Exam 3: Biology and Behavior

Photoreceptor is to hair cell as _____ is to _____.

Anna is reading her psychology text. The activation of receptors in her retina is called _____. Her interpretation of the stimuli as particular words is called _____. 

The lowest-frequency sound humans can hear is:

Loudness is to pitch as brightness is to hue.

Artie organizes the binders in his office by color. This color-coding exemplifies the Gestalt principle of:

Trichromatic theory is to opponent-process theory as _____ is to _____.

Substance P is a neurotransmitter.

Ross strains his calf muscle at the gym. At home, he massages the muscle. This not only decreases swelling, but it also closes the pain gates from the:

Cells in the visual cortex that respond to specific elements or dimensions of an image are called ganglion cells.

From the window of an office on a skyscraper's 90ᵗʰ floor, taxis on the street look tiny. Of course, people know they are not toy cars; the taxis are just really far below them. This example illustrates the _____ depth cue of ______.

The eye's clear outer covering is called the lens.

The feeling of being threatened accompanying the sight of a weapon impairs an eyewitness's perception of the perpetrator's features. Which choice BEST evaluates this statement with respect to the distinction between knowledge-based processing and data-based processing?

With respect to light waves, frequency is to amplitude as _____ is to _____.

The optic nerve from the right eye travels to the left thalamus.

By age 20, the average person has lost _____% of the taste receptors he or she had at birth.

Suppose each pixel on a TV screen or computer monitor codes the color of an image at that point in terms of red, blue, and green values. This closely resembles the way:

The purpose of the volley principle is to extend:

Approximately _____% of the population is truly "tone deaf."

Regarding sensation and perception, which statement is True?

Suppose a country-and-western song were titled, "(If You See Me Gettin' Smaller) I Ain't Shrinkin', I'm Leavin'." This title references the depth cue of relative size.