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WorksheetsUnit 3 - Sensation & Perception
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Domingo has just hit Play to begin listening to a new song he bought. Based on the structure of the ear, what will the sound waves contact first after moving through Domingo’s auditory canal?
The cochlea
The auditory nerve
The anvil
The stirrup
The eardrum
Hyrum is at a concert when a flute player hits a very high note at the end of a song. Which of the following best explains why the pitch of the note sounds so high?
It has a long wavelength and high frequency.
It has a short wavelength and high frequency.
It has a long wavelength and low frequency.
It has a small amplitude.
It has a large amplitude.
Julia is practicing her trumpet and produces a loud sound. Which of the following is the best explanation for the loudness of the sound?
The sound has a long wavelength.
The sound has a short wavelength.
The sound has a high-amplitude sound wave
The sound has a low-amplitude sound wave.
The sound is complex.
Which of the following scenarios most clearly describes the effects of a strong kinesthetic sense?
Developing a craving for food after smelling it
Being able to navigate using directions
Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body
Being able to locate where a sound is coming from
Balancing oneself on a ladder
Which of the following scenarios is most likely to result in impairment of the kinesthetic sense?
Severing of the corpus callosum
Destruction of part of the hypothalamus
Removal of a portion of the olfactory bulb
Damage to the cerebellum
A tumor in the somatosensory cortex
Which part of the brain receives messages from the hair-like receptors that are involved in the vestibular sense?
Frontal lobes
Cerebellum
Medulla
Hypothalamus
Amygdala
To study the effects of smoking on the sense of smell, a researcher would most likely conduct a...
longitudinal study on 200 smokers to determine whether their sense of smell improved over time
longitudinal study on 100 smokers and a matched sample of 100 nonsmokers to determine whether the smokers’ sense of smell declined more over time than the nonsmokers’ did
cross-sectional study of 100 nonsmokers to determine whether nonsmokers’ sense of smell improved with age
cross-sectional study on 200 smokers to determine whether smokers’ sense of smell stayed the same over time
a survey asking 100 participants how long they have been smoking and how many packs of cigarettes a day they smoke
Which study is a researcher who wants to draw correct cause-and-effect conclusions about the sense of smell likely to conduct?
A case study in which the researcher records a person’s facial expressions when the person encounters different smells and then determines that when a person smells a good smell, the person smiles.
A case study in which the researcher asks a person to name the smells the person is experiencing and then finds that the person has a hard time naming smells that are offensive.
A study in which 50 participants are asked to rate the degree to which different smells evoke happy memories. The researcher then determines which smells are associated with happy memories.
A study in which the researcher randomly selects two groups of 30 people and exposes one group to the smell of roses and the other group to the smell of gasoline to determine whether members of the group that smelled roses act nicer to one another afterward.
A study in which the researcher randomly assigns 50 people to a group that is exposed to a strong smell of roses and 50 people to a group that experiences an odor-free environment to see whether the group exposed to the strong smell of roses reports experiencing more memories.
A researcher studied 30 people ages twenty to forty, 30 people ages forty-one to sixty, and 30 people ages sixty-one to eighty. The researcher set up two rooms—one with a faint rose smell, and one with a faint lemon smell. Each participant was asked to enter each room and identify the smell in the room. What research method did the researcher use, and what outcome would be found?
Cross-sectional. As people age, their sense of smell diminishes, especially in older age.
Cross-sectional. Middle-aged people have the strongest sense of smell.
Cross-sectional. No conclusions can be made because cause and effect cannot be inferred.
Longitudinal. As people age, their sense of smell diminishes, especially in older age.
Longitudinal. Middle-aged people have the strongest sense of smell.
Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates a context effect?
Carol performs better in her recital when she practices in short sessions, several times a day.
Edgar solves his jigsaw puzzles faster when he completes the edges first.
Rosemarie shoots more accurately at her archery competition when other people are around.
Vernon is more social at parties when he has had caffeine.
Jeannette does better on her exam when she takes it in the same room where she studies.
When Rocco views the image above, he sees it as a 13 when it is part of a larger number but as a B when it is part of a word. Rocco’s response shows the importance of what perceptual concept?
Context effects
Binocular cues
Divided attention
Schemas
Bottom-up processing
After his friend said a new movie was the funniest he had seen in years, Willard found himself laughing throughout the viewing, even though the movie was not very funny. What concept is Willard demonstrating?
Functional fixedness
Perceptual set
Inattentional blindness
Bottom-up processing
Context-dependent memory
Which of the following refers to the just-noticeable difference between two stimuli?
Absolute threshold
Sensation
Perception
Difference threshold
Subliminal stimulus
Which of the following refers to the transformation of stimulus energy into neural impulses?
Perception
Bottom-up processing
Top-down processing
Transduction
Psychophysics
A subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that...
can be detected 5 percent of the time
falls below the threshold for conscious detection
activates unconscious associations that affect perceptions, memories, and responses
has been transformed into neural impulses
triggers a diminished response due to constant activation
In the figure above, what letter corresponds to the light-sensitive surface of the eye that contains photoreceptors?
A
B
C
D
E
Which of the following refers to the photoreceptors responsible for color vision?
Rods
Cones
Optic nerves
Wavelengths
Hues
In the figure above, what letter corresponds to the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain?
A
B
C
D
E
Luis constructed a flip-book with 30 different still images of a cartoon cat. When Luis quickly flipped through successive images of the cat, the cat appeared to move. Which of the following concepts does the example illustrate?
Stroboscopic movement, because the book is a series of images presented at separate time intervals.
Perceptual constancy, because Luis still views the cat as a cat even though it appears as a moving picture.
Depth perception, because Luis needs both eyes to view the movement.
Color constancy, because the cat does not appear to change color.
Interposition, because the pictures are in a sequence that is logical.
Even though it was nearly dark outside, Kaci could still tell that the basketball she was playing with was orange. Which of the following concepts is best illustrated in this example?
Shape constancy
Color constancy
Perceptual adaptation
Interposition
Absolute threshold
Which of the following is an example of shape constancy?
Even though the angle from which she viewed the table had changed, Elise still perceived the table as rectangular.
Mariann still saw an apple as red even when the light in the room got darker.
Allison’s hair was still perceived as bright pink even when the sky became overcast.
Sarah did not notice the sound of the air conditioner until it suddenly shut off.
Marcia is able to catch the basketball because of binocular cues.
