Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

You hit yourself with a hammer and later suffer a deep ache.This is an example of _____________.

According to the opponent-process theory,if you stare at a red star for 60 seconds and then look at a plain sheet of white paper,you will see an afterimage of the star in which hue?

Even though a motion picture actually consists of a series of still frames,we perceive them conveying continuous movement.This is an example of __________.

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for night vision are __________.

Cochlear implants bypass the ____________.

When Ann went to her doctor,he gave her a hearing test.During the test,the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones.The tones started at a low intensity and then became louder.The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she started to hear a sound.The doctor was testing Ann's __________.

Weber's Law states that a just noticeable change in a stimulus magnitude is ________ the original stimulus magnitude.

Which type of retinal cell plays a role in color vision?

The "bumps" on the tongue that are visible to the eye are the ______.

A person who is blind in one eye can use all of the visual cues except _______.

When we look at objects fairly close to us,our eyes tend to turn slightly inward toward each other.This process is called _______.

Suppose you look at a given figure and decide that,depending on how you look at it,it can be perceived as either an old woman or a young lady.Such a figure would be said to be ___________.

The lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the __________.

Which is the newest of the five basic tastes to be discovered?

Bundles of axons from ganglion cells make up the __________.

The best explanation of the moon illusion is ___________.

Gestalt theorists propose that much of what we see is divided into:

The tendency to perceive things that look similar as being part of the same group is known as ___________.

Which of the following is responsible for your perception that a pencil that is waved up and down is actually flexing and bending,even though it is made of solid wood?

The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste,touch,smell,and vision is "ignored" by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called _____________.