Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Hertz is a unit of measurement of __________.

______________ refers to the perceptual rule that lines and other objects tend to be continuous, rather than abruptly changing direction.

When you look out the window of a car that is traveling 60 mph, objects at different locations appear to move in different directions and different speeds. This apparent motion is known as:

The ______ in the thalamus is where the optic nerves from the left and right eyes converge.

The amplitude of a sound wave determines its loudness; _____ -amplitude sound waves are louder than _____ -amplitude waves.

Signal detection theory improves on simple thresholds by including the influence of:

Which of the following requires the greatest amount of cognitive processing?

When Keith had to give a presentation to the entire class, his classmate Daniel decided to wear a large fake mustache to make Keith laugh. To Daniel's disappointment, when Keith gave his presentation, he seemed completely unaffected, despite looking at Daniel several times. Afterward, Keith said that he was so focused on the presentation that he didn't even notice the mustache! This scenario is an example of

Flavor is:

Research indicates that people who like to multitask:

Tory eats a piece of broccoli and spits it out and says, "That's so bitter!" She also does not like fatty or sweet foods. It is likely that Tory is:

Stewart is sitting in his office, which is lighted with a bluish neon light, eating a red apple. Even though the apple is bathed in bluish light, he continues to perceive it as red. This illustrates:

Visual distance and depth cues that require the use of both eyes are called _______________.

"Single-eye vision is to _______ as double-eye vision is to _______."

According to your textbook, which of the following is true regarding cochlear implants?

The process of selecting one stimulus or task to focus on and ignoring or minimizing others is called ____________.

Texture gradient refers to the fact that texture appears to become _______.

A spook house in a local carnival offered its potential patrons free admission if they would allow themselves to be blindfolded and then to eat raw worms. Although they were actually fed cold spaghetti, most of the customers believed they were swallowing real worms. What is the MOST plausible explanation for this finding?

When scuba divers take red objects underwater, they appear to lose their color, but this does not happen to bluish objects. This demonstrates that water filters out light waves that have

The distance cue in which objects at greater distances appear to be smoother is __________.