Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Special effects for science fiction films create illusions of depth by quickly making the images of planets, starships, and monsters bigger or smaller. They are using the pictorial depth cue called

Although you smelled the distinct odors of a pot of cabbage cooking on the stove when you first entered the kitchen, you now no longer smell these odors after being in the kitchen for thirty minutes due to the process of sensory gating.

The part of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called the

To become a better "eyewitness" to life, you should do all of the following EXCEPT

Myopia is the condition of the eyes in which the person cannot

Which of the following is NOT a test of visual acuity?

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

Name the four basic taste sensations, describe the new fifth taste, tell how sensitive humans are to each taste and how this difference in sensitivity may have prevented poisonings, and explain why there are so many different flavors if only four (or five) tastes exist.

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

The brain separates images into "either-or" messages of red-green, blue-yellow, or black-white according to which theory of color vision?

Regarding eyewitness testimony, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Matt has been studying for several hours and begins to rub his eyes. He immediately "sees" stars, checkerboards, and flashes of color. These visual sensations caused by Matt rubbing his eyes are called

Your skin receptors detect five different sensations, which are cold, warmth, pressure, light touch, and __________.

An individual's ability to recognize people from other races improves when the individual is

Most of us tend to look at a tree and classify it into the perceptual category of "trees in general" without really appreciating the miracle standing before us. When we take the time to stop and pay attention to "this miracle" that we previously ignored, then we are exhibiting

Which of the following can be influenced by an observer's point of fixation such that at middle distances, objects closer than the point of fixation appear to move backward, while those beyond the point of fixation appear to move forward and objects at great distances, such as the sun or moon, always appearing to move forward?

According to psychologist Richard Nisbett and his colleagues, people from different cultures do perceive the world differently. Describe the different ways in which European Americans and Asians perceive the world differently and include the results of research studies conducted on this subject.

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 people in the stands form the

Identify and describe the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight, and then explain four of the six Gestalt organizing principles of perception and give examples of each.

Discuss the process of sensory analysis, and explain how it is both innate and influenced by early experiences by describing the studies conducted by Blakemore and Cooper.