Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

The wavelength of the light to reach your eyes determines what __________ you see.

Color,shape,size,and brightness are all types of perceptual _______.

Shadowing is a cue to _______.

When Ann went to her doctor,he gave her a hearing test.During the test,the doctor struck several tuning forks,each of which vibrated at a distinct pitch,and asked her to choose two tones that sounded almost the same in pitch.The doctor was testing Ann's __________.

_____________ are sensitive to the different wavelengths of light,which is what allows us to detect color.______________ do not detect color,but can work under low light conditions.

Which of the following is NOT a perceptual constancy?

The opponent-process theory of color vision contends that color vision is a result of:

Which Gestalt Principle of Form Perception must always occur even if other principles are also illustrated?

In a signal detection task,the participant says that he detects a signal when no signal is present.This is called a __________.

Whether you are standing right next to it or a mile away from it,you know a tree is the same size because of ________.

The items on this test illustrate which method of testing memory?

The minimum stimulation required to detect a stimulus is a(n)_____,whereas the minimum required to detect the difference between two stimuli is a(n)_____.

Sound waves are collected by the outer ear and channeled down the auditory canal.Describe the major structures of the ear and describe the role each plays in the process of hearing.

The conversion of external energy into something that the nervous system can understand is known as _____________.

Also called face-blindness,which of the following conditions is the inability to recognize faces?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary taste qualities that humans perceive?

While riding on a train,David notices that the trees and telephone poles close to the tracks seem to flash by,while the buildings,trees,and mountains that are farther away seem to move by more slowly.This phenomenon is called _______________.

Neurons cannot fire fast enough to keep up with high-pitched sound waves.Therefore,they alternate firing according to the _____.

The structures in the inner ear that are particularly sensitive to body rotation are the __________.

During a break from his job as a waiter,Barnardo begins to read Hamlet and is so engrossed in the play that he fails to notice the clattering of dishes all around him.This is an example of _______________.