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Chapter 04
Sensation and Perception
Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 97) Anna is reading her psychology text. The activation of receptors in her
retina by a source of physical energy is called _____.
A. perception
B. sensation
C. integration
D. interpretation
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-1
2. (p. 97) The activation of the sense organs by a source of physical energy is
known as _____.
A. perception
B. sensation
C. integration
D. interpretation
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-1
3. (p. 97) The sorting out, interpretation, analysis, and integration of stimuli by
the sense organs and brain is known as _____.
A. perception
B. sensation
C. activation
D. stimulation
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-1
4. (p. 97) Which of the following statements is TRUE of sensation and perception?
A. Perception generally precedes sensation in our processing of a stimulus.
B. Sensation and perception are essentially synonyms.
C. Sensation involves the interpretation of a stimulus, whereas perception does
not.
D. Sensation involves the activation of sense receptors; perception involves
interpretation.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-1
5. (p. 97) The study of the relationship between the physical aspects of stimuli
and our psychological experience of them is known as _____.
A. developmental psychology
B. thermodynamics
C. psychophysics
D. experimental psychology
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 10.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-1
6. (p. 97) Dr. Breiland examines the relationship between the physical properties
of light, such as its amplitude and wavelength, and humans' perception of
color. Which of the following terms MOST ACCURATELY describes Dr.
Breiland's field of study?
A. Developmental psychology
B. Psychophysics
C. Thermodynamics
D. Experimental psychology
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 10.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 10-1
7. (p. 98) A(n) _____ is the smallest intensity of a stimulus that must be present for
the stimulus to be detected.
A. difference threshold
B. absolute threshold
C. adaptation threshold
D. intensity threshold
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
8. (p. 98) A(n) _____ threshold is the stimulus intensity that is detected 50% of the
time.
A. difference
B. absolute
C. adaptation
D. frequency
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
9. (p. 98) One can detect a single drop of perfume diffused in an area the size of a
one-bedroom apartment. This is due to:
A. absolute threshold.
B. difference threshold.
C. adaptation threshold.
D. psychophysical minimum.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 10-2
10. (p. 98) Which of the following most closely approximates the meaning of the
term noise as psychophysicists use it?
A. Only unwanted stimuli
B. An unpleasant sound
C. Any distraction
D. Only auditory stimuli
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 10-2
11. (p. 99) The smallest level of added or reduced stimulation required to sense
that a change in stimulation has occurred is known as the _____.
A. difference threshold
B. absolute threshold
C. adaptation threshold
D. intensity threshold
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
12. (p. 99) A snack manufacturer realizes that he must increase the salt content of
his company's chips by 3% in order for a sample of consumers to notice that
the chips are saltier than they were before. This example most nearly
illustrates the concept of a(n):
A. absolute threshold.
B. difference threshold.
C. frequency threshold.
D. adaptation threshold.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 10-2
13. (p. 99) Weber's law states that a just noticeable difference is a _____.
A. fixed value
B. constant proportion of the intensity of an initial stimulus
C. variable proportion of the intensity of an initial stimulus
D. random value
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
14. (p. 99) Acme Foods wants to make its chips saltier, but it doesn't want to spend
more than it has to on salt. A sample of consumers are asked to compare its
current chip (saltiness = 100) with saltier versions and to say whether the new
version is saltier. On average, sample consumers reliably say the new chip is
saltier when its saltiness value is 108, but not when its saltiness value is below
108. Assuming Acme Foods' sample consumers are representative of people in
general, which of the following best represents the just noticeable difference
for saltiness?
A. 8%
B. 108
C. 80%
D. 100
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 2.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 10-2
15. (p. 102) _____ is a basic law of psychophysics stating that a just noticeable
difference is a constant proportion to the intensity of an initial stimulus.
A. Fitt's law
B. Weber's law
C. Bloch's law
D. Hick's law
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
16. (p. 99) The function relating the value of a stimulus along some dimension to
the just noticeable difference is known as _____ law.
A. Wernicke's
B. Wundt's
C. Weber's
D. Wertheimer's
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
17. (p. 100) Which of the following laws would help explain why a person in a
quiet room is more startled by the ringing of a telephone than a person who is
already in a noisy room?
A. Fitt's law
B. Weber's law
C. Bloch's law
D. Hick's law
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
18. (p. 100) _____ is an adjustment in sensory capacity after prolonged exposure to
unchanging stimuli.
A. Adaptation
B. Accommodation
C. Acclimation
D. Attenuation
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 10-2
19. (p. 100) "It's so noisy! How can you stand it?" remarks Caitlyn as the thruway
traffic screams past her friend Dave's ground floor apartment. "I don't even
notice it anymore," Dave replies. This exchange best exemplifies the concept
of:
A. adaptation.
B. accommodation.
C. acclimation.
D. attenuation.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 10-2
20. (p. 102) In regards to what we see in our world, the range of wavelengths that
humans are sensitive to is called the _____.
A. power spectrum
B. mass spectrum
C. frequency spectrum
D. visual spectrum
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
21. (p. 103) Which of the following words is most nearly synonymous with the
term refract?
A. Bend
B. Transmit
C. Split
D. Reflect
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
22. (p. 103) The _____ bends light as it passes, playing a primary role in focusing
the light more sharply.
A. cornea
B. pupil
C. iris
D. lens
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
23. (p. 103) The _____ is a dark hole in the center of the _____, the colored part of
the eye.
A. pupil; iris
B. iris; pupil
C. cornea; lens
D. lens; cornea
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
24. (p. 103-104) Refraction is to accommodation what the _____ is to the _____.
A. pupil; lens
B. cornea; pupil
C. cornea; lens
D. lens; cornea
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
25. (p. 103-104) Which of the following sequences accurately reflects the order in
which light passes through the structures of the eye during vision?
A. Pupil cornea lens retina
B. Pupil lens cornea retina
C. Cornea lens pupil retina
D. Cornea pupil lens retina
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-1
26. (p. 104) The part of the eye that converts the electromagnetic energy of light to
electrical impulses for transmission to the brain is known as the _____.
A. retina
B. fovea
C. iris
D. pupil
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
27. (p. 104) As compared to cones, rods:
A. are more densely concentrated in the fovea.
B. are responsible for color perception.
C. are highly sensitive to light.
D. are less numerous.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-1
28. (p. 104) Thin, cylindrical receptor cells in the retina that are highly sensitive to
light are called _____.
A. lenses
B. pons
C. rods
D. cones
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
29. (p. 104) _____ are light-sensitive receptor cells in the retina that are responsible
for sharp focus and color perception, particularly in bright light, and are
concentrated on the part of the retina called the fovea.
A. Lenses
B. Pons
C. Rods
D. Cones
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
30. (p. 104) Adelaide notices a flicker of motion out of the corner of her eye as she
hurries down a dim alley late at night. Sydney deciphers a complex wiring
diagram under the bright glare of her desk lamp. Adelaide's vision is driven
mainly by her _____. Sydney is mainly using her _____.
A. cones; cones as well
B. rods; rods as well
C. cones; rods
D. rods; cones
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-1
31. (p. 104) Which of the following is true of cones?
A. They play a key role in night vision.
B. They are thin, cylindrical receptor cells that are highly sensitive to light.
C. They are primarily responsible for the sharply focused perception of color.
D. They play a key role in seeing objects that are outside the main center of
focus.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-1
32. (p. 104) The _____ play a key role in peripheral vision, seeing objects that are
outside the main center of focus.
A. lenses
B. pons
C. rods
D. cones
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
33. (p. 105) Which of the following sequences accurately reflects the order in
which light stimulates cells early in the visual processing of an image?
A. Bipolar cells ganglion cells rods and cones
B. Bipolar cells rods and cones ganglion cells
C. Ganglion cells rods and cones bipolar cells
D. Rods and cones bipolar cells ganglion cells
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-1
34. (p. 105) _____ cells receive information directly from the rods and cones and
communicate that information to the _____ cells.
A. Bipolar; ganglion
B. Dendritic; microglial
C. Adrenergic; peptidergic
D. Squamous; columnar
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
35. (p. 105) The _____ nerve is a bundle of ganglion axons that carry visual
information to the brain.
A. cochlear
B. optic
C. lacrimal
D. phrenic
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
36. (p. 106) The point at which the optic nerves meet and then split is termed the
optic:
A. callosum.
B. fissure.
C. chiasm.
D. sulcus.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
37. (p. 106) A major function of the ganglion cells is to:
A. detect variations in light and darkness.
B. detect a variety of basic visual features, such as motion.
C. detect specific types of objects in the visual field.
D. integrate the activity of different neural systems for vision.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-1
38. (p. 106) The ultimate processing of visual images takes place in the visual _____
of the brain.
A. callosum
B. thalamus
C. cortex
D. medulla
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
39. (p. 106) _____ is the activation of neurons in the cortex by visual stimuli of
specific shapes or patterns.
A. Blob detection
B. Interest point detection
C. Corner detection
D. Feature detection
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-1
40. (p. 109) As compared to women, color blindness is _____ among men.
A. less common
B. about as common
C. five times less common
D. more common
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-2
41. (p. 109) In the most common form of color blindness:
A. everything is seen in black and white.
B. blue and yellow cannot be distinguished.
C. all red and green objects appear yellow.
D. green objects appear red.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-2
42. (p. 109) Damon is among the 7% of males with color blindness. He suffers
from the most common form of color blindness. Which of the following
statements best illustrates Damon's experience of color?
A. The blue sky and green grass appear to be the same color.
B. A pound of butter looks to be the same color as the blue dish on which it is
resting.
C. Everything looks black, gray, or white.
D. Red apples on a tree seem to be yellow.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-2
43. (p. 109) The _____ states that there are three kinds of cones in the retina, each
of which responds primarily to a specific range of wavelengths.
A. opponent-process theory
B. emission theory
C. trichromatic theory of color vision
D. visual perception theory
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-2
44. (p. 109-110) The trichromatic theory was first proposed by _____. The
opponent-process theory was first proposed by _____.
A. Thomas Young; Ewald Hering
B. Ewald Hering; Hermann von Helmholtz
C. Hermann von Helmholtz; Thomas Young
D. Thomas Young; Hermann von Helmholtz
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-2
45. (p. 110) According to the _____ of color vision, receptor cells are linked in pairs,
working in opposition to each other.
A. opponent-process theory
B. emission theory
C. trichromatic theory of color vision
D. visual perception theory
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 11-2
46. (p. 110) Which of the following is true of the opponent-process theory?
A. According to the opponent-process theory, perception of color is influenced
by the relative strength with which each of the three kinds of cones is
activated.
B. The opponent-process theory suggests that in addition to black and white,
there are four, rather than three, colors.
C. According to the opponent-process theory, the cells that respond to color
operate independently, rather than in conjunction.
D. The opponent-process theory provides a weak explanation for afterimages.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-2
47. (p. 110) Suppose you stare at an illustration of the American flag for a while,
then glance at a blank white page. The red stripes look green when you glance
at the blank page because:
A. cones responsive to green light begin firing.
B. cones responsive to red light stop firing.
C. the receptor cells for the red component of the pairing become fatigued.
D. the receptor cells for the green component of the pairing begin to adapt.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-2
48. (p. 110) With respect to the trichromatic and the opponent-process theories of
color perception, which of the following statements is most accurate?
A. The trichromatic theory has largely been discredited.
B. The opponent-process theory has largely been discredited.
C. Trichromatic process works within the retina itself; whereas opponent
mechanisms operate both in the retina and at later stages of neuronal
processing.
D. The opponent-process theory describes color processing early in the visual
system; trichromatic theory describes color processing later on in the visual
system.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 11-2
49. (p. 112) The eardrum is a:
A. part of the outer ear that vibrates when sound waves hit it.
B. thin membrane leading to the inner ear.
C. coiled tube in the inner ear filled with fluid that vibrates in response to
sound.
D. vibrating structure that runs through the center of the cochlea, dividing it
into an upper chamber and a lower chamber and containing sense receptors
for sound.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-1
50. (p. 112) The cochlea is a:
A. part of the outer ear that vibrates when sound waves hit it.
B. thin membrane leading to the inner ear.
C. coiled tube in the inner ear filled with fluid that vibrates in response to
sound.
D. vibrating structure that runs through the center of the cochlea, dividing it
into an upper chamber and a lower chamber and containing sense receptors
for sound.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-1
51. (p. 112) The basilar membrane is a:
A. part of the outer ear that vibrates when sound waves hit it.
B. a tube like passage that leads to the eardrum.
C. coiled tube in the inner ear filled with fluid that vibrates in response to
sound.
D. vibrating structure that runs through the center of the cochlea, dividing it
into an upper chamber and a lower chamber and containing sense receptors
for sound.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-1
52. (p. 112) The bones of the middle ear include each of the following EXCEPT the:
A. hammer.
B. anvil.
C. pinna.
D. stirrup.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
53. (p. 112-113) Which of the following sequences correctly arranges the structures
of the inner ear from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most
specific?
A. Cochlea basilar membrane hair cells
B. Cochlea hair cells basilar membrane
C. Basilar membrane hair cells cochlea
D. Basilar membrane cochlea hair cells
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-1
54. (p. 113) Hair cells for hearing are located in the:
A. eardrum.
B. cochlea.
C. auditory canal.
D. semicircular canals.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
55. (p. 104, 113) Making an analogy between hearing and vision, the auditory hair
cells in the_____ are similar to the _____ in the _____.
A. cochlea; rods and cones; retina
B. cochlea; ganglion cells; cornea
C. eardrum; rods and cones; cornea
D. eardrum; ganglion cells; retina
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-1
56. (p. 113) _____ is the number of wave cycles that occur in a second.
A. Amplitude
B. Wavelength
C. Frequency
D. Sound pressure
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 2.2, 4.4, 7.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
57. (p. 114) People can detect sounds ranging in frequency from _____ to _____.
A. 20 dB - 20,000 dB
B. 50 dB - 50,000 dB
C. 20 cycles per second - 20,000 cycles per second
D. 50 cycles per second - 50,000 cycles per second
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
58. (p. 114) _____ is a feature of wave patterns that allows us to distinguish
between loud and soft sounds.
A. Amplitude
B. Wavelength
C. Frequency
D. Sound pressure
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 2.2, 4.4, 7.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
59. (p. 114) Amplitude range is measured in _____.
A. decibels
B. hertz
C. sones
D. phones
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
60. (p. 115) The _____ states that different areas of the basilar membrane respond
to different frequencies.
A. place theory of hearing
B. proximal stimuli theory
C. frequency theory of hearing
D. wave theory
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
61. (p. 115) The _____ suggests that the entire basilar membrane acts as a
microphone, vibrating as a whole in response to a sound.
A. place theory of hearing
B. proximal stimuli theory
C. frequency theory of hearing
D. wave theory
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
62. (p. 115) Which of the following statements is true?
A. Place theory and frequency theory explain our perception of high- but not
low-frequency sounds.
B. Place theory and frequency theory explain our perception of low- but not
high-frequency sounds.
C. Both place theory and frequency theory provide the full explanations for
hearing.
D. Place theory accounts for the perception of high-frequency sounds;
frequency theory explains our perception of low-frequency sounds.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
63. (p. 115) The _____ consists of three tubes containing fluid that sloshes through
them when the head moves, signaling rotational or angular movement to the
brain.
A. oval window
B. auditory canal
C. eustachian tube
D. semicircular canal
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
64. (p. 115) Which of the following ear structures is correctly matched with an
auditory or body sense?
A. Otoliths; hearing
B. Semicircular canals; rotational or angular motion of the body
C. Cochlea; body acceleration
D. Eardrum; body balance
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-1
65. (p. 115) Which of the following sequences correctly arranges structures from
the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?
A. Inner ear otoliths semicircular canal
B. Inner ear semicircular canals otoliths
C. Otoliths semicircular canals inner ear
D. Otoliths inner ear semicircular canals
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-1
66. (p. 116) The brain's inexperience in interpreting messages from the weightless
_____ is the cause of the space sickness commonly experienced by two-thirds of
all space travellers.
A. hair cells
B. otoliths
C. eustachian tube
D. cochlea
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-1
67. (p. 116) The human sense of smell permits us to detect _____ separate smells.
A. more than 10,000
B. 1,000-10,000
C. 100-1,000
D. 10-100
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-2
68. (p. 116-117) Gustation is to olfaction what _____ is to _____.
A. hearing; smell
B. taste; hearing
C. taste; smell
D. small; taste
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-2
69. (p. 116) Which of the following statements regarding smell is FALSE?
A. Men generally have a better sense of smell than women.
B. People can distinguish men from women based only on the smell of breath.
C. People can distinguish happy from sad emotions based on underarm smells.
D. Women are able to identify their babies solely on the basis of smell just a
few hours after birth.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 5.5, 8.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-2
70. (p. 117) _____ are chemicals nonhumans secrete into the environment that
produce a reaction in other members of the same species, permitting the
transmission of messages such as sexual availability.
A. Pheromones
B. Ketones
C. Hydratones
D. Kairomones
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 3.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-2
71. (p. 117) How many basic types of taste are there?
A. 1-3
B. 4-5
C. 6-7
D. 8-10
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-2
72. (p. 117) Roast beef with a rich brown gravy is often described as a "savory"
dish. The basic taste prominent in such a dish is:
A. bitter.
B. salty.
C. umami.
D. sweet.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-2
73. (p. 117) Which of the following is true of "supertasters"?
A. They seek out relatively sweeter and fattier foods than nontasters.
B. They are prone to obesity.
C. They are relatively insensitive to taste.
D. They find sweets sweeter, cream creamier, and spicy dishes spicier.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-2
74. (p. 119) Nerve receptor cells for the skin senses are:
A. located at a uniform depth throughout the skin.
B. evenly distributed throughout the skin.
C. unevenly distributed throughout the skin.
D. not related to the sense of pressure.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-3
75. (p. 119) According to your text, approximately how much does pain cost the
United States each year?
A. $100 billion
B. $1 billion
C. $100 million
D. $3.49
APA Goal Outcome: 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-3
76. (p. 119) Which of the following does the text offer as the main reason for the
fact that women experience pain more intensely than men?
A. Women produce certain hormones related to the menstrual cycle.
B. Women have more pain gates in the nervous system than men.
C. Women have more substance P than do men.
D. Women are encouraged by our culture to experience and express pain more
intensely than men.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4, 5.5, 8.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-3
77. (p. 120) The body's own painkillers are called:
A. substance Ps.
B. endorphins.
C. g factors.
D. opiods.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-3
78. (p. 121) Which of the folowing treatments for pain is most effective for people
who continually say to themselves, "This pain will never stop," "The pain is
ruining my life"?
A. Cognitive restructuring
B. Biofeedback and relaxation techniques
C. Light therapy
D. Nerve and brain stimulation
APA Goal Outcome: 4.2, 9.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-3
79. (p. 121) Whenever Mr. Redding catches himself saying, "This pain is ruining
my life," he is supposed to immediately tell himself, "STOP! I am in control of
my pain." This pain management technique is known as _____ restructuring.
A. psychodynamic
B. cognitive
C. neuroscience
D. personality
APA Goal Outcome: 1.4, 4.2, 9.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-3
80. (p. 121) To manage Mrs. Sampson's excruciating pain, a low-voltage electric
current is occasionally passed through her lower back, the affected body part.
Which of the following pain management techniques in Mrs. Sampson using?
A. Acupuncture
B. Cognitive restructuring
C. Biofeedback
D. Nerve stimulation
APA Goal Outcome: 4.2, 9.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-3
81. (p. 121) How does light therapy work?
A. It passes an electric current through the part of the body that is affected by
pain.
B. It stimulates nerve cells in the brain to provide direct pain relief.
C. It stimulates the production of healing enzymes.
D. It encourages the development of different thought patterns and beliefs.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.4, 4.2, 9.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-3
82. (p. 121) _____ is a condition in which exposure to one sensation evokes an
additional one.
A. Synesthesia
B. Polythesia
C. Multithesia
D. Hyperthesia
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 12-3
83. (p. 121) Which of the following alternatives is most accurate?
A. Synesthesia is rare. Exposure to one sensation evokes an additional one in
most people with synesthesia.
B. Synesthesia is rare. Exposure to sound does not evoke different hues in most
people with synesthesia.
C. Synesthesia is common. Senses work independently in most people with
synesthesia.
D. Synesthesia is common. Perception is multimodal in most people with
synesthesia.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 12-3
84. (p. 124) _____ is series of principles that describe how we organize bits and
pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
A. Gestalt laws of organization
B. Taylor's principles of scientific management
C. The neoclassical perspective
D. The bureaucratic theory
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 13-1
85. (p. 125) Artie organizes the binders in his office by color. This color-coding
exemplifies the Gestalt principle of:
A. proximity.
B. similarity.
C. chromaticity.
D. closure.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2, 4.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 13-1
86. (p. 125) Consider the figure within parentheses: (XX XX XX). That we perceive
three pairs of Xs reflects the Gestalt principle(s) of:
A. symmetry.
B. proximity.
C. closure.
D. chromaticity.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 13-1
87. (p. 125) In a general sense, the overriding Gestalt principle of perceptual
organization is:
A. complexity.
B. simplicity.
C. symmetry.
D. similarity.
APA Goal Outcome: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Easy