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Psy 3300 Exam 2 MC Questions with Correct Answersa. detection; interpretation Correct Answer-1. Sensation refers to _____
of stimuli, while perception refers to _____ of this information.
a. detection; interpretation
b. sense; the value
c. interpretation; detection
d. recognition; the use
b. an infant has innate perceptual capabilities that mature with time.
Correct Answer-2. Nativists argue that
a. an infant is born knowing nothing and learns through interaction with
the environment.
b. an infant has innate perceptual capabilities that mature with time.
c. perception is constructed from experience.
d. perception is influenced by genes, but maturation does not play a role.
d. habituation. Correct Answer-3. Suppose you repeatedly present a
stimulus until an infant loses interest in it. This technique is known as
a. visual accommodation.
b. operant conditioning.
c. visual acuity.
d. habituation.
,c. Color vision is mature around three months. Correct Answer-4. Which
of the following is TRUE about young infant's color vision?
a. Infants are not able to perceive color until sometime during the second
half of the first year.
b. Infants have mature cones for perceiving color at birth.
c. Color vision is mature around three months.
d. Color vision is present at about 5 months; however different shades
are not detected until 8 months.
b. Newborns can discriminate a human face from a monkey face but
show no preference for a human face. Correct Answer-5. Regarding face
discrimination
a. Newborns prefer to look at faces but cannot discriminate a human face
from a monkey face.
b. Newborns can discriminate a human face from a monkey face but
show no preference for a human face.
c. Newborns can discriminate a human face from a monkey face and
prefer the human face.
d. Newborns can discriminate a human face from a monkey face and
prefer the monkey face.
d. size constancy; 4 months Correct Answer-6. _____ refers to the
understanding that an object's size remains the same even when the
retinal image size changes due to being a different distance from the
object; infants acquire this by _____ of age.
, a. distance constancy; 2 months
b. distance constancy; 4 months
c. size constancy; 2 months
d. size constancy; 4 months
d. slower; depth perception and show interest Correct Answer-7. Two-
month-olds tested on the visual cliff typically show a _____ heart rate on
the deep side than on the shallow side of the cliff. This suggests that 2-
month-olds developed. _____ .
a. faster; depth perception and show fear
b. faster; depth perception and show interest
c. slower; depth perception and show fear
d. slower; depth perception and show interest
d. can distinguish between all speech sounds, even those not used in the
language of adults around them. Correct Answer-8. Normal hearing in
young infants is different from normal hearing in adults in that infants
a. are better able to hear soft sounds and whispers.
b. have more difficulty discriminating between speech sounds.
c. are unable to localize sound.
d. can distinguish between all speech sounds, even those not used in the
language of adults around them.
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