Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The ability to see the world in three dimensions is called:

When Ann went to her doctor,he gave her a hearing test.During the test,the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones.The tones started at a low intensity and then became louder.The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she started to hear a sound.The doctor was testing Ann's:

The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same physical dimensions,regardless of its distance from the viewer,is known as:

Ned found a decaying carcass lying on the beach one day.Looking at the size of the body (which had decomposed quite a bit),Ned decided that it was the body of a sea monster,something like the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.If we know that Ned loves to read about weird,mythical animals,we might expect that he has made an error of perception because of:

Which of the following statements about olfactory receptors is FALSE?

Which of the following describes what happens if you trace an auditory stimulus from the time it first reaches the ear until it arrives at the brain?

Any given sense being a constant fraction or proportion of the stimulus being judged is called the just noticeable difference principle or:

Which of the following is NOT one of the three psychological aspects associated with how humans experience light?

The aspect of colour that corresponds to names such as red,green,and blue is:

The bone that is attached to the eardrum is called the _______; the bone that is connected to the oval window is called the ________.

The absolute threshold for human vision is a candle flame seen from ______ kilometres on a dark,clear night.

Olfactory receptor cells are located at top of the nasal passages.

An alien from outer space was just captured.Scientists take turns examining the creature.At a press conference,one of the scientists reports that the alien can hear frequencies between 10 000 and 30 000 Hz.How does the alien's ability to detect sound compare to a human being's ability?

If an artist were to blend red,green,and blue lights together by focusing lights of those three colours on one common spot,the result would look:

If you stare at a black/green image of the Canadian flag for 30 seconds and look away to a white wall,what might you see?

Vicary's study of subliminal advertising was remarkable in that:

When receptor cells for the senses are activated,the process called _____________ has begun.

Which two sensory modalities are most commonly fused in synesthesia?

A piece of paper looks white in both the noonday sun and under moonlight,even though there is less light being reflected off the paper under moonlight.This form of perceptual constancy is called _________ constancy.

The idea that the eye contains separate receptors for red,green,and blue is known as the ______ theory.