Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

Scientists theorize that glial cells are involved in maintaining pathological pain.

Which of our senses involves not only detection of chemicals, but also tactile and temperature receptors?

What are the two varieties of deafness, and how do they differ in their physical bases and in possible treatment?

The type of hearing loss that cannot be helped by a hearing aid is

The active process of organizing a stimulus and giving it meaning is called _________.

The Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory of colour vision is LEAST able to explain which of the following human ability?

The frequency theory of pitch makes good sense, but it has a major problem. What is this problem?

Susan is participating in a signal detection study on hearing. Susan just said that she was able to hear a sound and in fact, a sound actually was presented to her. Susan's response would be an example of a

The two senses that are associated and are referred to as the "common chemical sense" are

In 1950, psychologist Harold Kelly invited a guest lecturer to his class. Half of his students were led to believe that the guest lecturer was an inviting person, while the other half were told that he was unapproachable. When rating the guest lecturer afterwards, students tended to rate him in a way that was consistent with the expectations they had been given ahead of time. This example was presented to demonstrate how _____________ can affect _______________.

The reason why individual lines of camouflaged clothing would be connected to and perceived as part of a forest background would be explained by the Gestalt law of ______________________.

Most of the visual illusions can be attributed to _________________ that ordinarily help us to perceive the world accurately.

Focusing on specific stimuli and filtering out others are complementary processes that are most central to

What two kinds of sensory capabilities are studied by psychophysics researchers?

The perceptual constancy that allows us to recognize a person from several different angles is called size constancy.

You are in an arena watching a hockey game. In the third period you ask the person sitting next to you if they know how much time is left. They laugh at you before pointing at a giant clock that had been in front of you the whole game. What can help explain the fact that you missed something that seems so obvious?

The sensitive hair cells in the ear are located in _______________

The kinesthetic sense operates based on the receptors in the _______________.

Which of the following was mentioned as an example of a situational characteristic that influences decision criterion?

Look at the following word: CAT. As you examine the middle letter, you notice that it contains two straight, almost vertical lines, angled at the top and a shorter horizontal line joining them. You conclude that this is the first letter of the alphabet "A." What perceptual process have you used to arrive at this decision?