Exam 4: C: Sensation and Perception

A researcher uses a device to press two closely-spaced pins onto various places on participants' bodies.Each time,the research asks the participant to say whether they feel two distinct points or only one.The researcher is testing the _____________ of the skin on the different body parts.

Photoreceptors are located in the

We are sensitive to _________ basic tastes.

Sun watches as his wife Tamara walks toward the house.Even though Tamara fills more and more of Sun's visual field as she approaches,she does not appear to be growing larger as she moves closer towards Sun.This illustrates

The frequency of a soundwave is perceived as the

When viewing a painting,if a bowl of apples appeared to be blocking a vase,the viewer would interpret the vase as being further away than the bowl of apples.This describes the depth cue of

When first exposed to a stimulus,our sensory receptors tend to respond strongly.However,if the stimulus remains unchanged,the activity of the receptors tends to decrease.This process is called

The sclera is the

Tory finds foods like broccoli and coffee too bitter to consume.She also does not like fatty or sweet foods.It is likely that Tory is a

Ashley stares at a green square;after 30 seconds,she looks at a white sheet of paper.What colour will Ashley perceive?

As she watches her granddaughter's dance recital,Patty perceives two separate groups of dancers.Her granddaughter's group wears bright turquoise costumes with gold accents and the other group wears bright gold costumes with turquoise accents.Patty perceives the girls as belonging to two different groups due to the Gestalt principle of

One reason sensory adaptation can be beneficial is that it allows us to

Stewart is sitting in his office,which is lit with a bluish neon light,eating a red apple.Even though the apple is bathed in bluish light,he continues to perceive it as red.This illustrates

Jan can see objects well when they are close,but they appear blurry from afar.The likely explanation for this issue is that

_________ is responsible for our perception of savoury tastes.

Ophelia often messages her friends and plans her weekend activities during her History lectures at school.Paying attention to more than one event at a time is known as __________ and has been shown to have negative effects on performance (e.g. ,on history tests).

Greg is a diagnostic cytologist (reviews cell samples from patients to detect cancer).Sometimes Greg makes a mistake and identifies a perfectly healthy sample as having signs of cancer.In signal detection theory,this type of mistake would be known as a

The part of the ear we see on the side of the head is called the

In a signal detection task,the participant says that he detects a signal when no signal is present.This is called a

Visual distance and depth cues that require the use of both eyes are called