Sensation and Perception 135
- You detect the strong smell of cedar when you enter a furniture
store. However, after a short while in the store, you no longer can
detect the smell. This process is known as
a. sensory adaptation.
b. habituation.
c. perceptual constancy.
d. accommodation.
- Which of the following terms refers to the amplitude of a light wave
such as how high or low the wave is?
a. color
b. brightness
c. pitch
d. hue
- When an ophthalmologist surgically corrects a patient’s vision
through LASIK or PRK, the doctor is making adjustments to the
patient’s
a. cornea.
b. lens.
c. retina.
d. iris.
- What part of the eye hardens as we age, thus causing many to suf-
fer from presbyopia?
a. rods
b. cones
c. lens
d. vitreous humor
- A deer’s inability to quickly respond to the headlights of an
approaching car is due to what sensory phenomenon?
a. dark adaptation
b. light adaptation
c. afterimage
d. opponent-process theory
- The hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup are part of the
a. outer ear.
b. middle ear.
c. inner ear.
d. cochlea.
- John has played his music loudly for years. Now, in his 20s, he
finds he has a continuous ringing in both of his ears. What would
John probably be diagnosed with?
a. Tinnitus, which is a nerve-based disorder that has no perma-
nent cure.
b. Conduction-based hearing impairment; however, hearing aids
may be able to help.
c. Damage to the pinna, which can be corrected with
surgery.
d. Regardless of the disorder, John will ultimately require a
cochlear implant.
- Studies show that taste preference can typically begin
a. before a baby is born.
b. in the first 3 to 6 months after birth.
c. by age 1.
d. during preschool.
- Jude is suffering from a severe cold. His nose has been stopped
up for several days. What effect, if any, might his cold have on his
sense of taste?
a. His sense of taste will be increased since he isn’t receiving addi-
tional sensory input from his smell.
b. His sense of taste will be dulled since taste and smell often
work together.
c. His sense of taste will get better but not until 48 hours after he
loses his sense of smell.
d. His sense of taste will be no better or worse since the senses of
taste and smell are completely separate.
- If a child suffers from congenital analgesia, why must he or she be
careful when outside playing?
a. The child often cannot hear sounds unless he or she is within 3
feet of the source.
b. The child cannot feel pain and can suffer injuries without even
knowing it.
c. The child lacks the ability to react to a dangerous situation.
d. The child’s sense of smell does not work properly.
13. If Tabitha closes her eyes when she rides in her parents’ car, she
can still tell that the car is moving. This is due to the movement of
tiny crystals in the
a. outer ear.
b. cochlea.
c. otolith organs.
d. middle ear.
- A child may sometimes play by quickly turning around in a circle.
When the child stops, he or she often feels like his or her head is
still spinning. What is responsible for this sensation?
a. fluid still rotating in the semicircular canals
b. proprioceptors
c. compression of the otolith organs
d. disruption of the otolith crystals
- Little Karla is with her mother at the docks waiting for her daddy to
return from his naval deployment. While the boat is still a way out,
her mother says, “There is daddy’s boat.” Karla is confused. She
cannot understand how her dad can be on a boat that is so small
that she can hold up her thumb and cover the entire boat. It’s safe
to assume that Karla does not yet understand
a. size constancy.
b. shape constancy.
c. brightness constancy.
d. color constancy.
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In viewing the items above, seeing three columns of Xs on the
left versus three rows of Xs on the right can be explained by the
Gestalt principle of __.
a. closure
b. similarity
c. proximity
d. contiguity
- From experience, you know that commercial jets typically fly
around 500 miles per hour at a height of 30,000 feet.
However, as you watch one fly high overhead, it seems
to slowly pass by. What monocular depth cue best
explains this?
a. motion parallax
b. linear perspective
c. overlap
d. texture gradient
- The Müller-Lyer illusion is influenced greatly by one’s
a. age.
b. gender.
c. level of intellect.
d. culture.
- Allison opened her new jigsaw puzzle but soon realized that she
had the same puzzle when she was a child. With her past experi-
ence to rely upon, Allison will probably use __ to help her
reassemble the puzzle.
a. bottom-up processing c. perceptual expectancy
b. top-down processing d. perceptual set
- Kip enjoys playing with sparklers on the 4th of July. He always
loves watching a friend run with a sparkler and the momentary trail
of light that seems to be left behind. Which aspect of our visual
system best explains this trail of light?
a. lateral inhibition
b. microsaccades of the eyes
c. persistence of vision
d. achromatopsia
