Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Brightness refers to the

Explain why persons who have a cold often find food tasteless and unappealing.

What are the binocular depth cues?

Which of the following is not true of the image on the retina?

What is the relationship between sensation and perception?

Bright light is to ________ as dim light is to ________.

The point at which the optic nerve exits the eye is called the

The Gestalt psychologists suggested that each of the following principles are important for organizing perception, except

The Gestalt principle of closure refers to our tendency to complete figures with gaps in them.

Which of the following methods of pain relief is believed to work by triggering the release of endorphins?

Which is the most accurate statement?

Frequency theory has difficulty explaining the ability to perceive

Where in the nasal cavity is the olfactory epithelium located?

Which of the following statements would be true of people who have lost the sight in one eye?

The olfactory neurons are similar to other sensory receptors.

What do we call a sugar pill or an injection of saline solution that a patient believes is pain medication and actually sometimes leads to a reduction in pain?

Little Marisa watches from the car as her parents drive away from her grandfather's house. Because of ________, Marisa knows her grandfather's house remains the same size, even though the image gets smaller as they drive farther away.

Weber's Law suggests that the just-noticeable difference is a ratio rather than a fixed amount of change in a stimulus.

The ophthalmologist is examining a part of your eye in which you have mostly rods. She is looking at which portion of the retina?

What theory suggests that nerve fibres carrying messages that pressure is being applied to some part of the body can prevent pain messages from getting through to the brain?