Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Objects that resemble one another are often perceived as a unit.This is the gestalt principle of _____.

In the visual system,stimuli in the left visual field are registered in the left half of the retina in both eyes.

The multilayered light-sensitive surface in the eye that records electromagnetic energy and converts it into neural impulses for processing in the brain is known as the _____.

Derek checks on his new car parked on the street before he goes up to his 19?? floor apartment.From his apartment,he looks down and makes sure the car is still there.Even though the image of the car on his retina is smaller from where he is looking,Derek knows that the car is still as big as it was downstairs.This scenario best illustrates the phenomenon of:

An architect is designing an apartment for his client,who wants to soundproof the interiors so that she cannot hear noises from the outside.In order for the client to be satisfied,the architect should ensure that the walls are thick enough to keep external noises out.In other words,the architect will work to increase his client's _____.

Tina was born with a hearing deficiency.When Dr.Albert studied the physiology of her auditory system,he found that Tina's eardrums were intact and were receiving auditory stimulus.However,the stimulus was not moving forward from the eardrums and was not reaching the inner ear.Which of the following conclusions is Dr.Albert most likely to have drawn from these findings?

Which of the following statements is true of the structure of the eye?

Which of the following scenarios illustrates top-down processing in sensation and perception?

In the auditory system,_____ is the perceptual interpretation of the frequency of a sound.

What is the most dangerous threat with respect to the sense of hearing?

Auditory information moves up the auditory pathway in a simpler manner than does visual information in the visual pathway.

In the context of the auditory system,place theory states that:

According to the opponent-process theory of color vision,how many types of cone receptors are there in the human eye?

In the auditory system,which of the following structures is present in the middle ear?

Each key on a touch-tone telephone makes a slightly different sound when touched.This difference is due to the pitch of sound produced by each key.The difference in pitch is determined by the _____ of the sound waves coming from each key.

In the context of the chemical senses,the _____ is the lining of the roof of the nasal cavity which contains a sheet of receptor cells for smell.

Lionel steps on a jellyfish as he walks barefoot on the beach.At the moment of contact,the physical pain he experiences most accurately exemplifies _____.

Which of the following monocular cues of depth perception accounts for why parallel lines appear to grow closer as an object recedes into the distance?

Afferent nerves bring information from the brain to the sense organs.

In the context of sensation and perception,the detection of pressure by sensory receptors is called _____.