Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Which of the following is occurring when looking down a set of railroad tracks,they appear to merge together in the distance?

The trichromatic and opponent?process theories of color vision are not in conflict because each corresponds to _________.

The thin membrane stretched over the opening to the inner ear is the ______.

The lens:

The impression of depth can be created or enhanced in visual art by encouraging the person viewing a drawing to assume that converging lines are actually parallel.This artistic ploy uses the depth cue of _______.

The idea that pain signals must pass through a type of "doorway" in the spinal cord is referred to as the ____________.

The vestibular sense governs our awareness of __________.

The term "just noticeable difference" is loosely synonymous with __________.

Which type of hearing problem can be reduced with ordinary hearing aids?

The ability to discern fine details in visual patterns is termed:

Professor Zander wants to know how loud a certain noise must be in order to be heard from a distance of 50 feet.This question involves the concept of _______.

How blurry-looking an object appears and linear perspective are cues associated with _______ depth perception.

Taste buds are contained in the tongue's _______.

The effects of the Ames Room are due primarily to distortions in:

Rods and cones are connected to ________.

The purity,richness,or vividness of a hue is known as its __________.

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 _____________.

In the process known as____________,sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus.

Similarity is the tendency to perceive ____________.

Which is the best description of the vestibular senses?