Exam 7: Sensation and Perception Part 1

The cells in the visual cortex that respond to a line of the correct width, oriented at the correct angle, and located in the correct position in its receptive field are called

The gradual decline in sensitivity to stimuli that follows prolonged stimulation is

An animal species normally active at night (or nocturnal) would be expected to have a visual system that consists primarily of

Zachary is looking at a reversible figure, which first appears to be a vase, and then appears to be two faces. His perception of the figure keeps switching between these two interpretations. This switching perception is caused by the fact that

Carmella is at a water park. She watches several sliders ride the "Max" and decides to try it for herself. Based on the work by Proffitt and his colleagues, you might predict that when she gets to the top, Carmella will

In the signal-detection method, if a subject detects a stimulus when no stimulus is actually present, this would be a

When your psychology professor is lecturing to your class, your professor can tell which students are sitting in the first, second, third, etc., row, in part because students in the closer rows obstruct his/her view of students in more distant rows. This illustrates the depth perception cue of

Images that occupy more space on your retina are seen as nearer relative to images that occupy less space. This is a cue to depth perception known as

The process in which the lens adjusts its shape to project a clear image on the retina depending on the distance between the eye and the object being viewed is called

The Gestalt principle that BEST explains our perception of reversible figures such as the two silhouetted faces/vase figure is

Recent studies on the perception of distance have indicated that target destinations are estimated to be farther away by participants who are

Artists use ____ cues to create a perception of depth on a two-dimensional surface.

As people age, the lens of the eye loses its ability to accommodate, and it tends to remain flat instead of becoming fat and round. This suggests that as people age they will

Devin looked directly into a very bright light and damaged his retina. The ophthalmologist has told him that he has sustained massive damage to his rods, but for the most part his cones have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Devin's vision is that he will now have

If one is subjected to prolonged stimulation, eventually

If a radio play-by-play announcer describing each pitch during a baseball game fails to notice a naked fan running across the infield, the announcer would be demonstrating

While ____ are the receptor cells for color vision, ____ allow us to see in dim light.

The Featured Study on perceiving geographical slant found that when participants gave verbal estimates of the slope of hills they tended to

If a person views three lights that differ only in amplitude, the person would perceive the lights as

If you incorrectly perceive that two lines are the same length when they are not, you are experiencing a(n)