Question 1

When put in a foul-smelling rather than a pleasant-smelling room, people expressed harsher judgments of immoral acts such as lying. This best illustrates the importance of

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The given scenario is an example of embodied cognition. Embodied cognition refers to the idea that cognition and emotions are not just in the mind, but they also depend on the body and its environment. In this case, the foul-smelling room is affecting the person's emotions and judgments towards immoral acts because of the environmental factor.

Question 2

In what sense is there a correspondence between the experiences of hue and pitch? Discuss how the Young-Helmholtz theory of color vision and the place theory of pitch perception are conceptually similar or different.

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Question 3

Use your understanding of absolute thresholds, sensory adaptation, and pain control to argue that sensation is often influenced by our motives, expectations, and psychological states of mind.

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Question 4

For some people, hearing certain sounds may activate color-sensitive regions of the cortex so as to trigger a sensation of color. This phenomenon is called

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This phenomenon is known as synaesthesia, where one sensory experience leads to the involuntary perception of another. In this case, hearing sounds may lead to the perception of colors. Tinnitus is a constant ringing in the ears, blindsight refers to the ability to respond to visual stimuli without conscious awareness, and kinesthesis is the sense of body position and movement.

Question 5

The extrasensory ability to perceive an automobile accident taking place in a distant location is to ________ as the extrasensory ability to know at any moment exactly what your best friend is thinking is to ________.

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The ability to perceive an automobile accident in a distant location is a form of clairvoyance, while the ability to know what your best friend is thinking is a form of telepathy. Therefore, the correct answer is D, which pairs clairvoyance with the automobile accident and telepathy with knowing what your friend is thinking.

Question 6

You have been asked to paint a picture that includes buildings, fields, a river, and a mountain. Describe how you would use at least four monocular cues to give your painting a sense of depth.

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Question 7

Psychics who have worked with police departments in an effort to solve difficult crimes have demonstrated the value of

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There is no scientific evidence to support the idea that psychics have helped solve crimes, and their claims have often been debunked or shown to be based on cold reading and other methods of deception. Policing agencies do not endorse or rely on the use of psychics in their investigations.

Question 8

Explain why both top-down and bottom-up processing are emphasized by those who take a biopsychosocial approach to understanding pain and pain control.

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Question 9

Andre claims that he can make a broken watch begin to run again simply by entering a state of intense mental concentration. Andre is claiming to possess the power of

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Andre is claiming to possess psychokinetic abilities, which involve the ability to manipulate physical objects using only the power of the mind.

Question 10

The greatest difficulty facing contemporary parapsychology is the

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The lack of a reproducible ESP phenomenon is the greatest difficulty facing contemporary parapsychology. While there have been many claims of ESP, they have not been consistently and reliably demonstrated under scientifically-controlled conditions. This makes it difficult for parapsychologists to draw conclusions about the existence and nature of these phenomena.

Question 11

The existence of convincing scientific evidence that ESP is possible would pose the greatest challenge to the

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The existence of convincing scientific evidence for ESP would challenge the contemporary scientific understanding of human nature because it goes against currently accepted principles and laws of physics and neuroscience. ESP violates the principle of causality, which states that effects must have physical causes. Therefore, if ESP were proven to exist, it would require a rethinking of our understanding of human nature and the laws of physics that underlie it.

Question 12

Margo insists that her dreams frequently enable her to perceive and predict future events. Margo is claiming to possess the power of

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Margo's claim of perceiving and predicting future events through her dreams falls under the definition of precognition, which is the ability to have knowledge of future events before they occur.

Question 13

A friend believes that the five human senses-seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling-are independent from one another and from our judgments of people and the world around us. Explain what is wrong with your friend's belief.

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Question 14

Parapsychology refers to the

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Parapsychology is the study of paranormal or psychic phenomena, including but not limited to ESP (extra-sensory perception) and psychokinesis (the ability to move objects with the mind). Option B refers to the study of visual and perceptual illusions, option C refers to the experience of mixing senses (e.g. seeing sounds), and option D refers to telepathy, which is a specific phenomenon that falls under parapsychology.

Question 15

Telepathy refers to the

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Telepathy specifically refers to the transmission of thoughts and ideas from one mind to another without the use of traditional senses like sight or sound. Options B, C, and D refer to other types of ESP or empathic abilities.

Question 16

Jamal claims that his special psychic powers enable him to perceive exactly where the body of a recent murder victim is secretly buried. Jamal is claiming to possess the power of

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Clairvoyance involves the ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through means other than the known senses. Jamal's claim that he can perceive the location of a buried murder victim suggests he is claiming to possess the power of clairvoyance.

Question 17

Explain how research on size constancy, restored vision, and perceptual adaptation, serves to support and/or refute John Locke's emphasis on the importance of learning in perception.

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Quiz 6: Sensation and Perception