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PSYCH306 Final Exam - Sensation and Perception
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MCQs on the Principles of sensory processes in vision, audition, and other modalities, and of the perception of objects and events.

PSYCH306 Final Exam - Sensation and Perception
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1. At birth, how do the nerve cells and connections of an infant's brain compare to that of an adult's brain?
2. Which of the following physical characteristics of light is associated with perceived color?
3. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.Mixing blue and yellow paint to get green is an example of __________________.
4. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.Researchers call the ability to determine if two stimuli are the same or different __________________.
5. What occurs when an observer does not detect a signal that is actually present?
6. In general, where are a predator's eyes likely to be located?
7. From studying many phenomena, it is clear that what we view as 'reality' is really an interpretation or translation of what actually exists.This contradicts which of the following views of perception?
8. Which of the following is involved in detecting the difference between two very similar stimuli?
9. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. Questions about how strong a stimulus has to be for a person to be able to perceive it involves issues of __________________.
10. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.The shooting pain down the left arm often experienced during a heart attack is an example of ___________________.
11. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.The optic nerves contain the axons of the retinal __________________.
12. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.Whereas Weber's law deals with threshold-level stimulation, __________________ Law extended this to include stimulation a suprathreshold levels.
13. In general, as we move from middle to old age, our sensory/perceptual systems do which of the following?
14. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.Light adaptation takes about __________________, and dark adaptation takes about __________________.
15. If you suffer a strong blow to the back of your head, you often have a visual sensation, such as 'seeing stars.'What is the reason for this?
16. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.Scientists sometimes call the discrimination threshold the __________________.
17. What is the idea that we perceive color through the combination of information from three cone types?
18. What is the range of wavelengths on the visible spectrum?
19. What is the external covering of the eye called?
20. Which of the following statements about cones is false?
21. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.We experience the frequency of a sound wave as __________________.
22. Which of the following is NOT one of the primary tastes?
23. Which of the following best describes the main purpose of touch?
24. The three opponent channels in color vision include which of the following?
25. What is the 'window' through which light enters the eye called?