Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

In his Pilates class,Ben's instructor explains how to change focus away from the external world and instead focus on the internal senses.In other words,his instructor is asking the class to pay attention to their ____ senses.

While visiting the state fair,Darnelle notices that the pigs are all located in a pen together.Darnelle perceives the pigs as one group because of the principle of ____.

While working on an art project,Molly accidentally spills white-out onto her monkey drawing,causing the monkey to have detached arms,ears,and legs.However,Molly and her friends are still able to perceive the drawing as a whole monkey due to the ____ principle of perceptual organization.

Ally and Billy are going to paint their new house.They both like the color blue,but Ally picks out a different color blue than Billy,and they argue about which is the better color for the house.Ally and Billy are arguing about the ____ of the paint.

Little Erika picks up a spider,carries it to her mother,and asks,"Mommy,what is this little,soft,cuddly thing?" Little Erika's inability to recognize what the spider is or the potential danger of picking it up demonstrates that perception is ____.

Ned the Neuron is a pretty busy guy.His job is to fire anytime he sees a vertical line in his visual field.Ned's specialty is ____.

After falling from his perch,the Scarecrow has difficulty sensing where his body parts are in relation to each other.This makes it difficult for him to move easily,but eventually he is able to adapt,thanks to special cells in his joints and muscles called ____.

A witness claimsthat his robber has a gun,although later examination of the surveillance video shows that this was not true.The witness's perception of the event was likely influenced by ____.

Tim and Amy are listening to their TV surround-sound system.They are impressed with the low tones of the grizzly bear in the movie that they are watching.Tim and Amy are happy with the ____ of sound.

If our perceptual system did not follow the organizing principle of constancy,____.

Shawn's leg has fallen asleep and now he has trouble walking because he cannot determine the position of his leg in space.Shawn has lost his ____.

A study tested drivers for reaction times to road hazards while they were using cell phones,listening to the radio,and listening to a conversation inside the vehicle.These drivers reacted much more slowly to the hazards than did drivers not engaged in these activities.Which statement could apply to the results of the study?

While at a party,you notice an attractive person staring at you.According to principles of perceptual organization,you are likely to focus on this attractive person as the ____ and relegate other people at the party to be the ____.

Dyanna is meeting her friends at the football game.When she arrives late at the stadium,she automatically looks for a cluster of people wearing colorful jester hats.Dyanna is relying on ____to find her friends more easily.

Transduction of auditory information takes place in the ____.

Sensation consists of ____,and perception consists of ____.

Carol is listening to her new CD with the stereo's volume set twice as high as usual.Her mother yells at her to turn the volume down,so Carol gives the volume control her usual half turn.Her mother cannot tell that she had turned the volume down at all.Carol will have to decrease the volume even more than usual to attain a(n)____.

Shane was on the rifle team all through high school and college.After years of exposure to the excessive noise of gunfire,Shane became partially deaf when the hair cells in his ears were damaged.Shane most likely has ____ deafness.

Suppose you are watching the live satellite broadcast of a news event.Because the program's sound is slightly delayed,there is a discrepancy between the words that you hear and the movement of the reporter's mouth.You might become momentarily confused because the broadcast is violating the grouping principle of ____.

Most of the properties that make food taste good are the ____.