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3.Q1: When Dave's convoy was attacked in Iraq, he lost a leg. Months after he recovered from his injury, Dave continued to experience intense pain that seemed to originate in his amputated leg. Dave is experiencing:
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3.Q3:The sensation of taste results from the activation of receptor cells by what kind of stimuli?
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psyc Quiz.3
Psyc 101. Quiz 3. A/B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 3.Q1: When Dave's convoy was attacked in Iraq, he lost a leg. Months after he recovered from his injury, Dave continued to experience intense pain that seemed to originate in his amputated leg. Dave is experiencing: | pain rebound, which occurs when someone gradually stops taking strong painkillers. |
| 3.Q3:The sensation of taste results from the activation of receptor cells by what kind of stimuli? | electromagnetic energy |
| 3.Q3:Marcel has red-green color blindness. In other words, Marcel: | sees the world in shades of blue and yellow. |
| 3.Q4:The sensory receptor cells for vision are sensitive to what kind of stimulus? | airborne molecules |
| 3.Q5:The sensory receptors for vision are: | the rods and cones of the retina. |
| 3.Q6:The blind spot is caused by: | degeneration of the optic nerve. |
| 3.Q7:According to the text, which body areas are the MOST sensitive to pain? | Your ankles, your wrists, and your earlobes. |
| 3.Q8:How do glasses correct visual problems? | Looking through the corrective lenses exercises the muscles of the eye, aligning the eye structures properly. |
| 3.Q9:Our perception of sound is directly related to the physical properties of: | electromagnetic waves |
| 3.Q10:When Don took his daughter Laura to the doctor for a tetanus shot, he instructed her to look at his face and count backward from 10 as the nurse injected the needle into her arm. Which strategy of pain control was Don using with his daughter? | positive self-talk |
| 3.Q11:Rods are used for vision in _____ light, and cones are used for vision in _____ light. | retinal; fovea |
| 3.Q12:Which of the following statements are TRUE? | The skin is the largest and heaviest sense organ. |
| 3.Q13:Pheromones are: | detected only by the female members of a species. |
| 3.Q14:In contrast to sensation, the term perception is formally defined as the: | active mental process of understanding the meaning of a difficult new concept. |
| 3.Q15:Mrs. McGillicuddy is an active 80-year-old, but has trouble hearing. Her hearing improves after she is fitted with a hearing aid. Mrs. McGillicuddy is suffering from _____ deafness, which was probably caused by _____. | conduction; the hammer, anvil, and stirrup becoming brittle |
| 3.Q16:The stimuli that produce the sensation of an odor are: | light waves. |
| **3.Q17:In order to answer this test item, you must read the words on this page. Detecting the black marks on the page relies on the process of _____, and the ability to interpret these black lines and curves as letters and words | **involves the process of _____. Answer: sensory threshold; sensory receptors |
| 3.Q18:We have a blind spot in our field of vision, but we ordinarily don't notice it. What “fills in” the missing visual information? | the ganglion cells |
| 3.Q19:You are able to maintain your equilibrium and balance because of the: | olfactory sense. |
| 3.Q20:The specialized receptor cells for taste are found in the: | nasal cavity. |
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