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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER5PSYCH EXAM
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-Guarantee passing score -217 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The noise level at Sherry's place of work sometimes becomes quite intense.
This is most likely to disrupt her ability to work efficiently if the noise:
Answer:
is experienced at unpredictable intervals throughout the day.Question 2: An 80-decibel sound is ________ times louder than a 60-decibel sound.
Answer:
100.Question 3: Feature detectors for commonly used words are probably located in:
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Wernicke's area.Question 4: Which receptor cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?
Answer:
cones.
Question 5: As compared to long objects, short objects vibrate ________ and produce sound waves of ________ frequency.
Answer:
faster; higher.Question 6: Generalization is possible, but discrimination is not possible, if the difference
between two stimuli is:
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below the difference threshold.Question 7: Someone interested in what sounds people hear and which they cannot detect is
probably:
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conducting basic research.Question 8: The ability to almost instantly recognize a familiar face best illustrates the value of:
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parallel processing.Question 9: Participants in one experiment felt more positively about people if their photographs had been associated with scenes of kittens rather than with scenes of werewolves.
This study best illustrated:
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that information can be processed outside of conscious awareness.
Question 10: Which theory best explains how we perceive low-pitched sounds?
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frequency theory.Question 11: The integration of information processed simultaneously by multiple neural
networks can be detected as a pattern of:
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synchronized brain waves.
Question 12: After the invisible word "bread" was quickly flashed and then replaced by a "masking" stimulus, observers detected the related word "butter" much faster than the
unrelated word "bubble." This best illustrates:
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the priming effect.Question 13: On a cloudy day, a yellow flower is likely to appear ________ it does on a bright sunny day.
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equally as yellow as.Question 14: During the months when there is a large amount of pollen in the air, your hay fever severely affects your sense of smell. At the same time your food all seems to taste the same.
This illustrates the importance of:
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sensory interaction.Question 15: To make interpretation of written words possible, the:
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Retina must be connected to Broca's area.Question 16: Damage to frontal areas of the temporal lobes is most likely to affect our:
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sense of smell.Question 17: The semicircular canals are most directly relevant to:
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the vestibular sense.Question 18: According to place theory, the perception of:
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high-pitched sounds is associated with large vibrations of the basilar membrane closest to the oval window.
Question 19: You find that, on average, women have a lower mean absolute threshold than do
men. This means that:
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Women may hear sounds that men cannot detect.Question 20: Which cells serve to spread information beyond the path that leads straight to the brain?
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Amacrine and horizontal.Question 21: Feature detectors for visual stimuli are located within the:
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Occipital lobes.Question 22: The 130-decibel sound of a rock band is ________ times louder than the 100-decibel sound of a nearby subway train.
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1000.Question 23: Psychophysical measurements for individuals are strongly influenced by:
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their genome.Question 24: When their child is at the one-word stage, parents _____ their child say "dada." They may interpret these sounds as suggesting that the child has developed the _____ of daddy.
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perceive, concept.Question 25: The ability to detect whether your body is in a horizontal or vertical position
depends most directly on:
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the vestibular sense.
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