1. When two lights flash alternately and the observer perceives one light moving back and forth, the movement illusion is called (the)
A. stroboscopic movement
B. autokinesis
C. phi phenomenon
D. Induced movement
2. A high-frequency tone is _________ to mask than a low- frequency tone. Therefore, the critical band of a high-frequency tone is _______ than that of a low-frequency tone.
A. easier; larger
B. easier; smaller
C. harder; larger
D. harder; smaller
3. Coarticulation is used to describe the fact that
A. phonemes tend to overlap with an another in the speech stream
B. a single phoneme does not have a single, constant pronunciation
C. our vocal system is capable of producing both consonants and vowels
D. consonant sounds can either be voiced or not
4. An example of a monocular depth cue is:
A. binocular disparity
B. occlusion
C. convergence
D. stereopsis
5. Interaural level differences are a cue to sound localization because the
A. person's head produces an acoustic shadow that prevents high frequency sounds from reaching the other ear.
B. person's head produces an acoustic shadow that prevents low frequency sounds from reaching the other ear.
C. medium through which the sound travels can be air, liquid, or solid.
D. acoustic shadow is more likely to occur indoors than outdoors.
6. Categorical perception demonstrates:
A. A close connection between acoustic signals and specific speech sounds.
B. that different acoustic signals can produce the same perceived sounds.
C. that the acoustic signal is affected by context.
D. that the speech signal is very extremely variable.
7. The interaural time difference and the interaural level difference are alike in that they both
A. compare the sound signals reaching the right and left ears.
B. measure differences in sound intensity.
C. measure differences in the time at which sound reaches the two ears.
D. are effective cues only for low sound frequencies.
The precedence effect is
A. the listener perceives the fused sound from two speakers to be originating from the lead speaker.
B. the listener perceives the fused sound from two speakers to be originating from the lag speaker.
C. the listener cannot fuse the sound from two speakers because the lead speaker is too loud.
D. the listener cannot fuse the sound from two speakers because the lag speaker is too loud.
8. Taste stimuli fall into the qualitative categories of sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and
A. astringent.
B. floral.
C. pain.
D. umami.
9. Someone who observes green paper first under white light, then under red light will continue to see the paper as mostly green if the person has recently been exposed to red light. This is evidence that color constancy:
A. does not exist for opponent colors.
B. applies only to primary colors.
C. reveals dichromatism.
D. Is caused by chromatic adaptation.
10. Which of the following statements about the aging visual system is TRUE?
A. The size of the pupil decreases.
B. The lens becomes thicker.
C. The retina receives less light.
D. All of the above.
11. The difference in the images in the two eyes is called_________; the impression of depth that we get from this information is called_______________.
A. deletion; accretion
B. accretion; deletion
C. convergence; binocular disparity
D. binocular disparity; stereopsis
12. Which of the following statements about gate-control theory is FALSE?
A. Pain information goes from the receptors to the brain.
B. The brain has an important influence on pain perception.
C. Interneurons increase neural firing to increase pain information.
D. Beta-adrenergic fibers inhibit the pain response.
13. Two colors that are physically different but perceptually identical are:
A. complimentaries
B. dichromats
C. desaturated hues
D. metamers