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