Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

________ are receptors that are best for seeing details.

You are told you are going to be shown some words related to food.The experiment then shows you the "pizao" and you perceive the word "pizza." This shows that your perceptions are affected by your___________.

The hammer,anvil,and stirrup are all located in the _______.

Somesthetic senses involve all of the following except __________.

Jane jumps out of bed to the sound of the alarm clock.As she reaches her feet,she feels very dizzy for a few seconds.As her system readjusts to her standing,she begins to regain her sense of balance.The source of Jane's dizziness is probably in the:

Which of the following is an example of a monocular cue?

Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue?

The tendency to perceive objects,or figures,as existing on some background is known as ___________.

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

Which set of colors are the primary colors when mixing light?

Which of the following is NOT a measure of threshold?

If a researcher wanted to know how loudly a person must speak in order to be heard above the noise of two other simultaneous conversations,the researcher would likely measure the ________ .

The lowest intensity of a particular stimulus that enables the average person to detect that stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ___________.

Because the eyes are separated by several centimeters,each eye's view of an object is different from the other's.This is called _______ disparity.

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

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

If you were to take a sparkler at a July 4^th picnic and "draw" your name in the air,your ability to see the light trail after the initial stimulus is facilitated by:

If a severe ear infection damages the bones of the middle ear,you may develop ______ hearing impairment.

"One-eye vision is to _______ as two-eye vision is to ________."

The distance cue in which faraway objects appear to be hazy and have a blurred outline is called _______.