The brain receives information about the position of the


1. If a 100-Hz tone had to be increased to 110 Hz for a subject to just notice the difference, you would predict that a 1000-Hz tone would have to be increased to

A. 1010 to be noticed
B. 1050 to be noticed
C. 1100 to be noticed
D. 1200 to be noticed

2. The moon illusion occurs when

A. you perceive the moon to be smaller on the horizon than overhead
B. you perceive the moon to be larger on the horizon than overhead
C. you perceive the moon to be the same size when viewed on the horizon and overhead
D. you think you see the moon when in fact it is not there

3. William was having his hearing tested, and a number of the tones that were presented were so faint he was not able to detect them. These faints sounds would

A. fall below William's absolute threshold for sound
B. cause more inhibitory than excitatory synapses
C. fall below William's adaptation level for sound
D. cause action potentials that were too weak to reach the terminal buttons

4. Cells in the visual cortex that respond selectively to specific features of complex stimuli are called

A. ganglion cells
B. feature detectors
C. selective detectors
D. hypocomplex cells

5. The brain receives information about the position of the various parts of the body through the

A. vestibular sense
B. kinesthetic sense
C. kinetic sense
D. homeostatic sense.

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