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1. The process by which physical sensations are converted into neural messages consecutively to be sent to the brain for perception is known as:

transfusion

just noticeable difference

transduction

transensation

subliminal perception

2. Many individuals are more adept than others at noticing the differences in the tastes of many wines. This shows the significance of:

sensory adaptation

difference thresholds

difference processing

just noticeable difference

kinesthetic sense

3. You are driving in a car for 30 minutes, with the windows down and the radio at a high volume. You turn the car off and leave the car for period of time. When you return to the car and turn it on, the radio comes on at the same high volume. It hurts your ears this time. You failed to realize how loudly you were listening to the radio. This shows the principle of:

Weber's Law

accommodation

sensory adaptation

translation

absolute threshold

4. The tendency of sensory receptor cells to become less responsive to a stimulus that is unchanging is called:

signal detection theory

perception

sensation

sensory adaptation

detection

5. _____ is the process of converting outside stimuli into neural activity.

Transduction

Habituation

Saturation

Reception

Hyperbole

6. The process of vision involves 4 basic steps in an appropriate order. Of the options listed below, what is correct order in the process of vision?

gathering light, within the eye processing, transduction, and brain processing

without the eye processing, gather light, transfusion, and brain processing

photo-production, gathering light, within the eye processing, and transduction

gathering light, photo-production, transfusion, and within the eye processing

light collection, photo-production, hoarding light, and brain processing

7. The protective covering of the eye in which light enters the eye first is known as the:

cornea

fovea

pupil

iris

lens

8. The theory of vision that theorizes the human eye contains three varieties of cones in the retinal region but cannot explain phenomenon such color blindness?

Tri-visual theory

Opponent-process theory

Trichromatic theory

Tri-pallet theory

Processing color theory

9. The change in the thickness of the lens as the eye focuses on objects that are far away or close is called:

visual accommodation

visual capture

visual impairment

blindness

blind spot

10. What is the purity of the color people perceive?

saturation

visible spectrum

wavelength

hue

radial kerototomy

11. The bones of the inner ear are commonly known as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup. The anatomically correct terms for the three bones of the inner are called:

ossicles, eardrum, oval window

oval window, auditory canal, ossicles

malleus, incus, stapes

stapes, cochlea, oval window

incus, stapes, cochlea

12. These are cycles or waves per second, a measurement of frequency.

hertz

decibels

wavelength

frequency

pitch

13. The theory of pitch that states that frequencies from about 400 Hz to 4000 Hz cause the hair cells (auditory neurons) to fire in a volley pattern, or take turns in firing is called:

pitch theory

volley principle

frequency theory

place theory

basilar theory

14. The vibrations signaled by waves of sound that are translated into neural impulses by:

hair cells

oval window

vestibular sense

auditory lobe

cochlea

15. Dr. Harshbarger works with Cochlear Implants. What type of patients would she be working with?

loss of position

loss of movement

nerve hearing loss

conduction hearing loss

loss of balance

16. The sensations of movement, balance, and body position is known as:

vestibular sense

kinesthetic sense

habituation

olfaction

gustation

17. The sense of the location of body parts in relation to the ground and each other is called:

vestibular Sense

kinesthetic sense

habituation

olfaction

gustation

18. The receptor cells located in the muscles and joints would play a major role in which sense?

vestibular

kinesthetic

olfaction

gustation

audition

19. Pain Sensations in the skin, muscles, tendons, and joints that are carried on large nerve fibers are called:

visceral pain

somatic pain

referred pain

phantom pain

indigenous pain

20. Taylor can close his eyes and accurately touch his elbow, knee, and nose with his finger. Taylor's amazing accuracy shows the ability of his _______________ sense.

gustation

kinesthetic

vestibular

olfaction

audition

21. The fast movement of briefly flashed images in an animated motion picture produces what effect?

subliminal messaging

convergence

autokinetic effect

stroboscopic movement

Phi phenomenon

22. The method by which the sensations experienced at any given moment are interpreted and organized in some meaningful fashion is called:

perception

sensation

detection

priming

generalization

23. When a baby is born, a baby does not possess the ability to perceive the world in three dimensions. This develops early in infancy. The newborn baby is lacking:

height perception

depth perception

dimension perception

pictorial depth

monocular cue

24. The perception that occurs when objects that a person expects to be of a certain size appear to be small and are, therefore, assumed to be much farther away is called:

interposition

aerial perspective

linear perspective

overlap

relative size

25. The difference in images between the two eyes, which is greater for objects that are close and smaller for distant objects is called:

binocular disparity

convergence

accommodation

interposition

relative size

26. Randall, a sophomore in college, sporadically stops breathing while sleeping. He wakes up to gasping for air and then falls back to sleep very quickly. Larry's college roommate complains that Larry loudly snores every night. Larry may be suffering from:

narcolepsy

night terrors

insomnia

sleep snoring

sleep apnea

27. The stage of sleep in which the eyes move rapidly under the eyelids and the person is typically experiencing a dream is called:

REM sleep

stage 1 sleep

stage 2 sleep

stage 5 sleep

reactive sleep

28. Verda has visited a sleep clinic to help her identify her sleep troubles. Dr. Richter has diagnosed her with Somnambulism. What is Verda doing during the night?

sleep talking

sleep eating

sleep fighting

uneven breathing

sleep walking

29. The increased amounts of REM sleep after being deprived of REM sleep on earlier nights is known as:

REM paralysis

REM sleep

REM rebound

REM reduction

REM behavior disorder

30. Pedro reports unusual amounts of day time sleepiness and urges to fall asleep in the most inopportune places. Pedro may be suffering from:

sleep apnea

circadian rhythm disorder

restless leg syndrome

narcolepsy

enuresis

31. Fyedka was hypnotized, and his hypnotist suggested that during the next week he would not have a desire to overeat. The hypnotist is most likely using:

age regression

posthypnotic suggestion

amnesia

paradoxical sleep

dissociation

32. The explanation that states that dreams are created by the higher centers of the cortex to explain the activation by the brain stem of cortical cells during REM sleep periods is known as:

activation-synthesis hypothesis

activation-information model

activation-synthesis medium

activation-synthesis theory

activation-information dreams

33. In Freud's theory, the symbolic content of dreams is called:

manifest content

latent content

symbolic content

hidden content

activation synthesis

34. Marcia, a senior in college, has a 4.0 GPA. She wakes up the morning before her Developmental Psychology final and remembered her dream where she failed the exam with a 38%. Using the Freudian perspective of dreams, the 38% on the exam represents the _____ content of her dream.

manifest

latent

symbolic

hidden

activation synthesis

35. Men tend to have more _____ in their dreams than do women.

cars

females

physical aggression

physical activity

happiness

36. After drinking 6 bottles of beer, William feels a lower sense of shame about the way he acted toward his co-workers. Lewis' reduced remorse levels most likely are because of the fact that alcohol is a:

stimulant

depressant

hallucinogen

aggitator

aggressor

37. The physical symptoms that can include nausea, pain, tremors, crankiness, and high blood pressure, resulting from a lack of an addictive drug in the body systems is called:

physical dependence

psychological dependence

tolerance

withdrawal

psychoactive

38. Which of the drugs listed below would be identified as a stimulant?

LSD

alcohol

nicotine

morphine

benzodiazepines

39. The narcotic that is extremely addictive and derived from opium is known as:

THC

heroin

methadone

cocaine

LSD

40. "Crystal Meth" is a type of:

barbiturate

amphetamine

hallucinogen

depressant

benzodiazepine