Exam 4: B: Sensation and Perception

The Chinese medical art of relieving pain and illness by inserting thin needles into the body is called

The stimuli below are seen as one group of circles and one group of squares due to the organizational principle of

Because figure-ground organization is the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight,it

Even though you "proofread" your term paper,the teacher returns your term paper with circles around several words in which you left out a letter when typing,such as "th" for "the" and "drivng" for "driving." Your tendency to add letters to these words when proofreading illustrates which perceptual principle?

Ambiguous stimuli demonstrate that

The illusory sensation that an arm or leg still exists after it is lost through accident or amputation is known as

In pain clinics,mild electric currents are applied to the skin or directly to the spinal cord.This procedure sends mild pain messages to the spinal cord and brain,which effectively close the neurological gates to reduce the patient's more agonizing pain.This technique is an application of the __________ theory.

You are about to undergo a painful medical procedure.Which of the following would NOT be likely to reduce your pain?

A cheetah scrambling up a rocky slope in Montana is likely to be perceived as a mountain lion because

If Katherine is like most people,she is least senstive to which taste?

The five basic tastes listed in the text are

Falsely identifying someone as a friend until he or she comes nearer demonstrates the idea that visual patterns often represent

Patterns that cannot be organized into stable,consistent,or meaningful perceptions are referred to as

The fluid-filled sacs that are sensitive to movement,acceleration,and gravity and that contain tiny crystals in a soft gelatin-like mass are called the

The stimuli below are organized as three columns rather than six columns because of the organizational principle of

The active and fluctuating nature of perceptual organization can be demonstrated by looking at patterns that allow more than one interpretation.These patterns are called

The skin has approximately how many nerve endings for pain?

A person with schizophrenia continually "hears" a voice shouting,"Buckets of blood!" when there is no one around and no radio or television is turned on.This person is experiencing a(n)

External hearing aids are of no use to an individual with

The five different sensations detected by the skin receptors are pressure,cold,warmth,pain,and