Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Signal detection theory is only concerned with the intensity of a physical stimulus, which allows for its detection.

_______ is the sense that informs you about the position and motion of parts of the body.

Signal detection theory incorporates all of the following except the

The axons of the __________ make up the optic nerve, which exits the eye at the __________.

The mixture of lights is a(n) _____ process. The mixture of pigments is a(n) _____ process.

After being in a dark room for a while, you can see much better than you could when you walked in. This is known as

Sensorineural deafness is usually the main cause of hearing loss among the elderly.

A pain message to the brain is initiated by the release of any or all of the chemicals except

The tendency to perceive an object as being just as bright in varying amounts of light is called

The axons of the million or so ganglion cells in our retina converge to form the