perception

The most common form of color blindness is related to deficiencies in the

• blue-yellow system

• red-green system

• process of visual summation

• bipolar cells

Laura arrives at a park that is located very close to a factory that produces cookies. She immediately notices the strong odor of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects the smell of the cookies. This can best be explained by which of the following?

• Accommodation

• 
  Sensory adaptation

• Weber's law

• Assimilation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

If Carmelita stares at a red spot for one minute and then shifts her gaze to a white piece of paper, she is likely to experience an afterimage that is

• green

• red

• blue

• black

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring which of the following?

• sound localization ability

• hemispheric lateralization

• just-noticeable difference

• echoic memory

It can be assumed that an individual described as a supertaster

• is a man

• represents a majority of the United States population

• has a low density of taste buds on the tongue

• is very sensitive to hot peppers

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Damage to the occipital lobe would most likely affect a person’s

• balance

• vision

• fine motor movements

• language processing

In the dark, an object is more clearly seen when viewed in peripheral vision than when viewed directly. This phenomenon occurs because the rods located in the retina are

• more sensitive in the dark than cones and are not found in the fovea

• 
  less sensitive in the dark than cones and are not found in the fovea

• as sensitive in the dark as cones and are few in number in the fovea

• more numerous than cones are in the fovea

The change in the curvature of the lens that enables the eye to focus on objects at various distances is called

• accommodation

• adaptation

• conduction

• convergence

People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their

• rods

• cones

• lens

• optic nerve

Martin fell off his skateboard and badly bruised his elbow. He immediately began rubbing the area around the bruise until the pain subsided. This method of reducing pain can be explained by which of the following?

• gate control theory

• opponent process theory

• expectancy theory

• phantom pain