Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The more force air molecules move with, the _____ the sound you will hear is.

Scientists arbitrarily set the limit for _____ as stimulation that can be detected 50 percent of the time.

Ravi looked angry but said he wasn't angry. He got mad because his girlfriend would not believe he wasn't mad! Too bad he didn't know about _____

Our visual perceptions are complete only when _____ has (have)combined and assembled millions of pieces of visual information into a whole.

The ability to perceive the visual world in three dimensions requires _____ perception.

When one object partly blocks your view of another, and you perceive the partially blocked object as being farther away, it is called _____

The three smallest bones in the human body are in the _____ ear; together they are called the _____

In the moon illusion, the moon looks _____ near the horizon, perhaps because of its ____ size when compared to trees, buildings, and other objects.

Luca is a psychologist and is seeing Noah in therapy for the first time. When asked of his childhood, Noah responds, "It was pleasant." Luca couldn't help but notice that Noah's voice and facial expression was one of anger. Is Luca most likely to rely on Noah's facial expression or on what he said?

Gopi tried to meditate by staring at a light in a dark room, but the light kept appearing to move. He was experiencing _____

_____ provides information about the position and movement of body parts in relation to each other.

Which of the following statements is true about having a cell phone turned on while driving?

Alec has always been able to see a wide array of vibrant colors, but he has not been so fortunate when it comes to seeing at night or in otherwise dim lighting. Alec speculates that his color vision is far superior to his night vision. Based on his speculation, which of the following would be true?

When you look directly at an object, the image of the object focuses on a spot where many receptor cells called cones are packed together. This spot, which also gives us our sharpest vision, is the _____

Cynthia and Greg were watching an old film where the actor's lips moved uncoordinated with their speech. "This is crazy," she said to Greg. "I know they are speaking English but I am having a hard time understanding it!" Cynthia was experiencing difficulty due to conflicting _____

The nerve fibers from the _____ half of each retina go to the _____ hemisphere.

The illusion based on the concept that many people live in a world with lots of straight lines and corners is the _____ illusion.

Sensation and perception are _____

Janice has nine genes for color perception on her x chromosomes. This means that Janice will _____

Define audition and explain, in detail, the transduction process for audition.