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Questions
1. If you awoke to find yourself hanging upside down from a tree, which of your senses would detect how your body weight is distributed, where your arms and legs were positioned, and which of your muscles were contracting?
a) the vestibular sense
b) Kinesthesis
c) the skin senses
d) Audition
2. In sensory adaptation, what happens to receptors when a constant stimulus is presented for a length of time?
a) They fire less frequently.
b) They fire more frequently.
c) They can maintain a constant rate of firing.
d) They begin to fire in more regular patterns.
3. In sensory adaptation, what happens to receptors when a constant stimulus is presented for a length of time?
a) They fire less frequently.
b) They fire more frequently.
c) They can maintain a constant rate of firing.
d) They begin to fire in more regular patterns.
4. Which of the following exemplifies transduction?
a) When you strum a guitar, you produce sound waves. Vibrations from these waves are converted into electrochemical signals. These signals travel to the brain and are interpreted as sound.
b) When your son throws a tantrum for the first time, you immediately react. Over time, your son's tantrums have to become increasingly more extreme before you notice them and react.
c) When you develop scar tissue, subsequent injuries to the damaged area do not trigger a pain response. Damage to nerve fibers in the injured area blocks sensory signals.
d) When you watch a movie, you are exposed to brief flashes of information. This information is processed unconsciously. After Repeated exposure, the information enters your conscious mind.
5. Although the mat on your neighbor's doorstep is very faded, you still know that it says "welcome" because of
a) top-down processing.
b) bottom-up processing.
C) subliminal messages.
d) Telepathy.
6. Which of the following cues would NOT help us to localize sound?
a) General loudness
b) Stimulation of the auditory receptors according to the place theory
c) Loudness in each ear
d) Timing