Exam 4: Sensation and Perception.

The chief cues for depth perception utilized by producers of 3-D movies are those that involve the moviegoers being presented with two slightly differing views of the scenes, which simulates

The "brothy" taste associated with certain amino acids in chicken soup, tuna, cheese, and soybeans is called __________.

Dr.Azure measures sound waves and electromagnetic radiation and relates them to the sensations people experience as loudness and brightness, respectively.Dr.Azure is conducting research in the area of

You have gone with your friend to a "psychic," who begins the "reading" for your friend by making general statements about her.You then notice that the psychic was playing "hot and cold" by attending to your friend's facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice.When the psychic was "hot" (on the right track), she continued to make similar statements about your friend.When your friend's reactions signaled that the psychic was "cold," the psychic drops that topic or line of thought and tries another.When it is your turn, you decline and leave with your friend.You then explain to your friend the technique you observed the psychic using, which is called

The famous illusion in which a horizontal line with arrowheads appears shorter than the line with V's (although the lines are actually identical in length)is known as the __________ illusion.

Kinesthetic sensation results from

Marty has fuzzy vision because his eyeball is too short.Marty has the condition called

Taste buds are mainly located

The lock-and-key match between intricately-shaped molecules and taste receptors explains which two tastes?

How many minutes of complete darkness does it take to reach maximum visual sensitivity?

Which of the following is important in identifying olfactory stimuli?

Like high-resolution digital sensors that are made of many small pixels, the tightly packed cones in which part of the eye produce the sharpest images?

Which of the following can be caused by a blow to the head that tears the olfactory nerve?

The purported ability to perceive events or gain information in ways that appear unaffected by distance or normal physical barriers is called

Miss Cleo and her "psychic hot line" operators provided information to the people who called regarding questions about their future by using a set of techniques known as

Some of Rhine's most dramatic early experiments used badly printed Zener cards that allowed the symbols to show faintly on the back.

You are low on gas and you see a sign saying "FUEL AHEAD." However, as you draw closer to the sign, you realize it actually says "FOOD AHEAD." This is an example of a

Regarding stage performers and "psychic hot lines," which of the following statements is FALSE?

Marian has been diagnosed with a sensorineural hearing loss, which was most likely caused by

In one study, participants said that a $90 wine tasted better than a $10 wine, although the participants had really tasted the same wine.Interestingly, the participants' functional MRI images showed that the pleasure areas of their brains were more active when they were told they were drinking the "$90 wine." The results of this experiment illustrate that