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Question 1 1 / 1 pts Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves only top-down processing. only bottom-up processing. both top-down and bottom-up processing. only data-based processing. Question 2 1 / 1 pts The method of magnitude estimation yields a measure of what sort...

Question 1 1 / 1 pts Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves only top-down processing. only bottom-up processing. both top-down and bottom-up processing. only data-based processing. Question 2 1 / 1 pts The method of magnitude estimation yields a measure of what sort of magnitude? Objective Perceived Difference Absolute Question 3 1 / 1 pts A patient recently had a stroke that has damaged their ability to name objects. The neurologist shows the patient a pen and asks them to name what it is. This is best described as a test of recognition. magnitude. reaction time. description. Question 4 1 / 1 pts The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending and descending orders in discrete steps is called the method of limits. constant stimuli. searching. scaling. Question 5 1 / 1 pts What is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to what happens during an ATM withdrawal, when pressure from the button press becomes electrical energy and then becomes a mechanical response, resulting in the dispensing of money? Knowledge Transference Action Transduction Question 6 1 / 1 pts The game “Whack-a-Mole,” in which the player must “whack” randomly appearing moles with a hammer as quickly as possible when they peek their heads out, is best described as what type of task? Recognition Magnitude Reaction time Description Question 7 1 / 1 pts The only way to see, hear, taste, smell, and feel what you want to experience is by identifying stimulus inputs. discriminating among similar stimuli. developing necessary cognitive constructs. activating sensory receptors. Question 8 1 / 1 pts Which methods are used to measure the quantitative relationship between the stimulus and perception? Description The phenomenological methods Reflection Classical psychophysical methods Question 9 Fechner’s psychophysical methods are important from a historical perspective only. were developed in the early 1960s. showed that mental activity cannot be measured quantitatively. 1 / 1 pts are currently used to test a person’s hearing and vision. Question 10 1 / 1 pts The question “What do you see?” is asking about sensation. discrimination. recognition. perception. Question 11 1 / 1 pts Which brain structure is responsible for creating perceptions and producing other “high” level functions, such as language, memory, and thinking? Brain stem Cerebral cortex Hypothalamus Occipital lobe Question 12 “Perceiving machines” that can negotiate the environment with human-like ease were developed by computer scientists in the 1960s. were developed by computer scientists in the 1970s. were developed by computer scientists in the 1990s. 1 / 1 pts have yet to be developed. Question 13 1 / 1 pts A resident lives near the railroad tracks and often hears the loud bangs associated with cars being added to trains. When a friend visits, the friend becomes alarmed at the sounds, wondering what they are, but the resident is able to reassure their friend that it is a normal train-related sound. What skills does the resident have, at least in this situation, that are superior to their friend’s? Recognition Detection Search Adjustment Question 14 1 / 1 pts Which statement best describes the steps of the perceptual process? The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at perception. The steps are unidirectional, starting at the environmental stimulus and ending at knowledge. The steps are unidirectional, starting at transduction and ending at recognition. The sequence of steps is dynamic and constantly changing. Question 15 What type of processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors? Bottom-up Oblique 1 / 1 pts Top-down Receptor Question 16 1 / 1 pts What is it called when a participant is given a “standard stimulus” and is asked to assign a numerical value to that stimulus? Recognition Description Phenomenological method Magnitude estimation Question 17 1 / 1 pts A driver in a car notices that stationary objects closer to them move faster than stationary objects that are farther away. The driver is using what technique regarding perception of a stimulus? Detection Search Phenomenological Magnitude estimation Question 18 Visual form agnosia is a problem of what step of the perceptual process? Action Attention 1 / 1 pts Transduction Recognition Question 19 1 / 1 pts Which of the following is the first category of the stages in the perceptual process? Stimuli Neural processing Serendipity Behavioral responses Question 20 1 / 1 pts An intern works for a company that designs adapted products to help people who have trouble grasping items. Today, the intern is meeting with children who have difficulty grasping as a result of traumatic brain injury, and has provided them with a supply of crayons, which have been adapted in various ways. The intern watches as the children color with the crayons. Which question is the intern most likely asking? How quickly do the children react to the crayons? How do the children interact with the crayons? How do the children describe the crayons? Can the children identify the crayons?