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Quiz: Sensation and Perception
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Due Nov 14 at 11:59pm
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Points 70
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Questions 35
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Time Limit 60 Minutes
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Allowed Attempts 2
Instructions
The quiz:
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Covers the Textbook material from Module 3: Week 3.
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Contains 35 multiple-choice questions.
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Is limited to 1 hour.
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Allows 2 attempts and the highest attempt will count towards the grade.
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Is worth 70 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 3: Week 3.
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Score for this attempt: 70 out of 70.
Which is not a potential result of decreased tear production?
Inflammation
Blepharitis
Corneal infection
Scarring
Law suggests that the difference threshold between two stimuli is relative to
the size of the original stimulus.
Hamilton’s
Freud’s
Skinner’s
Weber’s
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is defined as the distance from peak to peak of a wave.
Frequency
Period
Wavelength
Amplitude
is known as the alleged ability to perceive something through the mind alone,
but without reception of physical stimuli through any of the known senses.
Intrasensory perception
Extrasensory perception
Otherworldly perception
Somatic perception
The is the light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye that contains the
sensory receptors for vision.
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Retina
Iris
Cornea
Pupil
The is responsible for controlling the diameter of the pupil.
Pupilloconstrictor zone
Pupilloexpander zone
Pupillolengthening zone
Pupillomaximizing zone
How many major sensory modalities have been traditionally recognized?
Three
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Four
Five
Six
is a quantifiable pattern of physical energy, which is able to interact with an
organism and produce a change in the condition of the organism.
Stimulus
Environment
Factor
Influence
The two types of sensory experiences that make up somesthesis are
sensitivity and sensitivity.
tactile and kinesthetic
kinesthetic and cutaneous
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tactile and cutaneous
tactile and subcutaneous
Olfactory receptors are located at the .
Base of the nasal cavity
Top of the nasal cavity
Olfactory bulb
Olfactory nerve
psychology is the view that perception is not simply a reduction of complex
forms, but a holistic, creative process.
Gestapo
Gehring
Gestalt
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Germanic
Which of the following is NOT a type of sensory receptor?
Exteroreceptors
Anteroceptors
Proprioceptors
Interoceptors
corresponds to the brightness or intensity of a color.
Frequency
Period
Wavelength
Amplitude
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A person’s threshold is measured by taking the smallest amount of a stimulus
and gradually increasing its strength until a person correctly guesses the stimulus’s
presence 50% of the time.
Minimum
Difference
Absolute
Tolerance
Wavelength in sound waves corresponds to .
Pitch
Timbre
Volume
Intonation
The optic nerves meet at the
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Medulla oblongata
Midbrain
Midline glia
Optic chiasm
What is the term for the outer funnel-shaped structure of the ear?
Eardrum
Pinna
Cochlea
Hair cells
Pupil diameter is affected by all of the following EXCEPT:
Stress
Arousal
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Diet
Drug usage
Umami, the most recently discovered type of taste bud, can be detect the taste of foods
that are:
High in protein
Low in protein
High in fiber
Low in fiber
is the process through which a physical stimulus is converted into a
meaningful and useful neural signal capable of being interpreted by the brain.
Transduction
Transmission
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Transportation
Transformation
The process of visual perception can be simplified into these three basic tasks:
Detection, discrimination, identification
Awareness, assumption, identification
Detection, awareness, discrimination
Awareness, discrimination, identification
Sensory occurs when the sensory receptors become less sensitive when
exposed to a constant stimulus for a certain amount of time.
Modification
Adaptation
Transformation
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Transduction
is a phenomenon in which an object closer to a viewer appears to block
another object that is farther away from the viewer.
Occlusion
Obstruction
Misrepresentation
Collusion
is an intolerance or insensitivity to light.
Chromatophobia
Luminophobia
Asthenophobia
Photophobia
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What are the three tiny bones that constitute the middle ear?
Malleus, Incus, Stapes
Malleus, Hammer, Incus
Incus, Anvil, Stapes
Stapes, Stirrup, Incus
The is essentially a fluid-filled tube that is coiled inside the inner ear.
Eardrum
Pinna
Cochlea
Stirrup
The scientific measurement used to describe the loudness of a particular sound is
called the .
Volume
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Decibel
Sound unit
Audio gram
The system is responsible for equilibrium or balance.
Sensory
Vestibular
Auditory
Circulatory
can be described as the level of detail in a picture of the sharpness of an image.
Clarity
Acuity
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Brevity
Chromaticity
The two basic types of photoreceptors in the eye are:
Retinas and corneas
Rods and cones
Pupils and Irises
Pupils and retinas
shadow is the difference in sound intensity due to the head
blocking/deflection some of the sound waves.
Sound
Light
Aural
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Auditory
The magnocellular pathway receives information from M ganglion cells about peripheral
vision and therefore spatial resolution images from the retina.
High
Low
Sensory receptors for touch are located just below the surface of the skin and are
known as corpuscles.
Krausean
Meissnerian
Ruffinian
Pacinian
Place the steps of the process from stimulation to perception in the correct order:
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Stimulation, transmission, transduction, reception, perception
Stimulation, transduction, reception, transmission, perception
Stimulation, reception, transduction, transmission, perception
Stimulation, transduction, transmission, reception, perception
The duration of a sensation is defined by the relationship between the intensity
and the intensity.
Stimulus, perceived
Perceived, tactile
Stimulus, tactile
Tactile, olfactory
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