Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

According to Maslow, people who perceive their world more accurately than others tend to be characterized by immersion in the present and a lack of self-consciousness.

Regarding difference thresholds, which of the following statements is TRUE?

When our attention is narrowly focused, we may experience inattentional blindness.

Caucasian males are more likely to be red-green color-blind than Asian, African, or Native American males.

Because pigeonholing people, objects, or events can distort one's perceptions, it is important that a person is wary of labels and stereotypes and tries to see people as individuals and events as unique, one-time occurrences. In this way, one's perceptions will not be distorted by

The pain carried by small nerve fibers are slower, nagging, aching, widespread, and extremely unpleasant. This is the body's __________system.

Implied shapes that are not actually bounded by an edge or an outline reveal our tendency to form shapes constructed with minimal cues and are referred to as __________ figures.

The gathering of more information to check one's perceptions and improve one's objectivity is called

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.

Changes in the brain that alter how we process sensory information so that we can focus on just one part of a group of stimuli rather than processing all of the stimuli is called __________.

Hearing aids that make sounds louder and clearer can help overcome the type of hearing loss known as a(n) __________ hearing loss.

Research has shown that depth perception begins to develop as early as two weeks of age but is not complete until about six months.

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

Apparent motion can be influenced by an observer's point of fixation so that at middle distances, objects closer than the point of fixation appear to

If you are riding in a car and are running low on gas, your attention will shift to gas stations. This is an example of the influence of

You enter a class and sit by a student, who tells you that Dr. Martin is hard and boring and does not care whether the students learn or not. At the end of the lecture, a friend asks you about Dr. Martin's class, and you tell her that a student you met before class was "certainly right" about Dr. Martin. His lecture was boring, and he does not care about his students. Your friend replies that he was the "best professor" she ever had, that he graded fairly, told interesting stories, and was always willing to help the students after class. Your original view of the teacher was due to

The visible spectrum is made up of a narrow range of wavelengths of

The theory that explains motion sickness as a mismatch in information received by the eyes and the body is called the __________ theory.

Assume that a scientist is working on a device to route sounds directly to the brain to provide a type of hearing for people who are completely deaf. Which principle of sensory functioning would be most useful to the scientist in achieving her goal?

The process of detecting physical energies with the sensory organs is called