Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The components in the sense organs that respond to one type of energy are ________.

The sense of smell is sharpest ________.

When Bill looks at his lamp alternately with his left and right eye, the image seems to jump from one position to another. With both eyes he perceives only one image. This illustrates ________.

Axons from the nerve cells in the nose receive messages that are eventually routed to the __________ in the brain.

Motivation and expectation are two types of perceptual constancy.

Taste is the only sense that fails to exhibit adaptation.

Which of the following is true of rods?

Exactly how we smell is still an open question.

People can be influenced by information of which they are not consciously aware.

The vestibular senses govern our awareness of ________.

If you stare long enough at a green object, look to a neutrally colored wall, and see a negative afterimage, what color will you be seeing?

Papillae are contained inside the taste buds.

Light first enters the eye through the ________.

What structure in the retina is primarily responsible for night vision as opposed to day vision?

The physical displacement of an object from one position to another is called ________.

Color constancy explains why ________.

The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the ________.

Sound is a physical event caused by vibration.

The rods and cones in the retina are ________.

The conversion of sensory information into coded neural signals is called ________.