Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Which of the following is the center part of the cochlea and contains the hair cells?

You are at a carnival and go into a fun house in which mirrors create distorted images of you and your friends, while flashing lights cause apparent "movements of objects" where there is no movement. These are examples of

Discuss the two main types of hearing loss, describe their causes and treatments, and explain how effective these treatments have been.

You are about to take your psychology test when in the next room a nature video is being shown to another class. You focus intensely on reading and answering the test questions. When you look up a few minutes later, you realize that the video has stopped, and you hadn't even noticed. This situation illustrates your

The basic color categories of red, orange, yellow, green, etc. refer to

A common test for color blindness or color weakness is the

You observe two cars of identical make and model. Although one roars away and its image on your retina is now smaller, you still perceive the cars as identical. This illustrates __________ constancy.

After a musical concert that you enjoyed without distraction, a companion complains that she heard little of the music due to frequent shuffling and throat-clearing in the audience. The difference in your experience and hers is related to

Messages carried from small, slow fibers tend to

In the auditory system, the first anatomical structure that is set in motion by the sound wave is

Objective scientific methods used in which field enable us to better understand the how of both sensation and perception?

If you wanted to move quickly into the dark without having to adapt, you would use what color light bulb in the room?

Which theory of olfaction states that odors are related to the shapes of chemical molecules?

Normal visual acuity is designated as __________ vision.

In judging distances within four feet of the eyes, we rely on changes in the sensations of the muscles attached to each lens, a process known as

When you thread a needle, which of the following depth cues would be most important to you?

A researcher presents a blindfolded subject with a sweet liquid and then adds a drop of sweetener to the liquid and has the subject taste it. This process continues until the subject tells the researcher that the liquid tastes "sweeter." Regarding the sense of taste, this researcher is seeking the __________ threshold.

Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow believed that some people perceive themselves and others with unusual accuracy. He characterized these people as especially alive, open, aware, and mentally healthy and found that their perceptual styles were marked by a lack of self-consciousness; freedom from selecting, criticizing, or evaluating; a general "surrender" to experience; and an immersion in the __________.

You are a juror in a robbery case. You are listening to the testimony of two eyewitnesses, one was robbed at gun-point on the street at night and one who observed the robbery from a distance. Describe eight of the 11 factors that could affect the accuracy of these eyewitness perceptions.

The cones contain a light-sensitive visual pigment called