Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Jose twists his ankle quite badly in the last ten minutes of his school's championship soccer game.He continues to play and does not notice the pain in his ankle.This is probably because of an increase in his _____ levels.

Distant objects appear less distinct than closer objects because of dust or haze in the air.This is called the _____.

Car alarms that change from a siren to a honking horn and back again are attempting to prevent _____.

Coming home at night, Edward sees a dark car parked in his neighbor's driveway and knows it is red.However, he is uncertain about the color of the dark car parked in the street.Color constancy explains the difference in Edward's perception of color based on _____.

When you hear an ambulance siren, it alternates between high and low tones, depending on the frequency of the sound waves.This is called _____.

While traveling through Kansas by train, you notice that you can see individual stalks and details of the wheat near the train tracks, but in the distance, the wheat stalks blend together into a smooth blanket of yellow.This is an example of the _____ cue for depth perception.

Habituation occurs in the _____; sensory adaptation occurs in the _____.

Gustation is _____.

Jake has just stubbed his toe.How can he apply the gate-control theory of pain to keep his toe from hurting?

Lamont is working in a photography darkroom.When he first entered this room, he experienced visual _____ adaptation.

Jake told Mary that he would call her before lunch.At 11:30 a.m.the phone rang and she responded to the male voice by saying "Hi, honey." It turned out to be her boss calling rather than her husband.Mary's error in identifying the voice illustrates the effect of _____.

Frequency theory says we hear lower-pitched sounds because _____.

This phenomenon allows Sally to recognize her mother when the light is dim, when she is far away, when she is lying down and when she is pictured in a black-and-white photo.

The three key functions of sensation are, respectively, _____.

Cone receptor cells in the retina _____.

George Stratton's experiment using special goggles that distort the world is considered a classic today because it demonstrated _____.

_______ is/are the mind's window to the outside world.

The light-sensitive inner surface of the back of the eye, which contains light receiving cells called rods and cones, is called the _____.

Posture, orientation, and body movements are part of the _____.

Experiments on subliminal perception have _____.