Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

You are sitting in the pit area at the Indianapolis 500. You closely watch one of the cars whiz around on the track in front of the seething mass of humanity crammed into the stands. You have organized this visual scene such that the race car is considered the

Which of the following are features found in paintings, drawings, and photographs that supply information about space, depth, and distance?

The novice chef who discovers how to tell the difference between dried basil, oregano, and tarragon is exhibiting sensory assimilation.

You are using one eye to look through a microscope. Which of the listed depth cues is available to you?

Numbering about 120 million in each eye, which receptor cells allow us to see in dim light and are responsible for our seeing black and white images?

Regarding the principles of perception, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Jared takes different routes when he travels to work or school as well as doing routines, such as brushing your teeth or combing his hair using his nonpreferred left hand. Jared is trying to increase his perceptual accuracy by

Regarding the decibel rating system for sounds, every 20 decibels has the effect of increasing the sound pressure by a factor of

When the two different images, one from each eye, are fused into one overall image, three-dimensional sight occurs, which is referred to as __________ vision.

The hair cells of the cochlea serve a function in hearing that is similar to the function of which of the following in vision?

A readiness to perceive in a particular manner, induced by strong expectations is called a(n)__________.

A readiness to perceive in a particular manner, induced by strong expectations is known as a perceptual

Perceiving that the size of an object remains the same even though the retinal image changes is called

Since many poisons disturb the vestibular system, vision, and the body and cause vomiting, we may have evolved so that we vomit when these systems are disturbed by

A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond same or different as he or she compares the intensities. The researcher is seeking the __________ threshold.

External hearing aids are of no use to an individual with

Good advice to help a person to minimize motion sickness would be to move one's head as little as possible and fixate on a distant immobile object.

While the brain automatically and continuously seeks meaningful patterns in the confusing mass of sensations, it cannot possibly "get it right" all the time, which often leads to

After a lifetime of blindness, a newly-sighted man walks toward what he thinks are toy cars next to the sidewalk. However, as he gets closer the cars seem to grow. This man lacks

The shortest wavelengths of visible light are sensed as red, while the longest wavelengths of light are sensed as purple.