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Quiz: Sensation and Perception
Due Jul 3 at 11:59pm Points 70 Questions 35 Time Limit 60 Minutes
Allowed Attempts 2
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The quiz:
Covers the Textbookmaterial from Module 7: Week 7.
Contains 35 multiple-choice and true/false questions.
Is limited to 1 hour.
Allows 2 attempts and the highestattempt will count towards the grade.
Is worth 70 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 7: Week 7.
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Question 1
Sensory receptors for touch are located just below the surface of the skin
and are known as ___________ corpuscles.
Krausean
Meissnerian
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Runian
Pacinian
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Question 2
Perception is
The detailed process of interpreting and making sense of a combination of
sensations
The detection of physical stimuli in the environment such as light waves,
sound waves, pressure or chemical molecules
The psychological processes whereby meaning, past experience or memory,
and judgements are used to evaluate the signicance of a particular stimuli
Both A and C
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Question 3
Inappropriate computer monitor distance and angle can be causes of eye
strain and Computer Vision Syndrome.
True
False
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Question 4
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Which system has one feature setting it apart from any other system?
Vision
Audition
Olfaction
None of the above, all systems have equal scientic importance
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Question 5
Sensory _______ occurs when the sensory receptors become less sensitive
when exposed to a constant stimulus for a certain amount of time.
Modication
Adaptation
Transformation
Transduction
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Question 6
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
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Tolerance
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Question 7
________ is a quantiable 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
Inuence
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Question 8
Olfactory receptor cells are what type of cells?
Red blood cells
White blood cells
Neurons
Endothelial Cells
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Question 9
All of the following tasks are included in the process of visual perception
EXCEPT:
Awareness
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Detection
Discrimination
Identication
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Question 10
Which of the following is NOT a type of sensory receptor?
Exteroreceptors
Anteroceptors
Proprioceptors
Interoceptors
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Question 11
Information-gathering starting from an individual's knowledge, expectations
and prior experience is called:
Bottom-up processing
Top-down processing
Perceptual procedure
Concentrated mental effort
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Question 12
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Mechanoreceptors are a type of receptor that responds to painful stimuli or
stimuli that are capable of causing tissue damage.
True
False
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Question 13
Which of the following are considered sensory receptors?
Exteroceptors
Proprioceptors
Interoceptors
All of the above
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Question 14
________ can best be dened as the detection of some physical stimulus in
the environment by one of your sensory organs.
Sensation
Perception
Observation
Inspection
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Question 15
The principle that the size of the difference threshold is relative to the
strength of the original stimulus is called:
The Just-Noticeable Difference
Weber's law
Absolute threshold
All of the above
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Question 16
The visual pathway for central vision and high spatial resolution images is
called:
Parvocellular pathway
Magnocellular pathway
Occipital pathway
Temporal pathway
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Question 17
Major functions of the skin include:
Protection
Excretion
Immunity
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Both A and B
All of the above
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Question 18
Which of the following conditions respond to light therapy?
Schizophrenia
Dementia
Addiction
All of the above
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Question 19
These sensory receptors are activated by muscular movement or passive
displacement of body parts
Exteroceptors
Proprioceptors
Interoceptors
Mechanoreceptors
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Question 20
The two types of sensory experiences that make up somesthesis are
________ sensitivity and _________ sensitivity.
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Tactile and kinesthetic
Kinesthetic and cutaneous
Tactile and cutaneous
Tactile and subcutaneous
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Question 21
What is the difference between rods and cones?
Rods process colorful images in very high detail while cones process dim
light
Cones process colorful images in very high detail while rods process dim
light
Rods are photoreceptors and cones control the diameter of the pupil
Cones are photoreceptors and rods control the diameter of the pupil
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Question 22
Wavelength in sound waves corresponds to ______.
Pitch
Timbre
Volume
Intonation
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Question 23
The _______ is the area at the center of the retina that contains the highest
density of cones; visual acuity is highest in this region.
Cornea
Iris
Fovea
Pupil
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Question 24
Kinesthetic sensitivity is:
Bodily sensations
Touch, pressure
Temperature and pain
Knowledge about spatial position and movement information
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Question 25
This nociceptor is activated by a variety of high-intensity mechanical,
chemical, and very hot or very cold stimuli
Thermal
Mechanical
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Polymodal
Somatosensory
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Question 26
Top-down processing is an information-gathering process starting from
each individual stimulus.
True
False
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Question 27
Lines measuring the function of loudness and frequencies of sound waves
are called:
Monaural cues
Binaural cues
Equal loudness contours
Interaural differences
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Question 28
The optic chiasm is a gap in the retina due to the exit of the optic nerve
where no photoreceptors are located.
True
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False
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Question 29
Match the type of cutaneous receptor to its function.
Meissner's corpuscles
are sensitive to utter and a
Merkel receptors
are activated by steady skin
Pacinian corpuscles
are activated by vibrations a
Runi receptors
are activated by steady skin
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Question 30
Incorrect
Incorrect
The amplitude of a light wave --the vertical distance from peak to trough--is
the physical property of the light wave stimulus that we would perceive as
color.
True
False
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Question 31
_______ blindness is a phenomenon caused by diverted attention resulting in
failure of accurate scene detection as if we are blind to that event.
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Unintentional
Inattentional
Unattentional
Perceived
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Question 32
How many major sensory modalities have been traditionally recognized?
Three
Four
Five
Six
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Question 33
Incorrect
Incorrect
The slight difference in degree the sound wave is moving through its wave
when it reaches one ear compared to the other
Interaural intensity difference
Two-process theory
Sound shadow
Phase difference
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Question 34
The duration of a sensation is dened by the relationship between the
_______ intensity and the _________ intensity.
Stimulus, perceived
Perceived, tactile
Stimulus, tactile
Tactile, olfactory
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Question 35
The scientic measurement used to describe the loudness of a particular
sound is called the _______.
Volume
Decibel
Sound unit
Audio gram
Quiz Score: 66 out of 70
