Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Laverne goes to a movie theatre to watch her favourite movie.About halfway through the movie she becomes aware of an overpowering hunger for popcorn.What she doesn't realize is that throughout the first part of the movie,a message saying,"Eat Popcorn!" was repeatedly flashed on the screen at a speed too fast for her to be consciously aware of it.If her desire for popcorn is due to that message,she is responding to:

The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50 percent of the time it is present is called:

The wavelength of the light reaching your eyes determines in part what ______ you see.

What part of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory information?

Continuity is the tendency to:

When light waves enter the eye,they first pass through the:

What was the ultimate outcome of James Vicary's famous study on subliminal advertising and perception?

The depth cue in which faraway objects appear to be hazy and have a blurred outline is called:

Dr.Michael Persinger of Laurentian University and his colleagues conducted 20 years' worth of investigative research into psychic abilities.What explanation does he offer about psychic abilities?

If you wanted to see a star better at night,what should you do?

A cochlear implant functions like a:

The tendency to perceive objects,or figures,on some background is known as:

The reason that there are three semicircular canals in the ear is so that:

Fluid located in the cochlea is set in motion and causes vibration in the:

The ________________ theory explains how we hear sounds above 1000 Hz.

After some time has passed,you can no longer smell the odour of the paper mill that you noticed when you first walked in your classroom.Which is the most likely reason for this?

____________ pain is described as pain sensations in the skin,muscles,tendons,and joints that are carried on large nerve fibres.

Substance P is related to the sense of balance.

In people who have been blind since birth and who then have had their sight restored,size constancy:

In gate-control theory,substance P: