Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the use of the size cue for monocular depth perception?

The reason that we have blind spots in our visual fields is that

Use the following to answer questions : Refer to the figure below. -The illusion that the upper man is bigger than the lower man arises from a _______ depth cue caused by _______.

Which of the following phenomena tends to support color opponent theory as an alternative to trichromatic theory?

Use the following to answer questions : Refer to the figure below. -Imagine that the image were redrawn with the man in dark pants moved to the back and the man in light pants moved to the front. How would this affect the viewer's perception?

Which sensory system would allow a person to perceive the position of her forearm without looking?

Weber's fraction expresses the _______ as a proportion of the original stimulus.

Imagine eating your favorite meal. Compare and contrast what your experience of flavor would be like with and without nasal congestion. Describe the physiological basis for the differences that you describe.

Use the following to answer questions : Refer to the figure below. -This image works as an illusion because

The primary function of the outer ear, or pinna, is to

While you are sitting in a park, you see a tulip that is exposed to the sun. Shortly after you notice it, the tulip is exposed to the shade. According to the concept of color constancy, you perceive that the color of the tulip has

The duplex theory holds that we use both intensity and _______ differences to localize sounds, depending on the _______ of sounds.

A sensory code is a

According to _______ theory, you are much more likely to be able to understand a friend whispering in your ear during a lecture than during a basketball game, because there is more ambient noise at the basketball game.

According to the duplex theory, we use both _______ differences and _______ differences to localize sounds.

The adequate stimulus for the visual system is _______, and the adequate stimulus for the auditory system is _______.

Imagine that you and a friend are riding in a car singing along to loud music. Which of the following external sounds is most likely to be considered "noise" and ignored?

Sound traveling through air or water consists of alternating waves of

When you eat a slice of pizza, your blissful experience, called _______, is the combined stimulation provided to taste receptors in the mouth and olfactory receptors in the nose.

A potential consequence of convergence is that you will be unable to