Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

Your friend Kylie doesn't believe that she has a blind spot in her field of vision, because she does not notice it. You should tell her that:

Sadafa loves Indian food, but is careful about what he eats because it hurts his tongue when he eats very spicy food. Sadafa most likely:

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?

Kewal scored in the lowest 15 percent of the population on the smell identification test. Kewal is at increased risk for:

The optic nerve projects from the retina through a neural pathway that terminates in the ____________, which is located in the ____________ lobe.

A visual receptive field can best be described as:

Which of the following is NOT a basic quality of taste?

Meg is rehearsing the solo for her dance performance. In order to perform her solo well, Meg has to be aware of the position of her arms and legs in space. To do this, Meg relies on her ____________ sense.

The process by which a sound is transformed into a neural signal involves which sequence of transformations?

Hannah is having dinner at a Mexican restaurant. When she tries the three kinds of sauces to see how hot they are, she is assessing ____________ differences. When she compares the taste of her margarita to the taste of her friend's Mexican beer, she is assessing a ____________ difference.

For which of the following pairs would it be easiest to discern a difference in weight?

Ames boxes and the Ponzo illusion have in common that:

The physical properties of a stimulus are translated into neural impulses by the sensory organs. This process is called:

While you are on a boat, the captain exclaims, "Look, there's a dolphin!" What part of your processing stream allows you to locate the dolphin?

Most painful experiences are caused by __________ that activates __________ receptors.

Brionna shifts her gaze from looking at Meghan to looking at Vince. There is less disparity between the images of Vince in her eyes than there had been between the images of Meghan. As a result, Brionna perceives Vince as being ____________ than Meghan.

Your friend suddenly looks shocked and says, "What is that over there?" Your brain would need to use your ____________to locate the object, and your ____________ to decide what it is.

Taj wants to create a robot that has sensation, but not perception. The robot should:

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 ____________.

Illusions are useful in understanding perceptual processes because: