Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

If your pupil is quite large, you are probably looking at an object:

The image on the retina is

The retina is about the size of a

In the eye the information contained in light makes contact with the _________ first; and with the __________ last

Hue refers to the

Describe the Gestalt principles of perceptual organization?

Convergence is associated with monocular depth cues.

Visual information is carried to the brain by the

Birds are less likely to eat brown-coloured moths than tan-coloured moths sitting on the trunk of a brown tree trunk because of the

Describe perceptual constancy?

Before light can reach visual receptors in the retina, rods and cones, it must actually pass through all of the following except

Which of your senses provide information about body position, movement and acceleration?

The tendency to perceive objects as maintaining the same ________ despite differences in distance, viewing angle and lighting is called perceptual constancy.

Brightness is determined by ________ and hue is determined by ________.

Extremely loud noise can damage all of the following, except

Explain four monocular depth cues artists use in their paintings. Provide an example of each, either labelled in a drawing or in a verbal description.

According to the trichromatic theory of colour vision,

What is the transparent structure behind the iris that changes shape as it focuses images on the retina?

Pitch is chiefly determined by ________; loudness is chiefly determined by ________.

Explain the Ponzo Illusion.