Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The depressed spot in the retina which occupies the center of the visual field in which images are focused MOST sharply is called the _______.

Which of the following properties of sound is the most similar to the brightness of light?

The sense of taste is closely related to the sense of ______.

Perceptions differ from sensations in that:

Which of the following is responsible for controlling how much light enters the eye?

Window pane is to _______ as color is to iris.

Texture gradient refers to the fact that texture appears to become ___________.

The vividness or richness of a hue is known as its:

The hammer,anvil,and stirrup are the _______.

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

The place in the retina where the axons of all the ganglion cells come together to leave the eye is called the _______.

When we describe someone's eyes as blue,technically we are referring to his or her blue ___________.

The wavelength of the light reaching your eyes determines,in part,what _________ you see.

Hair follicle nerve endings respond to ____________.

If an artist were to blend red,green,and blue paints together,the result would look __________.

The minimum intensity of physical stimulation required to produce any sensations at all in a person is the ____________.

If a person hears a tone of 3000 Hz,three groups of neurons take turns sending the message to the brain-the first group for the first 1000 Hz,the second group for the next 1000 Hz,and a third for the next 1000 Hz.This principle is known as the ______________.

One of your mother's siblings is always known for putting together awful-looking colors when getting dressed.Who is this person more likely to be?

One problem with Vicary's study of subliminal perception is that _______________.

Hertz is a unit of measurement of _______.