Question 1

Juanita is holding her pet cat,Belle.The fact that she is getting information about Belle's weight as she sits on Juanita's lap,the sound of Belle's purrs,and the sight of Belle's eye movements all at the same time is an example of

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parallel processing.

Question 2

Learning a foreign language requires many students to focus intently on each letter of a word to read it.These students are relying most heavily on __________ processing.

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bottom-up

Question 3

Dr.Balkin is heating up a liquid he just created in the lab.He has recruited students to observe his experiments and pinpoint the exact moment the liquid begins to change color.Dr.Balkin is concerned with the

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just noticeable difference.

Question 4

Clay has played professional soccer for seven years and is easily able to tune out the sound of the crowd and all other irrelevant sensory information during the game.Bruce is a rookie and is often distracted by what his opponents are saying and the mood of the crowd.Clay and Bruce are showing differing levels of

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selective attention.

Question 5

Which of the following is the best example of the signal-to-noise ratio?

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Robyn has to shout over the boisterous crowd at the football game to be heard.

Question 6

Sun-Hi is a pianist who reports that she hears musical tones as colors.This is one example of

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synesthesia.

Question 7

Ramone and Sam are going to a concert.As they walk to the concert,they talk to one another in normal tones.But after they enter the arena,they discover that they practically have to yell at each other to continue their conversation.This example represents a change in

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signal-to-noise ratio.

Question 8

In __________ processing,we construct a whole stimulus from its parts.

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bottom-up

Question 9

Professor Monk is showing students a series of "inkblots" from a well-known personality test.Although the pictures are ambiguous,he discovers that if he says the word "mother" before revealing each picture,his students are more likely to report seeing images of family members.What is the best explanation for this observation?

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Top-down and bottom-up processes are working together.

Question 10

As the number of people talking in a room increases,the stimulus intensity needed to detect a change in the number of people talking becomes

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larger.

Question 11

In __________ our beliefs and expectations often influence our sensory experiences.

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top-down processing

Question 12

__________ processing is conceptually driven and influenced by our beliefs and expectations.

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Top-down

Question 13

Contestants on the television show "Wheel of Fortune" are given category labels before each new puzzle.Providing these labels is intended to activate __________ processing.

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top-down

Question 14

The process of selecting one sensory channel and ignoring or minimizing others is called

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selective attention.

Question 15

Attending to many modalities simultaneously is a phenomenon called

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parallel processing.

Question 16

A soldier stationed at a base in northern Alaska is dressed in his all-white camouflage.He wants to know the exact distance another person can perceive him as NOT part of the snowbank he is hiding in.The soldier is concerned with the

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just noticeable difference.

Question 17

Alicia is talking on her cell phone to her friend Maya.If Maya is in a crowded subway terminal,Alicia finds that she has to nearly shout for Maya to be able to hear her.However,when Maya is in a meadow on her grandparents' farm,she can easily tell what Alicia is watching on TV as they talk.This is one illustration of

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signal-to-noise ratio.

Question 18

__________ says that there is a constant proportional relationship between the just noticeable difference (JND)and the original stimulus intensity.

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Weber's law

Question 19

You just ordered a pizza from your favorite restaurant and can't wait for it to get here.As time passes,everything you hear sounds like a car driving by.What accounts for your "heightened" sense of hearing?

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Signal detection theory

Question 20

Stanton is taking chemistry with Ms.Neville and has heard many negative stories about her class from his friends.The fact that his beliefs about Ms.Neville affect his interpretation of his interactions with her during the school year is an example of

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top-down processing.

Quiz 4: Sensation and Perception