Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

When we vigorously rub a banged elbow, we are applying the principle of _______________.

In a signal detection task, the participant doesn't detect a signal but a signal was present. This is called a _______________.

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

Bud has smoked two packs of cigarettes a day since he started smoking in 2004. If he quits smoking in 2014, in which year can he expect his sense of smell to return to normal?

Although many species of animals are totally color blind, this condition is extremely rare in humans.

The sensory nerves all use exactly the same form of communication: hormones that travel from the sense receptors to the brain.

Ordinarily we need to know not only what something is, but also where it is. Because vision doesn't give us this information directly, we must infer it. Explain how we perform this feat, giving examples of two visual cues that require the use of both eyes. The textbook notes that there are many visual cues that do not depend on having two eyes. Choose and describe five of the seven cues that depend upon one eye.

White noise contains only the lowest frequencies of the audible sound spectrum.

During a break from his job as a waiter, Bernardo begins to read Hamlet, and is so engrossed in the play that he fails to notice the clattering of dishes all around him. This is an example of _______________.

Total color blindness usually occurs when an embryo has been exposed to the rubella virus (German measles).

Hold one hand about 12 inches from your face and the other one about 6 inches away. a. Which hand will cast the smaller retinal image? b. Why don't you perceive that hand as smaller?

In dark adaptation, rods adapt slowly, taking 20 minutes or longer.

When Casey sees eight candies on the table that are placed like those below, she asks which two children get the candies. How would a Gestalt psychologist explain Casey's tendency to view the candy in two groups rather than as eight separate candies?

The trichromatic theory states that:

It is extremely rare to find a species of animals that is totally color blind.

Describe in detail four psychological factors that can influence what we perceive and how we perceive it.

The human tongue is divided into four sections and each section detects either salty, sour, bitter, or sweet.

Shorter light waves tend to be seen as violet and blue.

The intensity of light is related to our perception of _______________.

The trichromatic theory applies to the level of processing that occurs in the: