Question 1

Our perception of the brightness of a colour is affected mainly by

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A)   the wavelength of light waves.
B)   the amplitude of light waves.
C)   the purity of light waves.
D)   the saturation of light waves.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

The optic disc is

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A)   where the optic nerve exits the retina.
B)   the brain structure responsible for the merging of visual fields from both eyes.
C)   where light enters the eye.
D)   another term for the lens.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Jacob has been working at his computer for the past two hours, and the hum that he found so annoying when he started no longer bothers him. The change in Jacob's sensitivity to the noise from the computer illustrates the process known as

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A)   perceptual invariance.
B)   perceptual assimilation.
C)   adjusting just noticeable differences.
D)   sensory adaptation.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

At the musical he attended over the weekend, Andile noticed that whenever the red and green spotlights overlapped, they seemed to change to a yellow spotlight. This can be explained using the principles of

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A)   additive colour mixing.
B)   subtractive colour mixing.
C)   hypercomplex feature detection.
D)   opponent-processing of colours.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above A

Question 5

When a clarinet plays a high C followed by a low C, these two notes are perceived differently because they differ in

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A)   amplitude.
B)   purity.
C)   complexity.
D)   frequency.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic tastes?

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A)   salty
B)   citrus
C)   sweet
D)   bitterE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

When we view cars parked on a distant parking lot we know that the cars are not actually the size of toy cars because of a perceptual

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A)   illusion.
B)   disparity.
C)   constancy.
D)   theory.E) None of the above
F) C) and D) C

Question 8

Food generally tastes bland when you have a severe head cold because

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A)   your cold will cause the sweet receptors in your mouth to become inactivated.
B)   your high temperature will cause your brain to block signals from the taste buds in the mouth.
C)   because your naturally produced antibodies interfere with chemical molecules stimulated by your taste buds.
D)   flavour is influenced by smell as well as taste, and with a reduced sense of smell your sense of taste will be diminished.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 9

If the human ear could not detect differences in the amplitude of sound waves, people would not be able to detect differences in the

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A)   pitch of sounds.
B)   timbre of sounds.
C)   loudness of sounds.
D)   saturation of sounds.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

Skin patches are to touch as ____ are to vision.

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A)   cones
B)   rods
C)   receptive fields
D)   feature detectorsE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Sensory adaptation is an automatic process that helps to keep people tuned into changes in their sensory experiences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

As a result of the pathway through which visual information travels from the eye to the visual cortex, images seen in the left visual field are received in

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A)   both the left and right visual cortex.
B)   only the right visual cortex.
C)   only the left visual cortex.
D)   only half of the right visual cortex and half of the left visual cortex.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary skin sensations?

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A)   pressure
B)   pain
C)   temperature
D)   wetnessE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) D

Question 14

Three people look at the same sketch and report seeing three different things. This illustrates the contribution to perception of

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A)   stimulus ambiguity.
B)   cognitive interpretation.
C)   sensory readiness.
D)   cognitive dissonance.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The amplitude of sound waves is measured in ____; the frequency of sound waves is measured in ____.

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A)   hertz; wavelengths
B)   decibels; hertz
C)   centimetres; nanometres
D)   wavelengths; hertzE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Inattentional blindness is likely to increase when a person is

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A)   watching television.
B)   consuming caffeine.
C)   studying.
D)   talking on a cell phone.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Describe how the characteristics of light waves correspond to hue, brightness and saturation.

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Question 18

While finger painting, Muhammed mixed yellow paint and blue paint and ended up with green, an example of

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A)   trichromatic theory.
B)   additive colour mixing.
C)   subtractive colour mixing.
D)   multiplicative colour mixing.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Lebo was watching the night sky on a clear evening in November. He noticed that sometimes when he looked directly overhead he could detect a very faint star. A few minutes later it seemed that the star had disappeared, and then it "appeared" again. In this case, it is very likely that the light from the star was

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A)   just below Lebo's level for perceptual invariance.
B)   producing action potentials that were too weak to reach the terminal buttons.
C)   just at Lebo's absolute threshold for light.
D)   producing inhibitory synapses rather than excitatory synapses.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Subliminal means

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A)   below threshold.
B)   barely perceptible.
C)   deceptive.
D)   superimposed.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Exam 4: Sensory Systems and Perception

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The optic disc is

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Jacob has been working at his computer for the past two hours, and the hum that he found so annoying when he started no longer bothers him. The change in Jacob's sensitivity to the noise from the computer illustrates the process known as

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At the musical he attended over the weekend, Andile noticed that whenever the red and green spotlights overlapped, they seemed to change to a yellow spotlight. This can be explained using the principles of

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