Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

This principle states that rather than perceiving "a car" as a group of distinct entities,such as "metal,tires,glass,door handles,hubcaps,and fenders," we perceive the car as a whole unit.

Dr.Breiland examines the relationship between the physical properties of light,such as its amplitude and wavelength,and humans' perception of color.Which of the following terms most accurately describes Dr.Breiland's field of study?

An Ames room is constructed so that the two back corners seem to be equidistant from the front of the room,when the right corner is actually much farther away.Someone first sits in the left corner and then sits in the right corner.To an observer in the front of the room,that person will seem ________ when he is sitting in the right corner.

Based on your knowledge of Signal Detection Theory,which of the following might be easiest for a participant in an experiment to change?

A ganglion cell receives excitatory input from cones that transduce blue light.According to opponent-process theory,what will happen to this same ganglion cell when L cones are activated?

Red and green appear to be opposite colors because of the activity of ganglion cells that are:

In a single person,gustation involves ________ taste buds,located on the ________.

Which of the following terms is most nearly synonymous with the term disparity?

Which part of the auditory system is most commonly damaged in people who receive cochlear implants?

The minimum amount of change required for a person to detect a difference between two stimuli is referred to as the:

Alex is at a rock concert.When his ears send a signal to his brain that he has heard a sound,this process is most accurately called ________.But when he recognizes that the sound is his favorite song,this process is most accurately called ________.

In this pictorial depth cue,objects below the horizon that appear higher in the visual field are perceived as being farther away,and objects above the horizon that appear lower in the visual field are perceived as being farther away.

Melody is looking up a phone number in a phone book with tiny print.She will most likely be able to read the number if she looks at the phone book with her ________ because it has the largest number of ________.

Research in this area has shown that earlier research in psychophysics ignored the key variable of human judgment.

Prolonged exposure to movement in one direction ________ the motion detectors responsive to that direction.When the movement stops,the baseline firing rate of detectors for the opposite direction of motion will be ________ than the firing rate for the detectors that responded to the prolonged movement,leading to motion aftereffects.

When the moon is high in the sky it will appear ________ when it is close to the horizon.

Subjects participating in an MRI study are shown pictures of several kinds of faces.To which of these types of faces will the fusiform gyrus show the greatest activation?

Aditi is looking out the passenger-side window of a moving car.She is staring intently at a scarecrow in the middle of a large cornfield.The rows of corn between Aditi and the scarecrow seem to be moving in the ________.The rows of corn beyond the scarecrow seem to be moving in the ________.

When Jodi walks from the sunlight into a dark theater,her ________ causes her ________ to enlarge.

Susan is wearing a bright red skirt.She is trying to decide whether she wants to wear a pink top or a brown top with it.If she decides on the pink top,then the top and the skirt will vary in ________. If she decides on the brown top,then the top and the skirt will vary in ________.