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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSY EXAM
Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation
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-Guarantee passing score -28 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into
separate words best illustrates the principle of:
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proximity Question 2: Digital hearing aids produce ________ sound by restricting the range of sound
_______.
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compressed; amplitudes Question 3: People's memories of the pain involved in a previously experienced medical
procedure are dominated by the:
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pain experienced during the final moments of the procedure Question 4: Infant rats deprived of their mothers' grooming touch produce ________ growth hormone and have a ________ metabolic rate.
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less, lower
Question 5: Racial and ethnic stereotypes can sometimes bias our perceptions of others'
behaviors. This best illustrates the impact of:
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top-down processing.Question 6: The olfactory cortex is located within the:
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temporal lobes.Question 7: The low notes on a piano always produce ________ sound waves than the high notes.
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longer Question 8: Relative luminance most clearly contributes to:
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lightness constancy.Question 9: When your psychology textbook presents readers with a series of short blue lines, they perceive an illusory glowing blue worm. This best illustrates the principle of:
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closure Question 10: door casts an increasingly trapezoidal image on our retinas as it opens, yet we still
perceive it as rectangular. This illustrates:
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shape constancy Question 11: Perceiving the voice of a ventriloquist as originating from the mouth of a dummy
best illustrates:
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visual capture.
Question 12: The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are three tiny bones that transmit vibrations to the:
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oval window Question 13: Rules for organizing stimuli into coherent groups were first identified by:
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Gestalt psychologists.
Question 14: Monocular cue is to _______ as binocular cue is to ________.
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texture gradient; convergence Question 15: The moon illusion refers to our tendency to perceive the moon as unusually ________ when it is ________.
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large; near the horizon Question 16: The lights along the runway were shrouded in such a thick fog that the pilot of an incoming plane nearly overshot the runway. The pilot was most likely misled by the distance
cue known as:
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relative clarity.Question 17: Pedro recognized that his son was closer to him than his daughter because his son partially obstructed his view of his daughter. Pedro's perception was most clearly
influenced by a distance cue known as:
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interposition Question 18: Drivers sometimes overestimate the distance between their own vehicle and
pedestrians who are short because they rely on the distance cue known as:
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relative size.
Question 19: The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of
changing viewing angles illustrates:
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perceptual constancy.Question 20: The absolute threshold for taste sensations is relatively _______ among people who smoke and relatively ________ among people who abuse alcohol.
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high; high Question 21: The basilar membrane is located in the:
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cochlea Question 22: Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth
perception known as:
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linear perspective Question 23: Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the:
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cerebellum Question 24: The number of complete sound waves that strike one's eardrum in a given second determines the _______ of the sound.
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pitch Question 25: The fact that perceptions involve more than the sum of our sensations best
illustrates the importance of:
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top-down processing.
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