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Psychology Chapter 4, Quiz 2

2. The sense that helps keep us informed of our balance is the:
a. kinesthetic sense
b. touch sense.
c. vestibular sense
d. pain sense.

3. In signal detection theory, if a stimulus is presented and the subject says yes, the trial is called a:
a. hit
b. success.
c. failure.
d. false alarm.

4. Coming into a musty house and after awhile no longer noticing the odor is an example of:
a. signal detection.
b. psychophysics.
c. sensory adaptation.
d. perception.

5. A child sees a large statue in the distance and asks if she can play with the doll. This is explained by:
a. doll phenomenon.
b. depth perception.
c. size constancy.
d. depth sensation.

6. After looking at a green, black, and yellow American flag, you perceive a red, white, and blue flag when you look at a white surface. Which theory of color vision best explains this finding?
a. opponent-process
b. trichromatic
c. Young-Helmholtz
d. color fractionated

7. Chantelle notices that the telephone poles appear to zip by the car window much faster than the buildings in the distance. This is called:
a. texture gradient.
b. figure-ground.
c. interposition.
d. motion parallax.

8. If you see a stationary spot of light in a darkened room appear to move, it is due to the:
a. visual cliff.
b. autokinetic effect.
c. phi phenomenon.
d. stroboscopic motion.

9. Most people rely more on the sense of ______ than on any of the other senses.
a. vision
b. hearing
c. taste
d. touch

10. Which of the following is NOT a pressure receptor located just under the skin?
a. free nerve ending
b. vestibular receptor
c. Merkel's discs
d. hair nerve endings