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 jostledb. / 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 diseaseb. / Meniere’s disease
c. / motion sickness
d. / conduction deafness
3. How many basic tastes can people respond to?
a. / threeb. / five
c. / seven
d. / nine
4. Humans have an innate preference for ____ taste and avoidance of ____ taste.
a. / sweet and umami; saltyb. / floral and salty; bitter
c. / floral; umami
d. / sweet and salty; bitter
5. Flavors are detected by:
a. / combining our senses of taste and smellb. / 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 stimulusb. / 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 conesb. / 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 painb. / 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. / vibrationb. / pain
c. / color vision
d. / pressure