Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

"It's so noisy! How can you stand it?" remarks Caitlyn as the thruway traffic screams past her friend Dave's ground floor apartment."I don't even notice it anymore," Dave replies.This exchange best exemplifies the concept of:

The activation of the sense organs by a source of physical energy is known as _____.

_____is the characteristic that makes sound seem "high" or "low."

One can detect a single drop of perfume diffused in an area the size of a one-bedroom apartment.This is due to:

In the context of what we see in our world,the range of wavelengths that humans are sensitive to is called the _____.

When a cell is damaged,it releases a chemical called_____ .

The optic nerves from each eye meet at a point roughly between the two eyes called the_____ .

With respect to the trichromatic and the opponent-process theories of color perception,which of the following statements is most accurate?

The bones of the middle ear include each of the following EXCEPT the:

The _____ states that different areas of the basilar membrane respond to different frequencies.

_____ is a feature of wave patterns that allows us to distinguish between loud and soft sounds.

Which of the following is a monocular cue?

_____ refers to perception that does not involve our known senses.

Distinguish between rods and cones with respect to both their structure and their function.

Define and provide original examples from your own experience of (a)an absolute threshold; (b)a difference threshold; and (c)adaptation.

Which of the following alternatives is most accurate?

Which of the following statements is most accurate with respect to the role of Gestalt psychology in contemporary psychology?

A(n)_____is any passing source of physical energy that produces a response in a sense organ.

The study of the relationship between the physical aspects of stimuli and our psychological experience of them is known as _____.

The ultimate processing of visual images takes place in the visual _____ of the brain.