Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

The center of the tongue contains no taste buds and cannot produce any taste sensation.

The gate-control theory helps to explain the perception of _______________.

In signal detection tasks, yea-sayers will have more hits than naysayers.

Kevin watches as his wife Denise walks toward the house. Even though the retinal image of Denise grows larger as Denise approaches, she does not appear to be growing larger as she moves closer and closer to Kevin. This scenario illustrates _______________.

The turning inward of the eyes, which occurs when they focus on a nearby object, is called _______________.

Sarah says that certain colors make her experience different smells. For example, she says that the color purple smells like a rose to her. Sarah is displaying the symptoms of:

Explain the concept of sensory crossover. Include a description of the rare condition called synesthesia.

Taste buds are contained in the tongue's:

Tory eats a low-salt potato chip and spits it out and says, "That's so salty!" She also cannot eat Brussels sprouts, pickles, or anything with a lot of saccharin in it because it tastes "too bitter." It is likely that Tory is a(n):

There are two levels of processing involved in color vision. The first occurs in the retina and the second in the ganglion cells and in neurons in the brain. Identify and explain the theory associated with each level.

It is most difficult for humans to localize sounds that are coming from directly in back of them or directly above their heads.

The perceived _______________ of a sound is related to the complexity of a sound wave.

The sun produces a mixture of all the visible wavelengths. Describe what happens when drops of moisture in the air act like a prism.

Much of the evidence for ESP comes from _______________.

Neural tissue lining the back of the eyeball's interior is called the _______________.

As she watches her granddaughter's dance recital, Patty perceives two separate groups of dancers. Her granddaughter's group wore bright turquoise costumes with gold accents and the other group wore bright gold costumes with turquoise accents. Patty perception is supported by the Gestalt principle of _______________.

________________ studies the relationship between physical energies and psychological experiences.

Which of the following is a true statement?

In a signal detection task, Jenny tends to be a "yea-sayer." She will have:

Timbre is what makes a note played on a flute, which produces relatively pure tones, sound different from the same note played on an oboe, which produces very complex sounds.