook References: 6.1 Sensory System Principles 6. Incorrect. You answered: c. Meissner’s corpuscles.. The sensory receptors in your skin that are specialized to report information about changes in temperature are the The correct answer was: a. free nerve endings.. Textbook References: 6.2 Touch and Pain 7. Correct. You answered: b. receptive field. Practice Quiz A _______ is the region of space where stimuli affect the activity of a cell in a sensory system. The correct answer was: b. receptive field. Textbook References: 6.2 Touch and Pain 8. Correct. You answered: d. pain.. The main function of nociceptors is to sense The correct answer was: d. pain.. Textbook References: 6.2 Touch and Pain 9. Correct. You answered: a. retina.. In order for our visual system to work properly, the lens must focus light onto the The correct answer was: a. retina.. Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 10. Correct. You answered: c. cones; rods . The photoreceptors we need to appreciate a blue sky on a sunny day are the _______, whereas the photoreceptors we use to detect the stars outside at night are the _______. The correct answer was: c. cones; rods . Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 11. Correct. You answered: d. there are no photoreceptors on the optic disc.. The reason that we have blind spots in our visual fields is that The correct answer was: d. there are no photoreceptors on the optic disc.. Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 12. Incorrect. You answered: b. Monocular. _______ cues to depth are dependent on information from both eyes. The correct answer was: a. Binocular. Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 13. Correct. You answered: c. While walking on the beach, you perceive that your friend is far away because he looks very small.. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the size cue for monocular depth perception? The correct answer was: c. While walking on the beach, you perceive that your friend is far away because he looks very small.. Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 14. Correct. You answered: b. opponent-process. The _______ theory of color vision is the idea that color vision is based on a system of paired opposites of color. The correct answer was: b. opponent-process. Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 15. Correct. You answered: c. your perception that an object remains the same size, even as you get closer or farther away.. Size constancy refers to The correct answer was: c. your perception that an object remains the same size, even as you get closer or farther away.. Practice Quiz Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 16. Correct. You answered: a. Gestalt psychology.. You attend a lecture in which the speaker explains how vision organizes images. This is most likely a lecture about The correct answer was: a. Gestalt psychology.. Textbook References: 6.3 Vision 17. Correct. You answered: c. ossicles. Tiny bones called _______ transmit vibrations to the inner ear. The correct answer was: c. ossicles. Textbook References: 6.4 Hearing 18. Correct. You answered: d. Environmental bacteria will be more likely to get into the middle ear.. Some of the many things that can cause an eardrum to rupture are an ear infection, SCUBA diving, and poking the ear with a sharp object. Which of the following might a ruptured eardrum cause? The correct answer was: d. Environmental bacteria will be more likely to get into the middle ear.. Textbook References: 6.4 Hearing 19. Correct. You answered: b. hair cells.. The receptor cells that are specialized to detect vibrations along the cochlear membrane are called The correct answer was: b. hair cells.. Textbook References: 6.4 Hearing 20. Correct. You answered: b. The ringer sounds slightly louder in your right ear than in your left ear.. You have misplaced your cell phone, and you ask a friend to call you so you can hear its high-pitched, musical ring. Assuming the ringer is on and is loud enough to hear, what would tell your brain that the phone is somewhere directly to your right? The correct answer was: b. The ringer sounds slightly louder in your right ear than in your left ear.. Textbook References: 6.4 Hearing 21. Correct. You answered: b. flavor. When you drink coffee, the perceptual experience, called _______, is the combination of information from your taste receptors and your olfactory receptors. The correct answer was: b. flavor. Textbook References: 6.5 Taste and Smell 22. Correct. You answered: b. chemicals.. Both the sense of taste and the sense of smell rely on cells designed to detect The correct answer was: b. chemicals.. Textbook References: 6.5 Taste and Smell 23. Incorrect. You answered: c. Taste pores. _______ are collections of 50–150 cells and are located on the surface of your tongue, back of your mouth, and roof of your mouth. The correct answer was: a. Taste buds. Practice Quiz Textbook References: 6.5 Taste and Smell 24. Correct. You answered: d. specialized taste receptors . Thanks to _______, we can distinguish sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami tastes. The correct answer was: d. specialized taste receptors . Textbook References: 6.5 Taste and Smell 25. Correct. You answered: c. olfactory bulb. The olfactory system routes information directly to the _______ of the brain. The correct answer was: c. olfactory bulb. Textbook References: 6.5 Taste and Smell