Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

According to your text, the main criticism voiced by the deaf community in regards to cochlear implantation is that it

In regards to light, wavelength is the ________ and amplitude is the ________.

Describe the difference between bottom-up processing and top-down processing.

One critique of place theory is that it does not explain

You are listening to music with a wide dynamic range. In the world of amplitude, what do the louder and softer sounds have to do with the air and your ears?

Rachel is walking in the woods and feels a sharp prick on her neck. She feels pain and recognizes that she has been stung by a wasp. Which process allowed her to identify the source of her pain?

When reading a book, it does not matter whether you are inside or outside because the black ink of the words on the white pages looks the same. This demonstrates an artist's ability to capitalize on

Provide an example of when you would have to rely on bottom-up processing more heavily than top-down processing.

Lionel just put his hand down on something sharp. At the moment of contact he is experiencing

You are watching a movie with some scenes set in a noisy bar, some scenes containing gunfire, and some scenes containing very quiet dialogue. During the quiet scenes, you can hear most of the dialogue but you find that if the actors drop their volume on certain lines, you cannot hear what they are saying. This reflects the fact that a message must exceed a(n) ________ in order to be processed.

Jenny did not blink an eye when she paid an extra fifty cents for her favorite CD, but almost fell out of the car when her local gas station raised the price of gas by a dollar over night. What concept best explains her contradicting reactions?

________ is a process that involves coupling of the activity of various cells and pathways, and helps integrate information about an object.

What is the major function of the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Perceptual sets reflect top-down influences on perception.

Contestants on the game show Wheel of Fortune are given labels to assist them solving the puzzles. These labels activate ________ processing.

The main purpose of the vestibular sense is to determine the position of our head in three-dimensional space.

When light enters the eye, it eventually reaches the light-sensitive ________ at the back of the eye.

Perceiving three dimensions is called

Afterimages refer to

What part of the body is most responsible for kinesthetic senses?