Huffman 8e Clicker Questions



SENSATION & PERCEPTION PRACTICEReceptor cells in the retina that are most sensitive in dim light and to grays and blacks are known as ________, whereas receptor cells in the retina that are most sensitive in bright light and for perceiving color are known as ________sclera; foveafovea; scleracones; rodsrods; conesMark and Mindy are on a date. They decide to go out to dinner. The restaurant they are at is very noisy, but all they really can hear is each other talking. This is due tofeature detectors.selective attention.the gate-control theory.habituation.Converting a stimulus into a neural impulse is defined as sensation.perception.transduction.conversion.The weakening of our response to a stimulus is known as sensoryweakening.tolerance.acceptance.adaptation. The brain seems “prewired” to pay attention to _________ in the environment. constants salients features changes6. Sensation is the process of _____ raw sensory data from the internal and external world and transmitting it to the brain.a) receiving and translatingb) selecting and organizingc) receiving and organizingd) selecting, receiving, and organizing7. The process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory data into usable mental representations of the world is called _____.a) perceptual accuracyb) illusory perceptionc) perceptiond) sensory perception8. Tiny cells on your retina are detecting the contours of the letters on this page and sending that information to your brain. These are your _____ for vision.a) lensesb) receptorsc) filtersd) transmitters9. Sensory reduction refers to the process of _____.a) reducing your dependence on a single sensory systemb) decreasing the number of sensory receptors that are stimulatedc) filtering and analyzing incoming sensations before sending a neural message to the cortexd) reducing environmental sensations by physically preventing your sensory organs from seeing, hearing, etc.10. This is the curved, tough, protective transparent shield on the front of the eye through which light enters.a) pupilb) corneac) lensd) chorid11. Blue-eyed Tracy came out of the movie theater following a matinee. What kept Tracy from being blinded by too much sudden sunlight?a) her iris reduced the size of her pupil b) the clouds obscured the sunc) her contact lens were colored blued) nothing; she was immediately and permanently blinded12. The _____ is the transparent elastic structure that focuses light on the back of the eyes by changing shape.a) pupilb) irisc) fovead) lens13. _____ is the thickening or flattening of the lens that occurs when muscles change the shape of the lens so that it focuses light on the retina from objects at different distances.a) Adaptationb) Acquiescencec) Accommodationd) Assimilation14. The light sensitive inner surface of the back of the eye, which contains rods and cones is called the _____.a) lensb) retina c) cornead) fovea15. The blind spot _____.a) is the part of the retina that contains no receptorsb) is the area where blood vessels and the optic nerve exit the eyec) both of these optionsd) none of these options; there's no such thing16. You are not usually aware of the blind spot in your eye because the lost information is filled in with _____.a) information from adjacent spots on the retinab) images from the other eyec) both of these optionsd) none of these options17. When you enter a darkened environment, visual processing shifts from cones to rods. This is called _____.a) light adaptationb) light accommodationc) dark accommodationd) dark adaptation18. _____ is the readiness to perceive in a particular manner, based on expectations.a) Perceptual affinityb) Perceptual setc) Expectancy theoryd) Reference framingChapter 14: Psychological Disorders1. involves major disturbances in perception, language, thought, emotion, and behavior. The person often experiences delusions and hallucinations. Borderline personality Antisocial personality Dissociative identity Schizophrenia2. This is a thought disturbance characterized by mistaken beliefs that are maintained in spite of strong evidence to the contrary.cognitive disruptionfalse premisedelusionillusion3. Two nonbiological contributors to the development of schizophrenia are _____.stress and poor family or social support modeling and observational learningprenatal and postnatal learningclassical and operant conditioning4. Co-morbidity is the term used to indicate _____.the presence of two family members with the same disease in the same familythe death of two or more family members from the same disorderthe presence of two or more disorders in the same person at the same timeall of these options5. This class of disorders is an attempt to avoid painful memories or situations, and is characterized by amnesia, fugue, or multiple personalities.dissociative disorderdisplacement disorderdisoriented disorderidentity disorder6. Nearly all people who exhibit dissociative disorders have a history of severe trauma, usually sexual abuse. family member who also had a dissociative disorder. domineering or controlling mother. shrunken hippocampus and enlarged ventricles in the brain.7. Which is not one of the four basic standards used to identify abnormal behavior in the textbook?statistical infrequencydisabilitypersonal distressillegality8. This is NOT a cause of mental illness.exposure to stresspersonal weaknessgeneticsfamily interactions9. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding abnormal behavior?Mental disorders are signs of personal weakness.Many mentally ill individuals work at moderate- and high-level jobs.Mental illness is permanent.Violence is the most common symptom of mental disorders.10. According to your text's complete definition of abnormal behavior, which of the following statistically infrequent behaviors would qualify as abnormal?the belief that the CIA is following youhaving your entire body tattooedliving a completely celibate lifeall of these options11. The Cognitive Model of abnormality would say that persons with disorders who are always looking out for something to go wrong have _____.faulty thought processesunconscious desiresmaladaptive learning patternsgenetic influence12. This is an example of a hallucination.hearing voices that aren't really thereseeing a bridge and thinking it is the gateway to heavensmelling a flower and believing its odor belongs to a skunkwalking into a tree because you didn't see it13. Which of the following is an example of a negative symptom of schizophrenia?belief that someone is Buddhabelief that the television news-anchor is sending me messages.hearing voices that aren't really therenot feeling any emotion during a tragedy such as a death of a loved oneNOTE: the therapy chapter is on the test despite the fact that there is no practice hereSensation & Perception Answers1D2B3C4D5D6A7C8B9C10 B11A12D13C14B15C16C17D18BDisorders ANSWERS15D16C17A18C19A20A23D24B25B26A28A36A37D ................
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