Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The problem with the trichromatic theory of color vision is that it does not adequately explain color blindness and why staring at the reversed American flag produces an afterimage of a flag with the correct colors.

What is the basic function of the outer ear?

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

Red,green,and blue are _______.

What is the approximate life expectancy of individual taste receptor cells?

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

If you stare for 30 seconds at a red object and then look at a blank sheet of white paper,you will see a greenish image of the object.This phenomenon BEST supports the ________ theory of color vision.

The Müller-Lyer illusion exists in cultures in which there are ______.

Suppose you are driving on a two-lane road on a very snowy night where the divider cannot be seen.However,in your mind,you're able to reconstruct where the divider should be.This example illustrates ________.

The aspect of color that corresponds to names such as red,green,and blue is __________.

The ability to see 3-D movies is an instance of using motion parallax.

When you first put your hat on,you can feel it quite easily.But after a while,you forget that you are wearing a hat at all-the sensation is gone.What happens?

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

Which of the following are the auditory receptors where sound waves finally become neural impulses?

Our ________ enable us to make sense of the sensations that we are continually experiencing.

The vestibular system monitors:

Light enters the eye through the _______.

Light is focused on the retina by the _______.

Which is the best description of the vestibular senses?

In the figure above,seeing rows of 0s and rows of Xs illustrates the Gestalt law of ______.