Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

When painting on a canvas, artists use ____ to create a depth perspective.

Most research on extrasensory perception has shown that it is ____.

Pressure on the skin pushes against the touch receptors and causes a change in the ____.

Scientists today have the least understanding of which of the five senses?

If you like the taste of Asian food, you may be especially sensitive to a "fifth taste" called ____.

The Gestalt principle of good continuation states that we ____.

If you are exposed to a television advertisement containing subliminal messages, the probability is that ____.

Which theory would have the most difficulty in explaining how we hear high pitch sounds?

Our sense of balance is also called ____.

When the lens of the eye is adjusted to focus on near and far objects, this is called ____.

The role of the pinna in hearing is ____.

Suppose an ice cream manufacturer commissioned Dr. Mandisa, a flavor chemist, to develop an enhancement to their product line. The company wishes to improve Luscious Lemon Vanilla Vanity. What psychophysical concepts might Dr. Mandisa employ?

The lens of the eye has a primary function of ____.

Beatrice was born without cone cells in her retina. What effect will this most likely have on her vision?

According to recent research, women are more likely to be better than men at what type of visual skill?

Which theory of color vision seems to explain color blindness better than it explains negative afterimages?

Perception is defined as the ____.

Cells known as feature detectors respond to specific ____ stimuli.

Duplicity theory of pitch perception combines ____.

Which structure is part of the middle ear?