PSYCHOLOGY 1100 UPDATED V1 EXAM 2- UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PSYCHOLOGY 1100 UPDATED V1 EXAM 2- UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Gate Control Theory” deals with: (Book)
a. audition
b. vision
c. sense of touch
d. sense of smell e. sense of pain
2. Lateral inhibition (Book)
a. depends on computations performed by the left superior auditory cortex
b. ...
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PSYCHOLOGY 1100 UPDATED V1 EXAM 2-
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. “Gate Control Theory” deals with: (Book)
a. audition
b. vision
c. sense of touch
d. sense of
smell e. sense of
pain
2. Lateral inhibition (Book)
a. depends on computations performed by the left superior auditory cortex
b. results from complex of neurons located in the middle ear
c. accounts for our high sensitivity for edges in our visual environment
d. depends on comparing intensity and timing of auditory stimuli that strike the two ears
e. none of the above
3. The colors that result when mixing lights of different wavelengths provide an example of : (Book)
a. additive color mixing
b. subtractive color mixing
c. multiplicative color mixing
d. divisive color mixing
e. algebraic color mixing
4. Ames boxes, the Moon illusion and the Ponzo illusion are concerned with : (Book)
a. the duplicity theory of vision
b. size and distance perception
c. the trichromatic theory of Young and Von Helmholtz
d. stroboscopic vision
e. binocular depth perception
5. “Signal detection theory” is an alternative way to think about: (book)
a. the duplicity theory of vision
b. sensory thresholds
c. Classical vs. instrumental conditioning
d. Pain mechanisms
e. None of the above
6. Locating sounds in space: (Book)
a. depends on computations performed by the left auditory cortex
b. a complex of neurons located in the middle ear
c. a complex of neurons located in the cochlea of each ear
d. depends on comparing intensity and timing of auditory stimuli that strike the two ears
e. none of the above
7. Stroboscopic motion perception allows us to perceive: (Book)
a. Three dimensional depth perception
b. perceptual constancies
c. Perceiving “movies” (motion pictures) based on rapid sequences of still photographs
d. the “moon illusion”
e. none of the above
, 8. ??In , a person stops breathing while asleep; in ,a person falls asleep at inappropriate times. (CNS,
# 59)
a. insomnia; sleep apnea
b. hypnogogic hallucinations; narcolepsy
c. narcolepsy; insomnia
d. narcolepsy; sleep apnea
e. sleep apnea; narcolepsy
9. Nasal cycles last about and correlate with cycles (CNS, # 63)
a. 90 minutes; hemispheric
b. 24 hours; circadian
c. 60 seconds; hemispheric
d. one month; EPSPs and IPSP
10. Brain areas associated with sleep include: (CNS, # 61)
a. cerebellum and amygdala
b. frontal and parietal lobes
c. reticular formation and hypothalamus
d. dorsal thalamus and ventral thalamus
e. none of the above
11. With respect to sleep, dolphins are unusual because: (CNS, # 62)
a. they sleep only 1-2 hours per night
b. the two hemispheres can sleep independently, at different times
c. they are only able to sleep while they are moving rapidly
d. they can sleep while they swim, but they never dream while swimming
e. none of the above
12. The somatosensory system is sensitive to energy; the olfactory system is sensitive to
energy: (Sensory 2-5)
a. Electromagnetic; chemical
b. Nuclear; Chemical
c. Electromagnetic; Mechanical
d. Thermal and mechanical; chemical
e. Electromagnetic; Thermal
13. Absolute threshold is the lowest amount of energy that can be detected on % of the trials: (Sensory, 6-
7) a. 10%
b. 30%
c. 50%
d. 70%
e. 100%
??14. You are in an experiment, trying to discriminate an initial tone of 2,000 cycles/sec from a lower
tone, and your JND is 20 cycles/sec (i.e., the tone must be 1,980 cycles/sec or lower for you to notice
a difference). According to Weber’s law, what would your JND be if the initial tone were changed to
10,000 cycles/sec? (Sensory 8-9)
a. 20 cycles/sec.
b. 50 cycles/sec.
c. 100 cycles/sec.
d. 1,000 cycles/sec.
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