Deck 14: Perception and Sensory Processing

Question 1

__________ is the thick nerve that exits from the back of the eye and carries visual information to the visual cortex in the brain.

A)Fovea
B)Optic nerve
C)Cornea
D)Pupil

Answer 1

Optic nerve

Question 2

_________________ is the distinctive quality of a sound, determined by the complexity of sound waves.

A)Timbre
B)Ear canal
C)Pinna
D)Eardrum

Answer 2

Timbre

Question 3

_______________ is the small, tightly stretched membrane that seperates the middle ear from the inner ear.

A)Timbre
B)Ear canal
C)Oval window
D)Eardrum

Answer 3

Oval window

Question 4

________________ is the physical stimuli that produce our sensory experience of sound.

A)Frequency
B)Amplitude
C)Pitch
D)Sound waves

Question 5

According to ________________ theory, the basilar membrane vibrates at the same frequency as the sound wave, thereby enabling low-frequency sound to be transmitted to the brain.

A)Sound
B)Place
C)Frequency
D)Amplitude

Question 6

________________ is the part of the ear where sound is transduced into neural impulses; consists of cochlea and semicircular canals.

A)Inner ear
B)Outer ear
C)Middle ear
D)Hair cells

Question 7

_______________ is the technical term for our sense of taste.

A)Olfaction
B)Kinesthetic sense
C)Vestibular sense
D)Gustation

Question 8

_________________ is the specialized sensory receptors for taste that are located on the tongue and inside the mouth and the throat.

A)Taste buds
B)Free nerve endings
C)Pheromones
D)Olfactory bulb

Question 9

_______________ is the technical name for the sense of location and position of body parts in relation to one another.

A)Olfaction
B)Kinesthetic sense
C)Vestibular sense
D)Gustation

Question 10

The German word ___________________ means a unified whole, and this perspective maintains that we perceive whole objects or figures rather than isolated bits and pieces of information.

A)Pragnanz
B)Gradient
C)Gestalt
D)Iridology

Question 11

_____________ is the binocular cue that relies on the fact that our eyes are set a couple of inches apart and thus a slightly different image of an object is cast on the retina of each eye.

A)Depth perception
B)Texture gradient
C)Motion parallax
D)Binocular disparity

Question 12

________________ is the use of visual cues (either monocular or binocular) to perceive the distance or three-dimensional characteristics of objects.

A)Depth perception
B)Texture gradient
C)Motion parallax
D)Binocular disparity

Question 13

________________ is a binocular cue that relies on the degree to which muscles rotate the eyes to focus on an object; the less convergence, the farther away the object appears to be.

A)Convergence
B)Texture gradient
C)Motion parallax
D)Binocular disparity

Question 14

________________ is the influence of prior assumptions and expectations on perceptual interpretations.

A)Perceptual constancy
B)Perceptual set
C)Perceptual illusion
D)Extrasensory perception

Question 15

_________________ is the tendency to perceive objects, especially familiar objects, as constant and unchanging despite changes in sensory.

A)Perceptual constancy
B)Perceptual set
C)Perceptual illusion
D)Extrasensory perception

Question 16

____________ is the term for the investigation of claims of various paranormal phenomena.

A)Illusion
B)Extrasensory perception
C)Iridology
D)Parapsychology

Question 17

________________ is the perception of an object as maintaining the same size despite changing images on the retina.

A)Size constancy
B)Shape constancy
C)Perceptual constancy
D)Object constancy

Question 18

Stereograms use the binocular depth cue of _______________.

A)Depth perception
B)Texture gradient
C)Motion parallax
D)Binocular disparity

Question 19

_________________ refers to the fact that when we view a scene, we automatically separate the elements of that scene into the feature that clearly stands out and its less distinct background.

A)Size constancy
B)Shape constancy
C)Perceptual constancy
D)Extrasensory perception

Question 20

__________________ is the perception that the brightness of an object remains the same even though the lighting conditions change.

A)Light constancy
B)Object constancy
C)Perceptual constancy
D)Brightness constancy

Question 21

___________________ is based on the idea that sensory information can be detected by some means other than through the normal processes of sensation.

A)Size constancy
B)Shape constancy
C)Perceptual constancy
D)Extrasensory perception

Question 22

___________________ is an illusion of movement that results when two, separate, carefully timed flashing lights are perceived as one light moving back and forth.

A)Stroboscopic motion
B)Induced motion
C)Muller-Lyer
D)Figure-ground

Question 23

One object partially blocks or obscures the view of another object and the partially blocked object is perceived as being farther away: _______________

A)Relative size
B)Linear perspective
C)Overlap
D)Texture gradient