Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The skin senses are concerned with ________.

For humans, the ability to ________ is probably the most important sense.

The height of a sound wave represents its ________.

Sensory receptors are specialized forms of what kind of cell in the nervous system?

Conduction hearing impairment refers to hearing problems that originate in the ________.

The vestibular system monitors:

The average threshold for human vision is a candle flame seen from ________ on a dark, clear night.

The smallest change in stimulation that can be detected 50 percent of the time is called the ________.

The bone that is situated next to the eardrum is called the ________; the bone that sits next to to the oval window is called the ________.

The outermost part of the ear is called the ________.

Continuity is the tendency ________.

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called 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. After Ann could hear the sound, the doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she heard the sound increase in volume. The doctor was testing Ann's ________.

The human olfactory system contains about ________ olfactory receptors.

Which of the following is NOT a measure of threshold?

"Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________."

Light enters the eye through the ________.

All of the following are considered "traditional" tastes EXCEPT:

Our tendency to see objects as relatively stable and unchanging despite changing sensory information is called ________.

The lens: