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Kimberly got into a car accident and damaged her eardrum. She is…
Kimberly got into a car accident and damaged her eardrum. She is having trouble hearing clearly. This is an example of what type of hearing loss?*
2 points
Cochlear
Sensorineural
Conductive
Localization
You did not hear a siren when it went off during a loud concert, but you definitely noticed it during your Psychology test when the room was quiet. This is an example of what concept?*
2 points
Signal Detection Theory
Subliminal Message
Sensory Adaptation
Absolute Threshold
One drop of perfume diffused in a 3-room apartment is detected half of the time. This is an example of what concept?*
2 points
Sensory Adaptation
Habituation
Difference Threshold
Absolute Threshold
Jane bumps into objects frequently when walking. She is often unaware of where her body parts are in relation to each other and has trouble coordinating movements for tasks like riding a bike. Jane may be struggling with which sense?*
2 points
vestibular
kinesthetic
olfaction
gustation
Becoming “nose-blind” to particular smells in places that you spend a lot of time (such as your house) is actually what concept?*
2 points
Signal Detection Theory
Sensory Adaptation
Habituation
Absolute Threshold
__(a)__ allow us to process black and white and __(b)__ allow us to process color.*
2 points
(a) cones (b) rods
(a) rods (b) cones
(a) cones (b) cones
(a) rods (b) rods
Which of the following is not one of the 5 tastes?*
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umami
spicy
salty
bitter
The part of your eye where light enters is called the ________.*
2 points
Pupil
Retina
Lens
Optic Nerve
When sound waves enter the ear, they travel through the auditory canal to the ___(a)____, then through little bones in the ear, eventually making it to the ___(b)___ where it will turn into a neural message and be sent to the brain.*
2 points
(a) cochlea (b) auditory nerve
(a) auditory nerve (b) cochlea
(a) cochlea (b) eardrum
(a) eardrum (b) cochlea
What is the only sense that is not processed by the thalamus before going to the appropriate area of the brain?*
2 points
vision
hearing
gustation
olfaction
Once you’ve been in a room for a while, you stop noticing the annoying sound the ceiling fan makes. Your auditory receptors are working fine, but your brain has stopped acknowledging the constant sound. This is called what?*
2 points
Signal Detection Theory
Sensory Adaptation
Habituation
Absolute Threshold
Halfway through your quiz, the font size went from 9 to 10, but you didn’t notice. For the next quiz, your teacher changed the font halfway through from 10 to 12 and you did notice. A two-point difference in font size must be your _______________.*
2 points
Signal Detection Theory
Just-Noticeable Difference
Absolute Threshold
Habituation
The process by which outside stimuli are turned into neural messages that our brain can interpret to allow us to experience the senses is called what?*
2 points
sensory adaptation
transduction
habituation
sensory conflict theory
Ballet dancers “spot” their turns when doing pirouettes to avoid being dizzy. They are depending heavily on which sense?*
2 points
vestibular
kinesthetic
olfaction
gustation
A person can taste the difference between unbuttered popcorn and popcorn with 1 teaspoon of butter 50% of the time. This is an example of what concept?*
2 points
Sensory Adaptation
Habituation
Difference Threshold
Absolute Threshold
