Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

In vision, wavelength determines _____.

Most information related to smell is processed in the _____.

_____ is your ability to judge distance and perceive three-dimensional space.

Which of the following is (are) true regarding the skin senses?

Overload of the vestibular sense can result in _____.

Sensory reduction refers to the process of _____.

Tina has a ringing in her ear that will not go away. Tina is most likely experiencing:

Which of the following is a criticism of research on extrasensory perception?

Kinesthetic receptors are found _____.

Draw a picture that contains the monocular cues for depth perception (except motion parallax and accommodation). Below the picture, provide a numbered list of each cue, along with a definition or description of each one. Place the number of each cue next to its representation in the picture. You may use stick figures or geometric shapes. (Note: Artistic ability will not be graded)

Your visual receptors have begun to detect, convert, and transmit the contours of the letters on this exam to your brain. You are therefore engaged in the process of _____.

George is looking out his airplane window as he flies over Raleigh, and notices that the cars down below are getting larger by the second. This information tells him the plane is about to land, and is based on the _____ cue for depth perception.

Farsightedness occurs when the cornea and lens _____.

In a(n) _____, the discrepancy between figure and ground is too vague and you may have difficulty perceiving which is figure and which is ground.

The sense of smell is called _____.

Most of our taste receptors are found on the _____.

The smallest magnitude of a particular stimulus energy that can be detected is called its _____ threshold.

While traveling through Kansas by train, you notice that you can see individual stalks and details of the wheat near the train tracks, but in the distance, the wheat stalks blend together into a smooth blanket of yellow. This is an example of the _____ cue for depth perception.

Which theory of audition proposes that the basilar membrane hairs bend and fire neural messages at the same rate as the sound characteristic?

When you hear an ambulance siren, it alternates between high and low tones, depending on the frequency of the sound waves. This is called _____.