Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Rods respond only to varying degrees of light and dark, not to color.

As hearing takes place, an electrical potential is set up, sending nerve impulses to the brain. What actually causes the electrical potential to be formed?

The human ear responds to frequencies from approximately ________ Hz.

What are the vestibular and kinesthetic senses? What causes motion sickness?

Taste is the only sense that fails to exhibit adaptation.

The process of mixing various pigments together to create different reflected colors is called ________.

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision are ________.

Our tendency to see objects as relatively stable and unchanging despite changing sensory information is called perceptual ________.

Our ability to locate sounds is greater when we can use binaural cues.

Jamie walks from a bright room into a dark room. It will take about ________ minutes for her rods and cones to fully adjust to the dark.

Recent research indicates that endorphin release ________.

The phenomenon of paradoxical heat explains why ________.

The place theory and the frequency theory attempt to explain ________.

Describe the sensitivity and functioning of the skin senses. In your discussion, explain how scientists believe these senses work and explain the phenomenon of paradoxical heat.

The trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vision are not in conflict because each corresponds to ________.

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

The minimum stimulus intensity required for detection is the ________.

Light energy stimulating neurons in the retina is an example of ________.

In light adaptation, the rods and cones become more sensitive to light.

The sense of smell is sharpest ________.