More Psych/Soc Flashcards
If a legally blind individual is unable to perceive visual contrasts and identify the edges of shapes, which structure in his or her visual pathway is most likely damaged?
A. The optic chiasm
B. The visual cortex
C. The horizontal cells
D. The optic tracts
C. The horizontal cells
_________ cells are responsible for identifying the shapes and details of stationary object
Parvocellular
___________ cells detect motion without perceiving small or fine details
Magnocellular
The ________ plays an essential role in maintaining balance and sensing linear acceleration.
vestibule
The _________ helps the ear maintain equal pressure with the environment.
Eustachian tube
Researchers building a synthetic hearing system want to create an auditory pathway as similar as possible to that of humans. The most appropriate order for this pathway would be:
A. auditory nerve → medial geniculate nucleus → superior olive → auditory cortex.
B. auditory nerve → auditory cortex → medial geniculate nucleus.
C. auditory nerve → inferior colliculus → medial geniculate nucleus → auditory cortex.
D. superior olive → auditory nerve → medial geniculate nucleus → auditory cortex.
C. auditory nerve → inferior colliculus → medial geniculate nucleus → auditory cortex.
A patient is suffering from decreased or inappropriate sensation of all sensory stimuli except for olfactory ones. How might one account for these symptoms?
A. The patient has a nerve condition, as opposed to one that affects chemoreceptors.
B. The patient has slow progressive degeneration of the thalamus.
C. The patient has a slow-growing nerve tumor in her spinal cord.
D. The patient is fabricating her symptoms as a form of Munchausen syndrome.
B. The patient has slow progressive degeneration of the thalamus.
Hypersensitivity to light touch may indicate a disorder that involves:
A. free nerve endings.
B. Merkel’s discs.
C. Meissner’s corpuscles.
D. olfactory chemoreceptors.
C. Meissner’s corpuscles.
Which of these choices matches a common diagnostic exam to the sense that it assesses?
I. Balancing on one foot with closed eyes – proprioception
II. Response to light touching of the fingers – somatosensation
III. Touching one’s nose or other body parts with closed eyes – vestibular sense
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I, II, and III
B. II only
Somatosensation is a generalized term for any sensation of touch
Balance is controlled by the vestibular system, not proprioception. Proprioception is the ability to orient ourselves and locate our own body parts in space.
III: This method would test proprioception
Retinal disparity can best be explained as:
A. the fact that distinct individuals have different eye structures and therefore perceive images very differently.
B. the idea that the retina is composed of rods and cones, each of which serve to relay different pieces of sensory information.
C. the concept that, since humans have two eyes, we perceive images from two slightly different angles; this helps us determine depth.
D. a clinical condition in which the two eyes align improperly.
C. the concept that, since humans have two eyes, we perceive images from two slightly different angles; this helps us determine depth.
Which of the following is an example of a binocular cue?
A. Convergence
B. Relative size
C. Motion parallax
D. Relative height
A. Convergence
Senator Jones belongs to the Democratic Party and attends a national rally. Because he wants to remain accepted and liked by the fellow members of his party, he takes a stronger Democratic stance on issues than he normally would. What type of influence does this demonstrate?
A.Normative influence
B.Informational influence
C.Bystander influence
D.Assimilation influence
A.Normative influence
Refers to the pull of being desired, accepted, admired, or generally liked
A salesman hopes to use impression management techniques to increase his sales of a probiotic pill. If he specifically decides to utilize altercasting, he could:
A.pretend he is similar to the potential customer in order to establish an immediate connection.
B.use a statement like “As a health-conscious person, you should be very interested in probiotics.”
C.present a sales pitch that portrays a real individual who falls within the same social circles as the potential buyer.
D.offer others a small bottle of probiotics as a way to get them interested in the product.
The altercasting technique involves projecting an identity on another individual in a way that is congruent with one’s own goals. This is a manipulative method that increases the likelihood that the listener will act to match the projected identity. Here, the salesman projects a “health-conscious” identity onto the buyer, who may or may not care about health at all.
B.use a statement like “As a health-conscious person, you should be very interested in probiotics.”
A dissociative theorist would most likely agree that:
A.social mobility leads to positive feelings as individuals become more comfortable in their new situation.
B.social mobility leads to negative feelings as individuals feel isolated in their new situation.
C.social mobility leads to positive feelings as individuals gain new insight into the world around them.
D.social mobility leads to negative feelings as individuals work to return to their prior social class.
B.social mobility leads to negative feelings as individuals feel isolated in their new situation.
