KIN 203 Test 2 Study Guide

Which of the following are sources of information about distance and depth perception?

• A) detection of edges

  
  

• B) retinal disparity

  
  

• C) motion parallax

  
  

• b and c

  
  

• a, b, and c

  
  

1. Which of the following kinesthetic receptors play the major role in position and movement sense?

• A) muscle spindles

  
  

• B) joint receptors

  
  

• C) vestibular semicircular canals

  
  

• a, b, and c

  
  

• b and c

  
  

1. __________________ perception is the type of intermodal perception that coordinates the properties of objects first seen and then felt.

• Visual-auditory

  
  

• Spatial-temporal

  
  

• Kinesthetic-visual

  
  

• Visual-kinesthetic

  
  

Which of the following occurs with aging of the auditory system?

• a decrease in the differential threshold for discriminating sounds and speech

  
  

• an increase in the absolute threshold for hearing pure tones and speech

  
  

• Both

  
  

Newborns can turn in the direction of a sound, demonstrating they perceive sound direction, but we know little about their perception of sound distance.

• True

• False

Newborns can hear an average nearby speaking voice.

• True

• False

Damage to the cochlear hair cells from exposure to loud and chronic noise can be repaired by avoiding such loud and chronic noise.

• True

• False

1. By age 6, children can methodically explore objects with their hands, sight unseen.

• True

• False

1. Children have multifocal attention.

• True

• False

1. Some older adults experience a deterioration in both proprioceptive sensitivity and proprioceptive acuity.

• True

• False