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1. Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called ________.
a)   perception                                                           c)   adaptation
b)   sensation                                                             d)   habituation

2. The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as ______ colors.
a)   red                                                                       c)   green
b)   blue                                                                     d)   yellow

3. Which part of the eye is a muscle that regulates the size of the pupil?
a)   iris                                                                         c)   retina
b)   lens                                                                       d)   sclera

4. Which of the following is a characteristic of both light waves and sound waves?
a)   hue                                                                        c)   amplitude   
b)   decibels                                                                d)   wavelength

5. What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
a)   tiny bones located in the middle ear
b)   types of cones on the retina
c)   types of sound that most people can detect
d)   words often used by audiologists in testing for hearing difficulties

6. Where are the taste receptors located?
a)    on the papillae
b)   on the taste buds
c)   on the microvilli
d)   in the gustatory bulb

7. The kinesthetic senses are concerned with ______________.
a) touch, pressure, temperature, and pain
b) the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other
c) movement and body position
d) your location as compared to the position of the sun

8. Similarity is the tendency to perceive _________________.
objects, or figures, on some background
things that look similar as being part of the same group
objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern

9. An illusion ________________.
is the same thing as a vision
is due to the action of the rods versus the cones in the retina
is a perception that does not correspond to reality
corresponds directly to something that you dreamed

10. People’s tendency to perceive a thing a certain way because their previous experiences or expectations influence them is called _______________.
        a)   top-down processing                                         c)   bottom-up processing
        b)   telepathy                                                           d)   perceptual expectancy

Here's what I got...

1.      b      

2.      b      

3.      a      

4.      d      

5.      a      

6.      b      

7.      b      

8.      b      
9.      c      

10.     d.