Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Dizziness, nausea, and disorientation may result if the information from the eyes conflicts a little too much with that from the vestibular organs, according to the _________ of motion sickness.

Suppose your town is located in a valley. Obviously, you'll realize that the size of your town doesn't change regardless of whether you look at it up close or from a hilltop. This is primarily due to ________.

When the eye becomes elongated, people see near objects well, but see far objects poorly. This is what is called _______.

People's tendency to perceive a thing a certain way because their previous experiences or expectations influence them is called _______________.

The change in the shape of the lens in order to focus on a visual image is known as ________.

The vestibular system monitors:

Perceptions differ from sensations in that:

The place theory of pitch suggests that pitch is determined by the ________.

The place theory and the frequency theory help to explain _______.

The principle that the just noticeable difference of any given sense is a constant fraction or proportion of the stimulus being judged is called _______.

When a person is nearsighted, this most likely means that their eye _______.

While riding on a train, David notices that the trees and telephone poles close to the tracks seem to flash by, while the buildings, trees, and mountains that are farther away seem to move by more slowly. This phenomenon is called_____________.

The wavelength of the light reaching your eyes determines in part what ________ you see.

The monocular distance cue in which objects closer than the point of visual focus seem to move in the direction opposite to the viewer's moving head, and objects beyond the viewing point move in the same direction as the viewer's head is _______.

The smallest change in stimulation that can be detected 50 percent of the time is called the __________.

The inner lining on the back of the eyeball which is sensitive to light is called the _______.

Cells that are triggered by light, vibrations, sounds, touch, or chemical substances are called ________.

Lory entered a dark movie theater from the bright sunlight. Which of the following was occurring in her retinal system?

Elements that share common features such as size, shape, or color are viewed as a set. This defines which Gestalt law of organization?

The difference threshold is the degree of change that is required in order for a person to detect a change ________ percent of the time.