Note: These questions are part of a larger data base of questions on Module 5 & are selected to represent the type of question you should expect on unit exam two. You can, in fact, expect to see many of these very same questions on that exam. Exam questions, however, may deal with topics not covered in the self tests or in lectures but are discussed in your textbook. You are responsible for the content of your text book plus the content of lectures, interactive activities, & material on the web site. Use these sample questions to test yourself & to practice for the test. 1. Which is not a characteristic of all senses?
2. Which word best describes transduction?
3. Kim is unaware of the feel of the chair she sits in while playing with her computer. Kim’s lack of sensitivity is the result of:
4. Sensations are to perception as _________ is to ________.
5. The structure of the eye that first helps focus light waves into a narrower beam is the: 6. The path that the light takes through your eye is:
7. Information is transmitted from the eye to the brain through the:
8. As you walk on campus, you suddenly recognize an old friend who is heading towards you. What point in the visual pathway is responsible for the creation of this meaningful image of an old friend?
9. The trichromatic theory explains how:
10. The most common problem for a dichromat is:
11. The height of a sound wave is called _____ and the speed of the sound wave is called _______.
12. Amplitude is to loudness as _______ is to ________.
13. Which of the following cliches best describes the relationship between the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
14. In what order do sound waves pass through the auditory system?
15. Emma's primary auditory cortex is damaged, but other structures are healthy. What will be her auditory experience?
16. The _________ transforms auditory sensations into meaningful perception.
17. The frequency theory, and place theory are explanations of how the auditory system calculates:
18. The vestibular organs provide our sense of:
19. Rachel suffers from attacks of dizziness. Her doctor says that she has a viral infection of the inner ear. Rachel most likely has:
20. What is the fifth taste that we can detect? 21. If we could state flavor in a mathematical formula, what would it look like?
22. We smell ______ substances.
23. Our sense of touch comes from:
24. Consider this: A free nerve ending, rod, & a Pacinian corpuscle walk into a bar and each orders a cold beer. Which one is most likely to tell the bartender that the beer is warm?
25. The process of ________ refers to the sense organ changing physical energy into electrical signals that become neural impulses.
26. If a sense organ is continuously stimulated, the sense organ will decrease responding through the process of: |
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It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. - Paul Gauguin