Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Describe the activity of visual processing in the primary visual cortex that is suggested by the research of Hubel and Wiesel.

The pitch of a sound is measured in ________ and the loudness of a sound is measured in ________.

Describe the contributions of the two competing theories of colour vision.

Which of the following groups of psychologists was the first to study aspects of perceptual organization systematically?

The olfactory bulbs serve to

The receptor cells for taste

________ furnishes the raw material of sensory experience; ________ provides the finished product.

What two major theories attempt to explain colour vision?

In which of these body locations would you expect to find the least dense concentration of touch receptors?

Randy spent agonizing hours in front of a green computer screen writing his term paper. At one point, he stopped staring at the screen and glanced upon a white wall. The wall temporarily seemed to have a square patch of

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

Convergence and binocular disparity are the two most important ________ cues to depth or distance.

The tough, transparent, protective layer covering the front of the eye is called the

What is accommodation for our vision?

What is the gate-control theory of pain?

How is a sound detected by the various parts of the ear?

The process through which the senses detect sensory information and transmit it to the brain is called sensation.

The olfactory, or smell, receptors are located in the

The abbreviation "0 dB" means:

Research proposes that the opponent-process theory explains what happens in the