Essentials of Psychology 6th Edition Bernstein Test Bank 1

Essentials of Psychology 6th Edition
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Definitions: Topic 4: Chemical Sense and Somatosensation

Unit 5: Sensation and Perception
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. How many basic tastes can people respond to?

a. three c. seven
b. five d. nine
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Remember
OBJ: LO9: Recognize the systems and processes involved in taste and olfaction.
TOP: Taste and Olfaction
2. Our experience of “flavor” results when we ____.

a. overcome our sense of smell
b. ignore the taste buds
c. learn the taste called “umami”
d. combine the sensations of taste and smell
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Understand
3. The receptors for taste are called ____.

a. Pacinian buds c. flavor buds
b. capsaicin buds d. taste buds
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Remember
4. Flavors are detected by ____.

a. combining our senses of taste and smell
b. mixing two or more of the same basic tastes
c. the taste buds translating the taste of the chemicals
d. an innate ability to identify tastes
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Understand
5. The receptors for smell are called ____.
a. olfactory cells c. ossicles
b. Pacinian corpuscles d. taste buds
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Remember
6. Taste and smell are classified as chemical senses because they ____.
a. respond to chemicals in the sensory neurotransmitters
b. send chemical impulses to the somatosensory cortex
c. detect chemical changes in the Pacinian corpuscle
d. react to chemical stimuli
7. Receptor cells for which sense regenerate within a week to ten days?
a. Olfaction c. Taste
b. Audition d. Touch
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Remember
8. Which sense has connections with several structures in the limbic system and is especially effective at
stimulating emotional memories?
a. Smell c. Hearing
b. Taste d. Touch
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Understand
9. Which of the following are the chemical senses?

a. Touch and smell c. Taste and smell
b. Touch and taste d. Taste, smell, and kinesthesis
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Understand
10. All of the following senses go through the thalamus on the way to the cortex EXCEPT ____.
a. touch c. hearing
b. smell d. taste
11. Various species emit chemical substances called ____ that play (an) important role(s) in ____.
a. hormones; many behaviors c. hormones; sexual attraction
b. pheromones; many behaviors d. olfactions; sexual attraction
12. All of the following are basic tastes EXCEPT ____.

a. sweet c. sour
b. salty d. savory
13. The taste receptors are called ____.

a. taste cells c. gustatory nerves
b. taste buds d. taste nodes
14. Small bumps on the tongue that contain taste buds are referred to as ____.
a. keratin protrusions c. papillae
b. corpuscles d. gustatory bulbs
15. What type of stimuli are responsible for olfaction and gustation?
a. mechanical c. electrical
b. chemical d. waveform
16. Where are hair receptors in the skin?

a. Wrapped around the cones
b. In the somatosensory cortex
c. Wrapped around Pacinian corpuscles
d. Wrapped around the base of each hair follicle
OBJ: LO10: Locate the receptors in the skin and describe their functions.
TOP: Touch
17. Which of the following allows us to respond to vibrations?

a. The free nerve endings c. The Pacinian corpuscles
b. The hair receptors d. The ossicles
TOP: Touch
18. Free nerve endings ____.

a. can transmit information about temperature and pain
b. respond when hairs on the skin are bent or pulled up
c. are the only receptors to respond to vibration
d. have a protective structure surrounding them
TOP: Touch
19. Receptors for which of the following are located deepest in the skin?
a. Hot c. Pain
b. Cold d. Pressure
TOP: Touch
20. Sensations of hotness result from the ____.

a. stimulation of hot receptors
b. stimulation of warm receptors
c. stimulation of cold receptors
d. simultaneous stimulation of warm and cold receptors
TOP: Touch
21. Pain receptors are located in all but which of the following?
a. Muscles c. Joints
b. Ligaments d. Tooth enamel
TOP: Touch
22. Information about touch travels from the skin directly to the ____.
a. medulla c. spinal cord
b. somatosensory cortex d. thalamus
TOP: Touch
23. Which sense monitors the position of your body in space and helps maintain balance?
a. Vestibular c. Proprioception
b. Kinesthesis d. Olfaction
OBJ: LO11: Explain the role of the vestibular system in the positioning and balancing of our bodies.
TOP: Vestibular System
24. The sensory receptors of your vestibular sense ____.

a. monitor the position and movement of your body in space
b. send sensory information to your brain from your joints, ligaments, tendons, skin and
muscles
c. enable you to touch your nose with your eyes closed
d. keep you informed about the movements of the parts of your body and their positions in
relation to one another
25. What structures in the inner ear help us to maintain balance?

a. tympanic membranes c. ossicles
b. semicircular canals d. Meniere’s rings
26. What is kinesthesis?

a. The sense that uses information from sensory receptors to allow you to maintain your
balance
b. The sense that uses information from sensory receptors to let you know where your body
parts are in relation to each other
c. The sense that uses information from sensory receptors to inform you about the movement
of your head in relation to the external world
d. The sense that transmits messages of pain from sensory receptors to your brain
27. Receptors for kinesthesis are located in ____.

a. the joints, ligaments, and muscles c. the inner and middle ear
b. the skin and hair d. the mouth and nose
28. The movement of hair cells in the vestibular system results in the production of signals in the auditory
nerve. Where do the axons of the auditory nerve then form connections?
a. somatosensory cortex and cerebellum c. somatosensory cortex and thalamus
b. medulla and cerebellum d. medulla and thalamus
29. Your sense of movement and position in space is determined by ____.

a. faint echoes from surrounding objects that the brain can decode
b. movement of fluid in the three semicircular canals of the vestibular system
c. the primary visual cortex and related association areas
d. the movement of fluid in the eardrum
30. Chemicals produced in the brain that have many of the same properties as morphine are called ____.
a. opsins c. endorphins
b. endocrines d. estrogens
OBJ: LO12: Investigate how pain differs from other senses, and apply knowledge of the theories and
factors associated with the perception of pain to real-life scenarios.
TOP: Pain
31. According to the gate control theory ____.

a. rubbing a painful area triggers nonpainful impulses which compete with painful impulses
b. the spinal cord allows only painful impulses to pass through and reach the brain
c. pain is reduced by distracting yourself from thinking about the pain
d. neural gates close when a person’s emotional state calms down
TOP: Pain
32. Which theory suggests that input from touch fibers competes with input from pain receptors, possibly
preventing pain messages from reaching the brain?
a. gate theory c. obstruction theory
b. auxiliary theory d. buffer theory
TOP: Pain
SHORT ANSWER
1. How do we create perceptions of flavor?
ANS:
We experience flavor when we combine the sensations of taste and smell.
PTS: 1 DIF: Understand


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Definitions: Topic 4: Chemical Sense and Somatosensation

1. How many basic tastes can people respond to?

2. Our experience of “flavor” results when we ____.

3. The receptors for taste are called ____.

4. Flavors are detected by ____.

9. Which of the following are the chemical senses?

12. All of the following are basic tastes EXCEPT ____.

13. The taste receptors are called ____.

16. Where are hair receptors in the skin?

17. Which of the following allows us to respond to vibrations?

18. Free nerve endings ____.

20. Sensations of hotness result from the ____.

24. The sensory receptors of your vestibular sense ____.

25. What structures in the inner ear help us to maintain balance?

26. What is kinesthesis?

27. Receptors for kinesthesis are located in ____.

29. Your sense of movement and position in space is determined by ____.

31. According to the gate control theory ____.

1. How do we create perceptions of flavor?

PTS: 1 DIF: Understand

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