1. What determines the
perceived color of a light wave?
purity
saturation
length
amplitude
2. What
structure of the human eye gives the eye its color?
lens
iris
pupil
retina
3. What did David Hubel
and Torsten Wiesel discover in 1962?
just noticeable difference
moon illusion
feature detectors in the visual cortex
extrasensory perception
4. What did early nineteenth
century physiologists Thomas Young and Hermann von Helmholtz propose?
opponent-process theory
trichromatic theory
gate-control theory
signal-detection theory
5. Complexity is to
timbre as amplitude is to
purity.
loudness.
brightness.
pitch.
6. The olfactory
system refers to the structures responsible for the sense of
smell.
touch.
pain.
taste.
7. What is the
only sensation with receptors that are not localized in a single region
of the body?
taste
touch
temperature
smell
8. The gate-control
theory explains the experience of
pain.
balance.
taste.
temperature.
9. The vestibular
system provides a sense of
position and movement of body parts.
taste.
equilibrium.
passive and active touch.
10. Anna states
that she can taste the sound of leaves falling from trees. She exhibits
a condition known as
sensory adaptation.
synesthesia.
clairvoyance.
precognition.
11. The closer objects
are to one another, the more likely they are to be perceived as a unit.
This describes what Gestalt law of grouping?
continuity
proximity
similarity
closure
12. The tendency to
see an object as retaining its form despite changes in orientation is referred
to as
shape constancy.
size constancy.
perceptual illusion.
perceptual set.
13. Which of the following
is a binocular depth cue?
interposition
linear perspective
texture gradient
convergence
14. As a collection
of objects recedes into the horizon, they appear to be spaced more closely
together, which makes the surface texture appear to become denser. This
relates to what
monocular depth cue?
interposition
texture gradient
atmospheric perspective
relative image size
15. The visual cliff
is used to measure
perceptual set.
ESP.
perceptual illusions.
depth perception.
16. Which of the following
structures is located in the middle ear?
pinna
malleus
eardrum
auditory canal
17. When Ellen
entered her parents' home, she heard the ticking of their grandfather
clock. After a few minutes, she didn't notice it. This reflects
difference threshold.
sensory adaptation.
absolute threshold.
the just noticeable difference.
18. Which of the following
would appear to have the brightest color?
a high amplitude
a low amplitude
a moderate amplitude
no amplitude
19. Star-gazing is made
possible by our
visual acuity.
rods.
blind spot.
cones.
20. The two eyes
are set slightly apart, and therefore, each sees a slightly different view
of the world. This is known as
convergence.
perceptual constancy.
binocular disparity.
perceptual set.
21. When a figure has
a gap we tend to perceive the figure as closed and complete. This is the
Gestalt law of
continuity.
closure.
proximity.
common fate.
22. The anecdote
about Kenge, the pygmy tribesman who had spent all of his life in a rainforest,
left for a trip through the open plains. He saw a buffalo and mistook it
for an
insect due to his lack of
sensory adaptation.
depth perception.
convergence.
binocular disparity.
23. If you
are at a music concert and are sitting in the thirtieth row, the people
sitting in front of you block your view of the musicians and stage. This
monocular depth cue is called
texture gradient.
relative size.
interposition.
familiarity.
24. Although the parallel
lines of a highway never really change their separation, they seem to get
closer together as they recede in the distance. This is known as
relative size.
linear perspective.
relative height.
atmospheric perspective.
25. Dale is traveling
on a train. He looks out the window and sees a distant city skyline as
large even though the retinal image is small. This is known as
atmospheric perspective.
shape constancy.
relative elevation.
size constancy.