Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Since our eyes are a few inches apart, we get a slightly different view from each eye. This is known as __________.

The problem with the trichromatic theory of color vision is that it did not adequately explain color blindness and why staring at the reversed American flag produced an afterimage of a flag with the correct colors.

When Jamaal looks at his lamp alternately with his left eye and his right eye, the image seems to jump from one position to another. This phenomenon illustrates __________.

Little Karla is with her mother at the docks waiting for her daddy to return from his naval deployment. While the boat is still a way out, her mother says, "There is daddy's boat." Karla is confused. She cannot understand how her dad can be on a boat that is so small that she can hold up her thumb and cover the entire boat. It's safe to assume that Karla does not yet understand __________ constancy.

__________ are the raw data of experience, based on the activation of certain receptors located in the various sensory organs.

The __________ are the auditory receptors where sound waves finally become neural impulses.

The place theory of pitch suggests that pitch is determined by the __________.

When we look at objects fairly close to us, our eyes tend to turn slightly inward toward each other. This process is called __________.

An increase in the frequency of sound waves will correspond most directly to an increase in __________.

Put the bones of the middle ear in the correct order from the eardrum to the oval window.

People's tendency to perceive a thing a certain way because their previous experiences or expectations influence them is called __________.

When you look out the window of a car that is traveling 60 mph, objects at different locations appear to move at different speeds. This apparent motion is known as __________.

The depth cue in which faraway objects appear to be hazy and have a blurred outline is called __________.

Which part of the eye is a muscle that regulates the size of the pupil?

If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and then look at a blank sheet of white paper, you will see a greenish image of the object. This phenomenon BEST supports __________ theory of color vision.

When an ophthalmologist surgically corrects a patient's vision through LASIK or PRK, the doctor is making adjustments to the patient's __________.

The saying "Birds of a feather flock together" is most closely aligned with the __________ principle of perceptual organization.

Texture gradient refers to the fact that texture appears to become __________.

Ernst Weber provided a formulation that is used to determine the __________.

The eyes detect different colors by using the __________.