Exam 4: Sensation and Perception.

You look through an old photographic slide-viewer toy, which creates the impression of seeing a three-dimensional scene by one photograph of the scene being displayed to one eye and a slightly different view of this scene being presented to the other eye.When these two images are fused into one overall image, which of the following occurs?

Regarding inattentional blindness, we are more likely not to perceive something when

Dr.Argonaut presents a blindfolded subject with a sweet liquid and then adds a drop of sweetener to the liquid and has the subject taste it.This process continues until the subject tells the researcher that the liquid tastes "sweeter." Regarding the sense of taste, Dr.Argonaut is seeking the __________ threshold.

When Fatima detects the physical energies in her environment with her eyes, ears, and other sensory organs, she is engaging in the process known as

In pain clinics, mild electric currents are applied to the skin or directly to the spinal cord.This procedure sends mild pain messages to the spinal cord and brain, which effectively close the neurological gates to reduce the patient's more agonizing pain.This technique is an application of the __________ theory.

The somesthetic sense that results from the receptors in the muscles and joints responding to movement is the __________ sense.

The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called

Armand is engaging in the process by which the brain organizes sensations into meaningful patterns.This process is known as

In order to take your psychology quiz, you must read and process the information.The initial step of your eyes detecting the black marks on the page depends on the process of

Which theory of color vision is correct?

The stimuli below are organized as three columns rather than six columns because of the organizational principle of XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX

People with a color weakness

Light sensations caused by pressure applied to the eye are referred to as __________.

In order for a frog's visual bug-detector to work, the bug must be

Regarding the upside down face illustration in the textbook, a person knows what to expect when the face is in the normal position.However, when the face is inverted, the person is forced to

Regarding aspects of pain, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A visual defect known as astigmatism is the result of

If you are exposed to the noise of a jack hammer in your work, you are particularly susceptible to which type of hearing loss?

The basic color categories of red, orange, yellow, green, etc.refer to

Changes in the brain that alter how we process sensory information so that we can focus on just one part of a group of stimuli rather than processing all of the stimuli is called __________.