Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

George is looking at the colors on a paint swatch card to select the right shade of red for his wall.He is able to differentiate between the various shades of red on the card and makes a quick decision.His perception of the differences in the shades can be attributed to the _____ of light reflecting from the shades.

_____ psychology is a school of thought interested in how people naturally organize their perceptions according to certain patterns.

Which of the following statements is true of monocular cues?

In the visual system,the primary function of the pupil is to bend or refract light as it passes through the eye.

One way to aid our ears in recovery from loud noise is to take brief breaks.

The act of focusing on a specific aspect of experience while ignoring others is called

In the visual system,the clear membrane just in front of the eye is the

Rachel is walking in the woods and feels a sudden pain in the back of her neck.Due to the nature of the pain she recognizes that she has been stung by a bee.In this scenario,which of the following processes has most likely helped her identify the source of her pain?

In the auditory system,what is the major function of the hammer,anvil,and stirrup?

Mary requests her neighbor to turn down the volume of his television so that Mary does not hear it.The volume at which Mary cannot hear the television most of the time is

In the auditory system,_____ is the perceptual interpretation of the frequency of a sound.

The process of receiving stimulus energy from the environment and transforming it into neural energy is called

The gestalt principle of _____ explains why people tend to see objects that are near each other as a unit.

If Howard,a student,has the most common form of color blindness,he will have trouble distinguishing

A sound wave's _____ is the number of cycles or full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given time interval.

When Bill started working in his new office,he found the noise of the air purifier in his room distracting and felt it interfered with his ability to concentrate.After a week or so,the noise stopped bothering him,even though it was still present.Explain the concept that is most likely responsible for Bill's reaction to the noise after a week.

Each key on a touch-tone telephone makes a slightly different sound when touched.This difference is due to the pitch of sound produced by each key.The difference in pitch is determined by the _____ of the sound waves coming from each key.

In the context of sensation and perception,the detection of pressure by sensory receptors is called

While walking down the street of an old town,Caleb notices a burnt sign.Even though most of the words in the sign are illegible,she is able to piece together that the sign is pointing to the town hall.In this scenario,the gestalt principle of _____ accounts for this phenomenon.

In the auditory system,which of the following is the ear's sensory receptor?