Exam 4: D: Sensation and Perception

The science of measuring changes in physical stimuli and relating them to changes in psychological sensations is called __________.

If you stand in the middle of a cobblestone street,the street will look coarse near your feet and finer if you look into the distance.This is the pictorial depth cue known as __________.

Because our senses select,analyze,and filter information until only the most important information remains,our senses are referred to as __________ systems.

The psychological dimension corresponding to the amplitude of light waves is called __________.

The most common test for color blindness or color weakness is the __________ test.

Interposition occurs when smog,fog,dust,or haze make distant objects appear hazy,washed out in color,and lacking in detail.

Gina finds a plain brown box in which there are many puzzle pieces.She begins putting these pieces together without knowing what this puzzle will "become." She is using __________ processing.

The pitch or tone of a sound is due to the number of waves per second,which is called the __________ of the sound waves.

The "brothy" taste associated with certain amino acids in chicken soup,tuna,cheese,and soybeans is called __________.

Bottom-up processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you have seen many times.

According to the place theory of hearing,low tones cause the greatest movement near the outer tip of the cochlea.

The famous illusion in which a horizontal line with arrowheads appears shorter than the line with V's (although the lines are actually identical in length)is known as the __________ illusion.

Explain how sound travels from the pinna to the auditory nerve and to the brain,naming each part of the ear and its function along the way.

Pinching your leg while you receive an injection will lessen the pain of the injection due to counterirritation.

According to Maslow,people who perceive their world more accurately than others tend to be characterized by immersion in the present and a lack of self-consciousness.

When listening to your favorite television program,hearing the various sounds of the actors' voices and the background sounds and music would be an example of perception,while interpreting the meaning of the actors' words is an example of the process of sensation.

A popular theory of olfaction which states that odors are related to the shapes of chemical molecules is the __________ theory.

The shortest wavelengths of visible light are sensed as red,while the longest wavelengths of light are sensed as purple.

An initial guess regarding how to organize and perceive a stimulus pattern is known as a(n)__________.

Compare and contrast the trichromatic theory of color and the opponent-process theory of color vision,the evidence supporting each,and why both theories are needed in order to explain color vision.