"When I look at the Hermann grid, I see dark spots in the white areas at the intersections, but when I look directly at the intersection, the spot vanishes." Which research technique is most likely to have yielded this statement?
a.Phenomenological Report
b.Recognition Testing
c.Magnitude Estima...
Psych 310 Exam 1 || A+ Verified Solutions.
"When I look at the Hermann grid, I see dark spots in the white areas at the intersections, but
when I look directly at the intersection, the spot vanishes." Which research technique is most
likely to have yielded this statement?
a.Phenomenological Report
b.Recognition Testing
c.Magnitude Estimation
d.Physical Tasks and Judgments correct answers a.Phenomenological Report
phenomenological report correct answers method of determining the relationship between
stimuli and perception in which the observer describes what he or she perceives
According to Goldstein, the actual object that is in the world, such as a tree, that is available for
us to perceive, is called the _____.
a.proximal stimulus
b.perceptual target
c.distal stimulus
d.nomological net correct answers c. distal stimulus
It takes about ___ minutes for cone photopigments to regenerate completely when we are in the
dark, and it takes more than ___ minutes for rod photopigments to regenerate completely, a
finding that Rushton argues explains the dark adaptation curve.
a.5; 50
b.6; 30
c.30; 10
d.15; 15 correct answers b. 6; 30
Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class today so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry.
Even so, he is pretty sure it says "Pop Quiz!" because he knows there are pop quizzes in the class
and he can sort of see the "P" and the "Q" well enough. What allows Justin to read the board?
a.Top-down processing
b.Presbyopia
c.Bottom-up processing
d.Oblique processing correct answers a. Top-down processing
Starting from the back of the eye and moving forward toward the front of the eye, you would
encounter the following cells in this order:
a.bipolar cells, photoreceptors, retinal ganglion cells
b.retinal ganglion cells, bipolar cells, photoreceptors
c.photoreceptors, bipolar cells, retinal ganglion cells
d.photoreceptors, retinal ganglion cells, bipolar cells correct answers c. photoreceptors, bipolar
cells, retinal ganglion cells
The light-sensitive visual pigments in the eye are found in the _____.
a.outer segments of the rods and cones
, b.cornea
c.pigment epithelium
d.inner segments of the rods and cones correct answers a.outer segments of the rods and cones
The principle of _____ states that everything a person perceives is based not on direct contact
with stimuli but on representations of stimuli that are formed on the receptors and the resulting
activity in the person's nervous system.
a.transduction
b.representation
c.transformation
d.indirect perception correct answers b. representation
The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neuron is
called _____.
a.construction
b.refraction
c.reduction
d.transduction correct answers d.transduction
Which of the following is NOT one of Fechner's classical psychophysical methods?
a.Method of Limits
b.Method of Constant Stimuli
c.Method of Adjustment
d.Method of Magnitude Estimation correct answers d.Method of Magnitude Estimation
You were watching a soccer match, looking at a player at the far end of the field. Suddenly, a
butterfly lands on the tip of your nose so you change your focus to look at the nearby butterfly.
For you to see the butterfly clearly, your _____ must change its shape by becoming _____.
a.lens; flatter
b.lens; thicker
c.cornea; flatter
d.cornea; thicker correct answers lens; thicker
Hartline and coworkers studied the lateral plexus in the Limulus (horseshoe crab). In these
studies, when Hartline and coworkers recorded from the nerve fiber of receptor A, they found
that illumination of receptor A caused a large increase in the firing rate of the nerve fiber. When
they added illumination to nearby receptors, at B, the firing rate of the nerve fiber connected to
receptor A ___.
a.decreased
b.became intermittent
c.stopped
d.increased correct answers a.decreased
The region of the retina that must receive illumination in order to obtain a response from a nerve
fiber is known at that fiber's ___.
a.detection zone
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