Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

A sound mixer is impressed by the new equipment that was just installed in his recording studio.He says that now he will be able to help singers and musicians produce better CDs because he can eliminate unneeded and undesired wavelengths.What term describes the characteristic of sound waves that the sound mixer is now able to alter?

The smallest amount of a particular stimulus required to produce any sensation at all in the person to whom the stimulus is presented is the __________.

The four primary taste sensations are sweet,bitter,sour,and _______.

Laverne goes to a movie theater to watch her favorite movie.About halfway through the movie she becomes aware of an overpowering hunger for popcorn.What she does not realize is that throughout the first part of the movie,a message saying "Eat Popcorn!" was repeatedly flashed on the screen at a speed too fast for her to be consciously aware of it.If her desire for popcorn is due to that message,she is responding to ____________.

Railroad tracks converging in the distance best illustrate which monocular cue?

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

The range of electromagnetic wavelengths that we can see is called the:

The skin senses are concerned with ____________.

Nerve hearing impairment can be best treated with _____________.

As sounds become louder,their ______ increases.

Continuity is the tendency _____________.

Our tendency to see objects as relatively stable and unchanging despite changing sensory information is called _______.

The absolute threshold for human vision is a candle flame seen from _________ on a dark,clear night.

When you stand to the side of a window frame,it casts a trapezoidal (nonrectangular)image on your retina.It still seems rectangular to you,though,because of _______.

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

Elements that share common features such as size,shape,or color are viewed as a set.This defines which Gestalt law of organization?

Which of the following is NOT a measure of threshold?

When light waves enter the eye,they first pass through the _______________.

Flavor arises from:

There are three semicircular canals is so that we ____________.