Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Rods and cones are both types of _________

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the __________.

When Ann went to her doctor, he gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones. The tones varied only along the loud-soft dimensions (from very loud to very soft). The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she heard a sound. The doctor was testing Ann's _______.

There are three basic types of cones in the retina, each of which responds maximally to a different wavelength.

When we look at a white house, we can recognize it as a white house by day or night and from any angle. This is due to perceptual _____________.

In __________ processing, we construct a whole stimulus from its parts.

According to the ________________ theory, the perception of pitch is related to the frequency at which the basilar membrane vibrates.

Sensation is _______.

The items on this test illustrate which method of testing memory?

The sense of taste, which relies on the gustatory system, is critical to ensuring that people _____.

According to the opponent process theory of color vision, the correct pairings of opposite colors are:

Karen has suffered from phantom limb pain for several years. She visits a neurologist who proposes trying a therapeutic treatment that has been proven to be effective. Karen is surprised that this simple treatment uses:

Glenda looks at the textbooks on her shelf. Because her history book is covering part of her psychology book's cover, her brain can use the concept of ______________ to know that the history book is closer to her.

At which structure does the transduction of light into a neural signal occur in the visual system?

Which is the correct order of structures as visual information travels from the eye to the visual cortex?

People with tactile agnosia have difficulty identifying objects by touching them.

Loudness is associated with a sound wave's ___________.

Humans can hear sounds ranging from about:

Which part of the eye regulates the amount of light allowed into the eye?

The minimum stimulation required to detect a stimulus is a(n) _____, whereas the minimum required to detect the difference between two stimuli is a(n) _____.