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What is the evidence that the effects of experience on taste begin in the prenatal environment?


A) Fetuses with higher than normal levels of sodium in their amniotic fluid preferred food with at least some salt as infants.
B) Mothers with high glucose levels during pregnancy reported having a more difficult time getting their infants to consume vegetable purees,but not fruit purees.
C) Infants whose mothers consumed carrot juice during pregnancy showed stronger preferences for carrot flavor.
D) Mothers who drank coffee during pregnancy reported that their infants were more accepting of bitter foods.

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Which feature of the eye is analogous to a hole in the center of a donut?


A) Pupil
B) Iris
C) Retina
D) Cornea

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Persis is a summer intern at a new video game software company,Generation Z Gamers.She is working on three-dimensional landscapes for a new role-playing video game Submarine Adventures.As her supervisor,what advice can you give Persis to help her create the illusion of three dimensions?


A) Reds and blues make objects appear closer than yellows and greens.
B) Use more texture on background rather than foreground objects.
C) Continuous lines should only be used for distant objects.
D) Converge parallel lines at the horizon to create a linear perspective.

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As people age,what alters their perception of color?


A) Rods begin to outnumber cones.
B) The iris loses elasticity.
C) The lens begins to turn yellow.
D) The shape of the cornea becomes distorted.

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Why are Westerners more likely than people from New Guinea or India to see the Müller-Lyer illusion?


A) Western philosophy maintains that spatial or mathematical problems have only one correct answer.
B) Westerners are more accustomed to environments that consist of right angles,rectangles,and straight lines.
C) Those of Western descent tend to have more cones than rods,decreasing their ability to see faint contrast.
D) Westerners tend to rely more on their visual senses than their auditory or olfactory senses.

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What type of sound is particularly effective for many marine mammals because it allows sound to travel for very long distances in water?


A) Ultrasound
B) Infrasound
C) Parasound
D) Durasound

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The process of transduction is analogous to ____.


A) a person using social media to communicate with friends
B) a rocket ship breaking through the Earth's atmosphere
C) a computer changing a variety of inputs into a programming language for further processing.
D) a sailboat utilizing the wind's energy to glide along the water

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Visible light is a type of ____.


A) radiation
B) molecule
C) potential energy
D) chemical

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What plays an especially significant role in the perception of music and speech?


A) Rhythm
B) Fragmentation
C) Tone
D) Grouping

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What portion of the organ of Corti transduces sound energy into neural signals?


A) Ossicles
B) Hair cells
C) Flagella
D) Microvilli

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While attempting to overcome writer's block,Devin stares at her yellow,green,and white striped journal.When she finally returns to her blank computer screen,she sees a blue,red,and black striped afterimage.Which theory best explains the afterimage that Devin sees?


A) Negative illusion theory
B) Excitation emission theory
C) Trichromatic theory
D) Opponent process theory

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Alicia climbs into the passenger side of her boyfriend Bo's car.In an attempt to impress Alicia,Bo speeds away from the curb as Alicia's head presses against the headrest.What allows Alicia to sense this linear acceleration?


A) When thrust backward,the medulla sends signals to the cortex.
B) When thrust backward,the cerebellum sends signals to the cortex.
C) Hair cells in the cochlea bend with the forward motion.
D) Hair cells in the vestibular system bend with the forward motion.

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The ________ cortex in the brain contains the primary somatosensory cortex which,among other jobs,processes one's perception of touch.


A) occipital
B) frontal
C) temporal
D) parietal

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Leo works tirelessly on a new logo for his flower shop.He decides on a simple pattern: five petal shapes (set in a circular path) and a long stem.Despite the fact that Leo does not include a center circle and his shapes are disconnected,the logo is easily recognizable as a flower with a large center disk.What Gestalt principle best explains this phenomenon?


A) The principle of aggregation
B) The principle of absoluteness
C) The principle of closure
D) The principle of familiarity

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According to Gestalt psychologists,we recognize objects in part by ____.


A) understanding the function of an object
B) integrating visual input with our other sense
C) differentiating the gratings of an object
D) dividing a scene into figure and ground

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Doug lost his left leg in an automobile accident several months ago.He tells his wife that when he was shaving his face one morning,he felt the same scraping sensation on his missing leg.What may account for Doug's phantom limb sensation?


A) Reorganization of the somatosensory cortex
B) Misappropriated top-down processing
C) Spinal cord axons attempting to reinnervate the site of the injury
D) Motor cortex redirecting its outputs

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Before entering the auditory canal,sound waves are funneled into the outer ear via the ____.


A) cochlea
B) eustachian tube
C) oval window
D) pinna

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Which structure of the eye is responsible for detecting light?


A) Pupil
B) Iris
C) Retina
D) Cornea

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Based on opponent process theory,if you stare at a red,white,and blue flag and then look at a blank sheet of paper you will see


A) the after image of a purple and white flag.
B) the after image of a faint red,white,and blue flag.
C) the after image of a black,white,and blue flag.
D) the after image of a green,black,and yellow flag.

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Seth is involved in an automobile accident and suffers damage to his parietal lobe.How may this affect his ability to process visual information?


A) He may have difficulty seeing low contrast objects.
B) He may have difficulty processing movement.
C) He may have difficulty recognizing faces.
D) He may have difficulty distinguishing colors.

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