Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Which of the following is a characteristic of both light waves and sound waves?

The idea that large fibers in the sensory nerves can prevent impulses from reaching the brain and thus prevent the sensation of pain is part of the __________ theory of pain.

When light waves enter the eye, they first pass through the ________.

Which component of the eye contains the visual receptors?

Whether you are standing right next to it or a mile away from it, you know a tree is the same size because of _______.

_______ studies the relationship between physical energies and psychological experiences.

According to the opponent-process theory of color vision, the correct pairings of opposite colors are ________.

In the process known as_____________, sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus.

Maricella always uses less seasoning on her food than do the other members of her family. Her sister has just taken an introductory psychology course and says to Maricella:

When Ann went to her doctor, he gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor struck several tuning forks, each of which vibrated at a distinct pitch, and asked her to choose two tones that sounded almost the same in pitch. The doctor was testing Ann's __________.

The process whereby we receive information from the environment through our receptors is _______.

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the __________.

The eyes convert light energy into neural responses that we experience as sight. The conversion of light energy into sight is done by receptor cells in the _______.

Which of the following statements is true?

Kip enjoys playing with sparklers on the 4^th of July. He always loves watching a friend run with a sparkler and the momentary trail of light that seems to be left behind. Which aspect of our visual system best explains this trail of light?

If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and then look at a blank sheet of white paper, you will see a greenish image of the object. This phenomenon best supports the:

Approximately how many taste receptors are located on each taste bud?

The colored part of the eye which contains muscles to contract or expand the pupil is the __________.

When we look at a white house, we can recognize it as a white house by day or night and from any angle. This is due to perceptual _______.