Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

Cells in the occipital lobe that fire selectively in response to specific visual characteristics are called

Which of the following is true about the blind spot, it is?

Sensory adaptation is the _______________.

The motion pictures and illusory movement of lights around a theatre marquee are best considered examples of

The two senses that are so associated with one another that they have sometimes been referred to as the "common chemical sense" are _______________.

The theory that emphasizes the role of ganglion cells in afterimages and explains certain types of colour blindness is a modified version of the _______________ theory.

The initial stage of dark adaptation curve (e.g., the first 5 minutes) is controlled by the _____________, whereas the second or later part of the darkness adaptation curve (e.g., after 5 minutes) is determined specifically by the functioning of the _____________.

Occasionally, people who have been blind since birth will have their vision restored. Afterwards, they are able to notice light and various colours but they often have continual difficulty making sense of this new sensory information. Examples like these best demonstrate the difference between

According to the opponent-process theory of colour, if you stare steadily at a green stimulus, and then you close your eyes, the afterimage will be _______________.

Which of the following is most accurate regarding research on the effectiveness that subliminal stimuli on attitudes and behaviour?

Define the four Gestalt principles of perceptual organization. Explain how they are an example of top-down processing.

What four tactile sensations are humans sensitive to? How are these sensations localized and how are phantom limb sensations produced?

A person with a deficiency in only one of the colour systems, such as red-green, would be considered a dichromat, while someone who is colour-blind in two colour systems is labelled __________.

In order for perceptual abilities to develop, specific ______________ during critical periods.

Research on the impact of subliminal stimuli has shown that they have a stronger effect on behaviour than they do on attitudes.

Sensory adaptation to a stimulus is said to occur when

A new robot has been designed that uses the cue of convergence to see in depth. What do we know about the robot's visual system?

Tim placed his hand inside a cooler to grab a bottle of soda. He immediately felt that the bottle of soda was quite cold. Which type of sensory receptor provided this information?

In the fovea, there are significantly more rods than cones.

The lowest intensity at which a stimulus can be detected 50 percent of the time is the