Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

Dr. Shiguli wants to determine the lightest touch that can be felt by various animals compared to human beings. He would therefore be interested in finding the _____ for touch.

Mothers and babies recognize each other by smell alone shortly after birth. This phenomenon is due to _____.

The tendency of the brain to ignore environmental factors that remain constant is called _____.

A binocular cue is one that requires _____ to perceive depth or distance.

Airborne chemicals released from one person that may affect the behavior of another person are called _____.

Experiments on subliminal perception have _____.

Research with the "visual cliff" suggests that some depth perception is inborn because _____.

With respect to sound waves, frequency determines _____.

The umami taste receptor is sensitive to _____.

You didn't even notice the loud crash outside the door when you were focused on taking your driver's exam. This is an example of _____.

When you enter a darkened environment, visual processing shifts from cones to rods. This is called _____.

The blind spot is_____.

Nerve deafness _____.

Caleb and Amara sleep through a passing police siren and the blaring of their neighbor's stereo, but wake instantly when their newborn baby begins to whimper softly. This is an example of _____.

Jake has just stubbed his toe. How can he apply the gate-control theory of pain to keep his toe from hurting?

The branch of psychology that studies the relation between attributes of the physical world and our sensory experience of those attributes is called _____.

Candice is riding with her friends on the twisting and winding roads through the Alps. Candice is likely to experience motion sickness because _____.

The mechanical energy from sound waves is transduced into neural impulses by which process below?

Information processing that begins with raw sensory data and finishes with analysis in the brain is called _____.

If you were a teenager wanting to sneak around and receive text messages while in class, what would be the best way to get around your teacher's hearing?