Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Over time, as sensory receptors grow accustomed to constant, unchanging levels of stimuli - sights, sounds, smells - we notice them less and less. This is called __________

Norbert is looking at his finger tip as it approaches and eventually touches his nose. What Norbert is doing is a demonstration of __________

Which of the following is NOT one of three dimensions identified by researchers as providing the world of color we experience?

Mrs. Scarpaci is complaining that the street noise is louder in her apartment than in her upstairs neighbor's. To test her claim, you check the noise in each apartment with a sound meter. The meter registers 50 db in Mrs. Scarpaci's apartment and 30 db in her neighbor's. How much louder is the street noise in Mrs. Scarpaci's apartment?

The tendency to perceive a door as a rectangular structure regardless of the angle you view it from is called __________

Olfactory receptor cells are located in the back of the throat.

Most people who are color-blind see no color, only black, white and shades of gray.

Relative size is one of the monocular cues used to perceive depth.

The illusion based on the concept that most people live in a world with lots of buildings and corners is the __________

Explain what ESP is, identifying at least two different types of ESP, and summarize research findings on ES

The opponent-process theory of color vision was first proposed by Thomas Young in 1802.

Where are the taste receptors located?

The principle of __________ explains why, when we view objects from a distance, we do not interpret them as being smaller than they are.

The tendency to complete figures that are incomplete is known as __________

Ambiguous figures frequently produce perceptual uncertainty in the first-time viewer because of the viewer's lack of experience with the stimulus.

In the process known as__________, sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus.

This word roughly refers to the whole form.

Socioneural hearing impairment due to problems in the auditory cortex of the brain has been easily corrected with hearing aids.

Which of the following properties of sound is the most similar to the brightness of light?

Explain which theory of color vision is correct?