Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The tendency to complete figures that are incomplete is known as __________.

Which of the following is a procedure that removes small portions of a person's cornea in order to help change the cornea's curvature and reestablish clearer vision?

Nerve hearing impairment can BEST be treated with __________.

The Müller-Lyer illusion exists in cultures in which there are __________.

Which type of hearing problem can be reduced with ordinary hearing aids?

Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called __________.

The Müller-Lyer illusion exists in cultures in which there are __________.

The reason that there are three semicircular canals is so that we __________.

The average threshold for human hearing is the tick of a watch from __________ feet away under very quiet conditions.

Light has two natures and can be thought of as both a wave and a particle.

The part of the ear that can be seen is also called the __________.

Single-eye vision is to __________ as double-eye vision is to __________.

Many so-called UFOs may actually be caused by __________.

Yasmine always uses less seasoning on her food than do the other members of her family. Her sister has just taken an introductory psychology course and says to Yasmine, "I know what you are-you are a __________."

A sound mixer, impressed by the new equipment that was just installed in his recording studio, says that now he will be able to help singers and musicians produce better music because he can eliminate unneeded and undesired wavelengths. What term describes the characteristic of sound waves that the sound mixer is now able to alter?

Which neural structures show color opponent processing?

The distance cue in which two parallel lines extend into the distance and seem to come together at one point is called __________.

The boundary between the middle and inner ear is the __________.

When going from a brightly lit room to a darkened room, the rods play a role in the process of __________, or our ability to adjust to seeing in low levels of light.

Our sense of taste works when food molecules are __________.