Just-noticeable Difference and Sound Wave
Study Questions:
1. The physical properties of a stimulus are translated into neural impulses in a process called
A. Sensory coding
B. Transduction
C. Sensation
D. Coarse coding
2. Jason is doing a psychology experiment in which he is seated in an absolutely dark room. An initially undetected point of light in front of him is gradually made more intense. With each increase, he is asked if he can see the light. In this experiment, Jason’s ___________ is being measured.
A. Difference threshold
B. Absolute threshold
C. Just noticeable difference
D. Psychophysical limit
3. Which of the following characteristics is not a basic quality of taste?
A. Sweet
B. Umami
C. Salty
D. Sharp
4. Regarding smell, which of the following statements is probably most accurate?
A. People are better at discriminating among odors than they are at identifying them; men generally out perform women
B. People are better at discriminating among odors than they are at identifying them; women generally outperform men
C. People are better at identifying odors than at discriminating among them; men usually outperform women
D. People are better at identifying odors than at discriminating among them; women usually outperform men
5. The process by which a sound is transformed into a neural sign involves which of the following sequences of transformations?
A. Sound wave : eardrum vibration: pressure wave in fluid
B. Eardrum vibration: pressure wave in fluid: sound wave
C. Sound wave: pressure wave in fluid: ear drum vibration
D. Eardrum vibration: sound wave: pressure wave in fluid
6. Melody is looking up a phone number in a phone book with tiny print. She will most likely be able to read the number if she looks at the phone book with her_______ because it has the largest number of ______.
A. Fovea; rods
B. Periphery; rods
C. Fovea; cones
D. Periphery; cones
7. A gray square is placed first on a white sheet of paper and then on a black sheet of paper. The squares
1. The physical properties of a stimulus are translated into neural impulses in a process called
A. Sensory coding
B. Transduction
C. Sensation
D. Coarse coding
2. Jason is doing a psychology experiment in which he is seated in an absolutely dark room. An initially undetected point of light in front of him is gradually made more intense. With each increase, he is asked if he can see the light. In this experiment, Jason’s ___________ is being measured.
A. Difference threshold
B. Absolute threshold
C. Just noticeable difference
D. Psychophysical limit
3. Which of the following characteristics is not a basic quality of taste?
A. Sweet
B. Umami
C. Salty
D. Sharp
4. Regarding smell, which of the following statements is probably most accurate?
A. People are better at discriminating among odors than they are at identifying them; men generally out perform women
B. People are better at discriminating among odors than they are at identifying them; women generally outperform men
C. People are better at identifying odors than at discriminating among them; men usually outperform women
D. People are better at identifying odors than at discriminating among them; women usually outperform men
5. The process by which a sound is transformed into a neural sign involves which of the following sequences of transformations?
A. Sound wave : eardrum vibration: pressure wave in fluid
B. Eardrum vibration: pressure wave in fluid: sound wave
C. Sound wave: pressure wave in fluid: ear drum vibration
D. Eardrum vibration: sound wave: pressure wave in fluid
6. Melody is looking up a phone number in a phone book with tiny print. She will most likely be able to read the number if she looks at the phone book with her_______ because it has the largest number of ______.
A. Fovea; rods
B. Periphery; rods
C. Fovea; cones
D. Periphery; cones
7. A gray square is placed first on a white sheet of paper and then on a black sheet of paper. The squares