Chap 01 11e
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending and descending
orders in discrete steps is called the method of
a. limits.
b. constant stimuli.
c. searching.
d. scaling.
ANSWER: a
2. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus and then views the ambiguous “rat-man” figure, the person will
most likely report seeing what?
a. A rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
b. A person, because we tend to see things that match our species.
c. A rat, because of the effect of action.
d. A rat or a person equally.
ANSWER: a
3. An intern works for a company that designs adapted products to help people who have trouble grasping items.
Today, the intern is meeting with children who have difficulty grasping as a result of traumatic brain injury, and
has provided them with a supply of crayons, which have been adapted in various ways. The intern watches as
the children color with the crayons. Which question is the intern most likely asking?
a. How quickly do the children react to the crayons?
b. How do the children interact with the crayons?
c. How do the children describe the crayons?
d. Can the children identify the crayons?
ANSWER: b
4. What is it called when a participant is given a “standard stimulus” and is asked to assign a numerical value to that
stimulus?
a. Recognition
b. Description
c. Phenomenological method
d. Magnitude estimation
ANSWER: d
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5. The only way to see, hear, taste, smell, and feel what you want to experience is by
a. identifying stimulus inputs.
b. discriminating among similar stimuli.
c. developing necessary cognitive constructs.
d. activating sensory receptors.
ANSWER: d
6. Knowing how perception works is interesting because perception is something you experience
a. intermittently.
b. when necessary.
c. when important.
d. constantly.
ANSWER: d
7. According to Ludy Benjamin, if changes in physical stimuli always resulted in similar changes in perception of
those stimuli,
a. the world would be unbearably complex.
b. remediation of sensory deficits would be impossible.
c. there would be no need for psychology.
d. the neurophysiology of perception would be clear.
ANSWER: c
8. A worker’s auditory receptors were damaged from failing to use hearing protection when working in a loud
environment. As a result, we can expect that
a. the areas of their brain associated with auditory perception will have diminished considerably in size.
b. they can no longer hear anything.
c. they will need to use hearing aids.
d. their auditory experiences will differ from those of an individual whose receptors have not been damaged.
ANSWER: d
9. Which of the following is the first category of the stages in the perceptual process?
a. Stimuli
b. Neural processing
c. Serendipity
d. Behavioral responses
ANSWER: a
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10. Classical psychophysical methods opened the way for the founding of scientific psychology by providing methods
to measure
a. an aspect of the mind.
b. neurological activation.
c. response bias.
d. multicultural effects.
ANSWER: a
11. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level functions, such as
language, memory, and thinking?
a. Brain stem
b. Cerebral cortex
c. Hypothalamus
d. Occipital lobe
ANSWER: b
12. The question “What do you see?” is asking about
a. sensation.
b. discrimination.
c. recognition.
d. perception.
ANSWER: d
13. When using the method of limits, the absolute threshold is determined by calculating
a. the stimulus intensity detected 66% of the time.
b. the stimulus intensity detected 75% of the time.
c. the stimulus intensity detected 100% of the time.
d. the average of the “cross-over” values.
ANSWER: d
14. The physiological level of analysis involves the relationship between
a. stimulus and physiology only.
b. physiology and perception only.
c. stimulus and perception only.
d. both stimulus and physiology and physiology and perception.
ANSWER: d
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15. A driver in a car notices that stationary objects closer to them move faster than stationary objects that are farther
away. The driver is using what technique regarding perception of a stimulus?
a. Detection
b. Search
c. Phenomenological
d. Magnitude estimation
ANSWER: c
16. Based on the dark adaptation curve, what would you expect the absolute threshold to do as time in a darkened
room increased?
a. Get larger
b. Remain unchanged
c. Get smaller
d. Vary unpredictably
ANSWER: c
17. What type of processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors?
a. Bottom-up
b. Oblique
c. Top-down
d. Receptor
ANSWER: a
18. As a part of the interview process for a job in quality control at a small, luxury chocolate manufacturer, an
applicant is asked to taste small pieces of chocolate and then describe what they taste. The applicant is most
likely being asked to provide a(n)
a. phenomenological report.
b. magnitude estimation.
c. adaptation curve.
d. absolute thresholds.
ANSWER: a
19. The game “Whack-a-Mole,” in which the player must “whack” randomly appearing moles with a hammer as
quickly as possible when they peek their heads out, is best described as what type of task?
a. Recognition
b. Magnitude
c. Reaction time
d. Description
ANSWER: c
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending and descending
orders in discrete steps is called the method of
a. limits.
b. constant stimuli.
c. searching.
d. scaling.
ANSWER: a
2. If a person sees the unambiguous “rat” stimulus and then views the ambiguous “rat-man” figure, the person will
most likely report seeing what?
a. A rat, because of the effect of knowledge.
b. A person, because we tend to see things that match our species.
c. A rat, because of the effect of action.
d. A rat or a person equally.
ANSWER: a
3. An intern works for a company that designs adapted products to help people who have trouble grasping items.
Today, the intern is meeting with children who have difficulty grasping as a result of traumatic brain injury, and
has provided them with a supply of crayons, which have been adapted in various ways. The intern watches as
the children color with the crayons. Which question is the intern most likely asking?
a. How quickly do the children react to the crayons?
b. How do the children interact with the crayons?
c. How do the children describe the crayons?
d. Can the children identify the crayons?
ANSWER: b
4. What is it called when a participant is given a “standard stimulus” and is asked to assign a numerical value to that
stimulus?
a. Recognition
b. Description
c. Phenomenological method
d. Magnitude estimation
ANSWER: d
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Chap 01 11e
5. The only way to see, hear, taste, smell, and feel what you want to experience is by
a. identifying stimulus inputs.
b. discriminating among similar stimuli.
c. developing necessary cognitive constructs.
d. activating sensory receptors.
ANSWER: d
6. Knowing how perception works is interesting because perception is something you experience
a. intermittently.
b. when necessary.
c. when important.
d. constantly.
ANSWER: d
7. According to Ludy Benjamin, if changes in physical stimuli always resulted in similar changes in perception of
those stimuli,
a. the world would be unbearably complex.
b. remediation of sensory deficits would be impossible.
c. there would be no need for psychology.
d. the neurophysiology of perception would be clear.
ANSWER: c
8. A worker’s auditory receptors were damaged from failing to use hearing protection when working in a loud
environment. As a result, we can expect that
a. the areas of their brain associated with auditory perception will have diminished considerably in size.
b. they can no longer hear anything.
c. they will need to use hearing aids.
d. their auditory experiences will differ from those of an individual whose receptors have not been damaged.
ANSWER: d
9. Which of the following is the first category of the stages in the perceptual process?
a. Stimuli
b. Neural processing
c. Serendipity
d. Behavioral responses
ANSWER: a
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Chap 01 11e
10. Classical psychophysical methods opened the way for the founding of scientific psychology by providing methods
to measure
a. an aspect of the mind.
b. neurological activation.
c. response bias.
d. multicultural effects.
ANSWER: a
11. Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level functions, such as
language, memory, and thinking?
a. Brain stem
b. Cerebral cortex
c. Hypothalamus
d. Occipital lobe
ANSWER: b
12. The question “What do you see?” is asking about
a. sensation.
b. discrimination.
c. recognition.
d. perception.
ANSWER: d
13. When using the method of limits, the absolute threshold is determined by calculating
a. the stimulus intensity detected 66% of the time.
b. the stimulus intensity detected 75% of the time.
c. the stimulus intensity detected 100% of the time.
d. the average of the “cross-over” values.
ANSWER: d
14. The physiological level of analysis involves the relationship between
a. stimulus and physiology only.
b. physiology and perception only.
c. stimulus and perception only.
d. both stimulus and physiology and physiology and perception.
ANSWER: d
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Chap 01 11e
15. A driver in a car notices that stationary objects closer to them move faster than stationary objects that are farther
away. The driver is using what technique regarding perception of a stimulus?
a. Detection
b. Search
c. Phenomenological
d. Magnitude estimation
ANSWER: c
16. Based on the dark adaptation curve, what would you expect the absolute threshold to do as time in a darkened
room increased?
a. Get larger
b. Remain unchanged
c. Get smaller
d. Vary unpredictably
ANSWER: c
17. What type of processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors?
a. Bottom-up
b. Oblique
c. Top-down
d. Receptor
ANSWER: a
18. As a part of the interview process for a job in quality control at a small, luxury chocolate manufacturer, an
applicant is asked to taste small pieces of chocolate and then describe what they taste. The applicant is most
likely being asked to provide a(n)
a. phenomenological report.
b. magnitude estimation.
c. adaptation curve.
d. absolute thresholds.
ANSWER: a
19. The game “Whack-a-Mole,” in which the player must “whack” randomly appearing moles with a hammer as
quickly as possible when they peek their heads out, is best described as what type of task?
a. Recognition
b. Magnitude
c. Reaction time
d. Description
ANSWER: c
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