Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

Individuals with prosopagnosia have difficulty with

A very faint light source is best detected by using ______, but we maximize our ability to see fine detail by using ______.

Ken asks his eye doctor to explain why he has blurry vision. The doctor says that Ken's eyeballs are longer than normal, causing visual images to fall too close to the lenses of his eyes. As a result, faraway objects look blurry. The doctor says the technical term for this condition is

The frequency of a sound corresponds to our perception of the loudness of the sound.

Becky's mother and father load the luggage into the car while Becky gives Grandmother a hug good-bye. As the family drives away, Becky watches Grandmother get smaller and smaller, until she seems to disappear. Becky asks her parents why Grandma always becomes the size of an ant when they leave. Her parents attempt to explain to Becky the principle of

The process in which the qualities of a sensory stimulus are converted into nerve impulses is called

Annie draws fully the tree closest to her, and the ones behind it are drawn partially hidden. Annie is using the monocular depth cue of _______________.

Frequency determines the _____________ of a sound, whereas amplitude determines the _____________ of a sound.

At a party last week, Ben played a game similar to a scavenger hunt. Each child was given a list of ten items to retrieve from the kitchen within three minutes. The twist was that the lights in the kitchen were turned off and the shades were drawn leaving the room in complete darkness. One by one, the children would emerge from the room having found only two or three of the items. Ben, who had just learned about dark adaptation in school, easily won the game by

Brady is born with cataracts. By when must this condition be corrected so that there are no serious deficiencies in Brady's visual acuity?

Ana is very excited when she meets her childhood friend after many years. Her recognition of the friend from several years ago is facilitated by information from the _______________.

Research on the impact of subliminal stimuli has shown that they have strong effects on behaviour and attitudes.

_______________ lets us know where our body segments are in relation to one another (e.g., is my elbow straight or bent?), whereas _______________ tells us how our whole body is oriented in relation to the world (e.g., which way is down or which way am I rotating?).

You walk into your apartment and immediately notice that your roommate has left dishes in the sink, but you fail to notice that she has vacuumed and dusted. Your perceptions were likely guided by a perceptual ________________ for your generally sloppy roommate.

In observing fluid travelling on the cochlea, you note that there is a wave peak close to the oval window. According to von Bekesy and place theory, this should be interpreted as

What is the technical definition of a difference threshold? How does Weber's law help us compare jnd sensitivities in the various senses?

If the Weber fraction for tonal pitch is 1/333, then to be able to judge a comparison tone as higher in pitch than one at 3330 Hz it must be at least

One study found that when presented with a picture, North American and European participants perceived an object as being a window behind a woman, while East Africans interpreted the same object as a box or basket on top of the woman's head. This study was presented as an example of

Which of the following is FALSE with respect to the Muller-Lyer illusion?

Frequency determines the pitch of a sound, while amplitude determines the _____________ of a sound.