Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

In the context of sensory receptors,chemoreception occurs when:

In the context of the skin senses,when warm and cold receptors that are close to each other in the skin are stimulated simultaneously,a person experiences the sensation of _____.

The _____,located in the occipital lobe at the back of the brain,is the part of the cerebral cortex involved in sight.

Which of the following statements is true of the cones of the eye's retina?

The _____ theory of color vision states that color perception is produced by three types of cone receptors in the retina that are particularly sensitive to different,but overlapping,ranges of wavelengths.

Describe the difference between bottom-up processing and top-down processing.Provide an example for each type of processing.

The ability to perceive objects three-dimensionally is called:

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the trichromatic theory of color vision?

Gary is watching a movie.He can hear the dialogue at all times except when the actors are whispering in a scene.This is because the actors' whispers are too soft for Gary to hear.In other words,the whispers are most likely below the level of Gary's _____.

In the visual system,_____ are the receptors in the retina of the eye that are sensitive to light but are not very useful for color vision.

In a music concert,the pitch of the music is the perception of its frequency,and the loudness of the music is the perception of its amplitude.

When the energy of a stimulus falls below the absolute threshold,its presence cannot be detected.

Fred always comments that his mother's and sister's voices sound alike on the telephone.Both voices are equally high-pitched and loud.Yet,he is able to tell the voices apart by a subtle difference in their voice quality.This difference is most likely due to the feature of sound known as _____.

The opponent-process theory of color vision overcomes the limitation of the trichromatic theory of color vision by explaining color afterimages.

_____ is a very subjective interpretation of information received from the sense organs.

Why is the sound reaching one ear more intense than that reaching the other ear? What is this phenomenon known as?

Which of the following examples best illustrates extrasensory perception (ESP)?

When Taylor sees a German shepherd standing thirty feet from him,he still recognizes its height even though the image of the dog on his retina is much smaller than the dog's physical height.This scenario best illustrates the phenomenon of:

A teacher uses pictures of animals to help her students identify those animals.The children look at each picture and then say the name of the animal in the picture out loud.This method of learning is most reflective of _____ processing.

Mrs.Robinson shows her students different fruits every day.At the end of the month,she tests the children by showing them pictures of the same fruits to see if the children are able to recognize them.The children are able to accurately recall the names of all the fruits.Which of the following processes is specifically involved in the children's successful recall?