Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Our sense of smell is much weaker than our sense of taste.

Ashley is doing the lighting for a stage show. One scene requires yellow lighting. She has no yellow lights but decides to make a yellow lighting effect by combining a red light with a green light on the stage. This is known as ________ color mixing.

Compare and contrast sensation and perception. Also, describe the sequence of events that produces a sensation.

People can feel pain even when they have not suffered any physical harm.

Even though a motion picture actually consists of a series of still frames, we perceive it conveying continuous movement. This is an example of ________.

Clues to sound localization that require the use of one ear are called ________ clues.

The stimulation of the senses is known as sensation.

The number of cycles per second in a sound wave is known as its ________.

The idea that the eye contains three pairs of color receptors (red-green, yellow-blue, and black-white) is known as the ________ theory.

The ability of the eye to distinguish fine details is called ________.

Motivation and expectation are two types of perceptual constancy.

Physical illusions and perceptual illusions are exactly the same. They are, in essence, two names to represent the same phenomenon.

Compare and contrast flavor and taste. What role do the papillae and the taste buds play in our sense of taste? What are the four primary taste sensations? Finally, how does taste change as we grow older and why do the observed changes take place?

A young man enters a completely darkened room and lights a candle. Which of the following sequences best represents the path of the candle's light as it enters his eye?

Alice is walking home from school when she notices a change in the weather. She hears thunder in the distance, sees lightning and dark clouds approaching, feels the wet breeze of an approaching storm, and even smells the difference in the wind from the storm. Alice is able to organize all of these sensory cues into a meaningful idea due to her powers of ________.

The brain creates perceptual experiences that go beyond the raw sensations it receives.

The theory that we have three pairs of color receptors and that the members of each pair oppose each other is known as the ________ theory.

Most people can distinguish about ________ hues.

The volley principle is necessary to overcome weaknesses in place theory.

Color constancy explains why ________.