Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

One difference between rods and cones is that:

The eye is frequently compared to a camera. But, in many ways, the visual system is not like a camera. Explain why.

As Shane stands between the railroad tracks, the rails appear to converge in the distance. This cue to inferring depth and distance is called _______________.

The opponent-process theory of colour vision describes:

Failure to consciously perceive something you are looking at because you are not attending to it is called:

In Chapter 4 we learned that the peripheral nervous system contains nerve fibres (bundles of axons and sometimes dendrites). Most of these nerves enter and leave the spinal cord, but the cranial nerves connect directly to the brain. Describe the role played by the cranial nerves that are involved in the senses of vision, hearing, and smell.

Which of the following physical characteristics of light is related to saturation?

A leading theory of phantom limb pain explains that the experience is due to:

Sense receptors for vision, hearing, and taste are:

The ________________ contain receptors responsible for a sense of bodily movement.

The capacity for _______________ protects us in daily life from being overwhelmed by all the sensory signals impinging on our receptors.

Perceptual research indicates that:

Ganglion cells and neurons in the _______________ respond to simple features of the environment, such as spots of light and dark.

Our sense of hearing brings us the sound of a C, an E, and a G played simultaneously on the piano, but we interpret the sound as a C-major chord due to the process of _______________.

Of the smells that humans detect:

Testing an infant's perception of depth requires ingenuity, but Gibson and Walk were able to design a procedure in order to test infants on a "visual cliff." Explain how they created a "cliff" and describe the results of their research.

Miley is thinking about buying a subliminal message CD that is supposed to make her more assertive at work. Based on the information in your textbook, what should you tell her?

As you take this test, it is unlikely that you are constantly aware that your legs are making contact with the legs of the chair. This is likely due to:

Which of the following is true regarding the Gestalt principles and hearing?

Describe loudness and explain how perceived loudness is affected by pitch.