Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

Interposition is one of the binocular cues to depth.

In order to infer an object's location, we estimate its distance from us through both binocular and monocular cues.

An extremely loud or sustained noise can permanently damage the _________ of the ear.

The opponent-process theory of color vision describes:

The Gestalt psychologists belonged to a movement that began in Germany and became influential in the 1920s. What does the word gestalt mean in German and why is it well-suited to this theory? How did Gestalt psychologists study the organization of the visual world? Name four Gestalt principles and give an example that illustrates each principle.

The smallest bones in the human body are found in the middle ear.

As she studies in the library, Beatrice is not aware of the pressure of her watchband on her wrist. This is likely due to:

The most common form of color blindness is:

When a person's behavior is affected by a stimulus, even when that stimulus is below the person's absolute threshold for detecting it, it is an example of _______________.

_______________ 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.

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:

Research on taste shows that:

According to opponent-process theory, the color code that is passed along to higher visual centers treats blue and yellow as antagonistic colors.

Which of the following is true about sensory deprivation?

_______________ can cause the perception of an odor that is constant and unchanging to disappear.

The motto of the Gestalt psychologists was "The whole equals the sum of its parts."

The _______________ protects the eye and bends incoming light rays toward a lens located behind it.

When she goes into her mother's kitchen, Amelia doesn't know how long she will be able to stay in the room because of the overpowering smell of onions. But when her sister comes home an hour later and complains about the smell, Amelia realizes that she no longer smells the onions at all. This is an example of:

Binocular cues help us estimate distances up to about _______________.

In Chapter 4 we learned that the peripheral nervous system contains nerve fibers (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.