Quiz 4

Question 1

the cells that transduce sound into neural signal use which mechanism(s)?

a. mechanical
b. electrical
c. chemical
d. all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

which of the following is an experimental procedure in which stimuli appear in a stream in one location at a quick rate?

a. divided attention task
b. rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP)
c. newsome and pare paradigm
d. posner cuing paradigm

Answer 2

b. RSVP

Question 3

if a patient with right parietal lobe damage were to shave their face, what might happen?

a. they might shave the top half of their face but not the bottom
b. they might shave the left side of their face but not their right
c. they might shave the right side of their face but not their left
td. they might shave the bottom half of their face but not the top

Answer 3

c. they might shave the right side of their face but not their left

Question 4

a _______ eye movement rapidly changes fixation from one object or location to another.

a. saccade
b. vergence
c. microsaccade
d. smooth pursuit

Answer 4

a. saccade

Question 5

______ refers to the failure to notice – or at least report – a stimulus that would be easily reportable if it were attended in even healthy adults.

a. refractory period
b. hemifield neglect
c. inattentional blindess
d. simultagnosia

Answer 5

c. inattentional blindness

Question 6

which comes first, the delay cell or the multiplication?

Answer 6

delay cell then multiplication

Question 7

This bone in the inner ear receives the vibrations from the tympanic membrane.

a. oval
b. incus
c. stapes
d. malleus

Answer 7

d. malleus

Question 8

Danbie is listening to a sound. she notices a change in its pitch. what has changed in the sound’s waveform?

a. amplitude
b. timbre
c. frequency
d. decibels

Answer 8

c. frequency

Question 9

Imagine that you are at Niagra Falls staring at the falling water for a few minutes. When you look away from the water at the crowd of people, the seem to be floating upward. What phenomenon have you just experienced?

a. an efference signal
b. saccadic suppression
c. motion aftereffect
d. akinetopsia

Answer 9

c. motion aftereffect

Question 10

at what point of the ear/inner ear is sound transduced into neural signal?

a. tympanic membrane
b. oval window
c. ossicles
d. cochlear hair cells

Answer 10

d. cochlear hair cells