Exam 4: D: Sensation and Perception

The three small bones of the middle ear are called the auditory ossicles.

After close to 130 years of investigations,it is still impossible to say conclusively whether psi events occur.

Good advice to help a person to minimize motion sickness would be to move one's head as little as possible and fixate on a distant immobile object.

Convergence and retinal disparity are similar in that both are monocular cues.

You perfectly time the movement of your visible hand "knocking" on your head,while your hidden hand knocks on the table.The perception of the "knocking" sound coming from your head illustrates the Gestalt principle of contiguity.

European Americans have a relatively narrow focus of attention,while East Asians have a broader focus of attention.

The Necker's cube and the Rorschach inkblots are both good examples of impossible figures.

Describe the "seat-of-the-pants phenomenon," "the cocktail party effect," and inattentional blindness,and explain how they are all related to the "bottleneck" of selective attention.

Individuals who have Charles Bonnet syndrome are mentally disturbed and lack the ability to engage in reality testing.

Hearing aids that make sounds louder and clearer can help overcome the type of hearing loss known as a(n)__________ hearing loss.