Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The fovea is located

Which of the following stimulates the largest sense organ you possess?

The olfactory neurons relay signals directly to the thalamus.

Which of the following theories best explains the phenomena of afterimages and the perception of the colour yellow?

What roles do the rods and cones play in vision?

Why do people with colds often find food to be more bland and tasteless?

Which theory suggests that three classes of cells respond by increasing or decreasing their rate of firing when different colours are present.

When several lights are flashed on and off in a sequence, it gives the appearance that a single light is moving, an effect called

___________ is the phenomenon in which we shift our focus from one object to another and, in the process, fail to notice changes in objects to which we are not directly paying attention.

Where the optic nerve exits the eye, there are

The ancient Chinese technique of acupuncture appears to work because it stimulates the release of endorphins.

Birds are less likely to eat brown-coloured moths sitting on the trunk of a brown tree trunk than tan-coloured moths on the same tree because of the

If your lens is bulging in the centre, you are probably looking at an object

What is the visible spectrum?

In the eye, the information contained in light makes contact with the _________ first; and with the __________ last

The tendency to perceive objects as maintaining the same ________ despite differences in distance, viewing angle, and lighting is called perceptual constancy.

Nathan knows that his foot is tapping in time to the music even though it is dark and he cannot see his own foot. This information comes from his

What is the transparent structure behind the iris that changes shape as it focuses images on the retina?

Nearsightedness (hyperopia) occurs when the lens focuses images of distant objects in front of, rather than on, the retina.

Transduction refers to