Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

The patch of nasal membrane tissue that houses receptor cells for smell is the __________.

The name given to the sense of our body position is _____________.

Uri is walking home alone on a dark night.He hears a stick breaking and immediately turns to his right to see what made the noise.What cue could Uri have used to tell which direction the sound came from?

Sarah is a pianist who reports that she sees musical tones as colors.This is one example of ____________.

Cochlear implants are electronic hearing devices that can "replace" which part of the auditory system when it is damaged?

Figure-ground is to _______ as dream interpretation is to psychoanalysis.

People with normal vision will perceive a pyramid whether they see the object from the side,top,or any other angle as long as the object is,in fact,a pyramid.This is an example of ________________.

Perceiving incomplete objects as complete define:

After eating grape lollipops,you and a friend notice that your tongues have turned blue.With the change in color,it is easy to notice that there are many more papillae on your friend's tongue.Who is more likely to be a supertaster?

Which of the following is true about multitasking?

Hue,saturation,and brightness are three separate aspects of our experience of:

_______ studies the relationship between physical energies and psychological experiences.

Clay has played professional soccer for seven years and is easily able to tune out the sound of the crowd and all other irrelevant sensory information during the game.Bruce is a rookie and is often distracted by what his opponents are saying and the mood of the crowd.Clay and Bruce are showing differing levels of ______________.

A sound coming from your left will reach your left year faster and with more intensity than your right year.Your brain can use these two facts to compute the location of the sound's source.

Which animal can see ultraviolet light?

Humans can recognize approximately 10,000 different smells.Explain how this is possible,including a general description of the olfactory process.

Loudness is associated with a sound wave's ___________.

The lens:

The ______________ carries sensory information from the retina to the brain areas where visual perception will occur.

When we look at a white house,we can recognize it as a white house by day or night and from any angle.This is due to perceptual __________.