Exam 4: Sensation and Perception.

If a person states that he is communicating with a person who is dead, this ability to communicate is called

If you hold your left hand a few inches in front of your nose and your right hand at arm's length.Your right hand should appear to be about half the size of your left hand.Still, you know your right hand did not suddenly shrink, because you have seen it many times at various distances.This illustrates

The illusion that railroad tracks come together in the distance involves the depth cue of

Kateria stares at an image of the U.S.flag with the stars black, the field around the stars yellow, and the stripes black and green.She then stares at a white sheet of paper.The afterimage of a red, white, and blue flag is explained by which theory of color vision?

Regarding counterirritation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A friend of yours knocks on his head with one hand while knocking on a wooden table (out of sight)with the other.The knocking sound is perfectly timed with the movements of his visible hand.This leads to the irresistible perception that his head is made of wood and illustrates the Gestalt principle of

Which of the following is a binocular cue and is based on the fact that the eyes are about 2.5 inches apart?

You decide to practice working the algebra problems that the teacher worked in class.You already know what the correct answer should be, so you work the problem with this answer in mind.This scenario illustrates

The tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color, or form is known as

Terrence was experiencing headaches when he read or used the computer because part of his vision was focused and part was fuzzy.The eye doctor told Terrence that his lens was misshapen, which caused a vision problem known as __________.

When Kierra is having a dispute with her friends or family members, she tries to take the other person's perspective and ask herself, "How does this look to her or him?" By doing this, Kierra is trying to

A readiness to perceive in a particular manner, induced by strong expectations is known as a perceptual

Since many poisons disturb the vestibular system, vision, and the body and cause vomiting, we may have evolved so that we vomit when these systems are disturbed by

Distorted perceptions of stimuli that actually exist is the definition of

Describe the four vision problems of hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia, including their causes and treatments.

Which principle of perception explains why the colored backgrounds cause us to perceive three groups of objects (four stars, two stars plus two dots, and four dots)rather than just six stars and six dots?

Within one's eye, the light-sensitive cells are located in the

As you sit reading this page, receptors for touch and pressure in the seat of your pants are sending nerve impulses to your brain.Although these sensations have been present all along, you were probably not aware of them until just now.This "seat-of-the-pants phenomenon" is an example of

As the senses process information, they divide the world into basic stimulus patterns known as

Although the senses reduce a mixture of sights, sounds, odors, tastes, and touch sensations to more manageable amounts, they are still too much for the brain to handle.That's why the brain further filters sensory information through