AP Psychology Name:

5 Minute Quiz: Module 5 – Vestibular system and chemical senses Date:

1.  Motion sickness may result from:

a. / the brain’s inability to function properly when jostled
b. / visual confusion caused by distant objects appearing blurry
c. / contradictory information from the vestibular and visual systems
d. / the continuous movement of the olfactory cells

2.  Rachel suffers from attacks of dizziness. Her doctor says that she has a viral infection of the inner ear. Rachel most likely has:

a. / Parkinson’s disease
b. / Meniere’s disease
c. / motion sickness
d. / conduction deafness

3.  How many basic tastes can people respond to?

a. / three
b. / five
c. / seven
d. / nine

4.  Humans have an innate preference for ____ taste and avoidance of ____ taste.

a. / sweet and umami; salty
b. / floral and salty; bitter
c. / floral; umami
d. / sweet and salty; bitter

5.  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

6.  Whenever you smell a particular perfume, you think of your grandmother Grace. You know that it involves memory, but how?

a. / Smell triggers memories.
b. / Smell is connected to the thalamus where memories are stored.
c. / Smell is connected to the limbic system where emotions and memories are processed.
d. / Smell is connected to the corpus callosum where memories are stored.

7.  Olfactory cells are stimulated by:

a. / the taste buds’ response to a chemical stimulus
b. / molecules dissolving in the mucus covering the cells
c. / the sniffing action of the outer nasal passages
d. / the primary olfactory cortex

8.  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

9.  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

10.  Which sense can be suppressed by psychological factors?

a. / vibration
b. / pain
c. / color vision
d. / pressure