Exam 4: Sensation and Perception.

The spread of electromagnetic energies to which the eyes respond is called the

Advertisers who want to capture the attention of consumers would be wise to use

Psychics who help police solve baffling or confusing cases often go to the scene of the crime and attempt to use their psi ability to "see" what actually happened.What psi ability are they using?

Regarding the sense of touch, which of the following statements is FALSE?

After complimenting his wife Helen on her new blue dress, Sid proceeded to put on a red tie and a green coat, thinking they were both a yellowish brown.Sid most likely has

Concerning eyewitness testimony, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Within the organ of Corti, there are "bristles" atop each hair cell that brush against the tectorial membrane and trigger nerve impulses that flow to the brain.These "bristles" are called

Matt has been studying for several hours and begins to rub his eyes.He immediately "sees" stars, checkerboards, and flashes of color.These visual sensations caused by Matt rubbing his eyes are called

The cones of the retina

Being in a heaving, pitching boat, car, or airplane can cause motion sickness because of a serious mismatch of information from which three sensory systems?

On weekends, 16-year-old Clanton likes to hunt, ride his motorcycle, and play drums in his local rock band.His doctor told him that he has damaged the hair cells in his ears.Which of the following types of hearing loss does Clanton NOT have?

If you wanted to move quickly into the dark without having to adapt, you would use what color light bulb in the room?

Ambiguous stimuli allow us to hold more than one

Your child drew a picture of his school playground on a large sheet of white paper.At the top of this page, he or she drew the school building, while the playground equipment, including seesaws and swings, were drawn toward the bottom of the picture.There is a tree near the entrance to the school.The trunk of this tree is blocking a portion of the windows by the main doorway to the school.There is a road beginning at the bottom of the page whose parallel lines grow closer together as the road passes the school.The children that your child drew near the bottom of the page appear larger than the children playing nearer the school.These "larger" children also are drawn with more detail, while the faces of the children playing closer to the school are blurry.Describe the pictorial cues that this "artist" used to achieve depth.

A statistically unusual outcome that could occur by chance, such as getting five heads in a row when flipping a coin, is referred to as

Parapsychologists believe the "decline effect" shows

Distant objects tend to look hazy, washed out in color, and lacking in detail, which illustrates

The part of the ear that acts as a funnel to concentrate sounds and guide them into the ear canal is called the

The sensory organs for balance are located in the

The faintest sound most people can hear is __________ decibels.