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Context effects illustrate that our perception of particular stimuli is influenced by the ________ of those stimuli.


A) absolute threshold
B) subliminal sensation
C) just noticeable difference
D) environmental surroundings

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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For Andrew,the sight of specific letters such as L and P typically triggers specific taste sensations.Andrew's experience best illustrates


A) precognition.
B) synesthesia.
C) psychokinesis.
D) tinnitus.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Tiny bones in the middle ear relay the eardrum's vibrations directly to the


A) oval window.
B) auditory canal.
C) vestibular sacs.
D) semicircular canals.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The opponent-process theory is most useful for explaining a characteristic of


A) perceptual adaptation.
B) retinal disparity.
C) interposition.
D) afterimages.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Damage to an area on the underside of our brain's right hemisphere essential to recognizing faces results in a condition known as


A) transduction.
B) sensory adaptation.
C) perceptual set.
D) prosopagnosia.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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We tend to feel more pain when we perceive that others seem to be experiencing pain.This best illustrates the impact of


A) synesthesia.
B) the McGurk effect.
C) phantom limb sensations.
D) top-down processing.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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You are more likely to feel tickled by a good friend's touch than when the very same touch is initiated by someone you don't know.This best illustrates that our experience of touch is influenced by


A) phantom limb sensations.
B) top-down processing.
C) sensory adaptation.
D) synesthesia.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Dane worked for years as a jackhammer operator without consistently wearing earplugs and he now suffers nerve deafness.His loss of hearing is most likely caused by damage to


A) nociceptors.
B) olfactory receptors.
C) the eardrum.
D) hair cell receptors.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following helps you to sense your body's position and maintain your balance?


A) nociceptors
B) olfactory receptors
C) vestibular sacs
D) the oval window

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Olfactory receptor cells are essential for our sense of


A) kinesthesia.
B) smell.
C) touch.
D) hearing.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Objects are brought into focus on the retina by changes in the curve and thickness of the


A) rods and cones.
B) lens.
C) bipolar cells.
D) optic nerve.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The influence of our physical gestures on our psychological preferences is said to be an indication of


A) embodied cognition.
B) dissociation.
C) psychokinesis.
D) phantom limb sensations.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of


A) closure.
B) proximity.
C) interposition.
D) perceptual constancy.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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Who emphasized that perceptual understanding comes from inborn ways of organizing sensory experience?


A) Immanuel Kant
B) Aristotle
C) John Locke
D) Sigmund Freud

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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While Bethany was sitting and watching her dog,her retinal image of the animal grew increasingly larger.Bethany most likely perceived the dog to be changing in its


A) size.
B) color.
C) shape.
D) distance.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Rudy claims that his special psychic powers enable him to correctly anticipate whether the outcome of a coin toss will be heads or tails.Rudy is claiming to possess the power of


A) psychokinesis.
B) clairvoyance.
C) telepathy.
D) precognition.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Sensory adaptation refers to


A) the process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural impulses.
B) diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.
C) the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
D) the effect of our expectations on perception.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye,containing the rods and cones,is the


A) pupil.
B) cornea.
C) retina.
D) iris.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Ewald Hering found a clue to the mystery of color vision in


A) color constancy.
B) afterimages.
C) retinal disparity.
D) the Moon illusion.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Priming refers to the activation of certain


A) conscious motives.
B) difference thresholds.
C) nerve cells.
D) associations.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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