Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The height of a sound wave represents its _______.

Figure is to ground as ________.

What are the five primary tastes?

Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called ________.

The term "just noticeable difference" is loosely synonymous with __________.

Frequency determines _______.

The range of electromagnetic wavelengths that we can see is called the:

_______ tried to analyze sensation and perception separately, and _______ insisted on a unified analysis of sensations and perceptions.

Which type of receptor cell is associated with seeing colors?

An illusion due to misleading cues in stimuli which cause us to create perceptions that are inaccurate or impossible is called a(n) _______ illusion.

Light is said to have a dual nature, meaning it can be thought of in two different ways. These two ways are _________.

A student takes a drug that distorts perception. He holds up his hand right in front of his face. Horrified, he yells, "I have a giant hand!" Most likely the drug interfered with ________.

Little Karla is with her mother at the docks waiting for her daddy to return from his naval deployment. While the boat is still a ways out, her mother says, "There is daddy's boat." Karla is confused. She cannot understand how her dad can be on a boat that is so small that she can hold up her thumb and boat disappears. It's safe to assume that Karla does not yet understand

Billy acted out in class and made poor grades. After a vision screening at the school, Billy's teacher moved him to the front of the class. Billy's academic and social behaviors improved. Billy probably has which vision problem?

Axons from ganglion cells make up the ________.

Sensation is to perception as ________ is to ________.

Which of the following is an example of a monocular cue?

The smallest amount of a particular stimulus required to produce any sensation at all in the person to whom the stimulus is presented is the ________.

Light enters the eye through the _______.

If a single line is projected onto the same parts of both retinas, the line will be seen clearly in a process called _______.