Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

What structure in your eye is most like the film in a camera?

Which skin receptors respond only to pressure?

The place in the retina where the axons of all the ganglion cells come together to leave the eye is called the ________.

All of the following are true about color blindness EXCEPT:

The distance cue in which objects at greater distances appear to be smoother is ________.

What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

The components in the sense organs that respond to energy are called ________.

Whether you are standing right next to it or a mile away from it, you know a tree is the same size because of________.

Which of the following properties of sound is the most similar to the brightness of light?

Perceiving incomplete objects as complete define:

A sound mixer, impressed by the new equipment that was just installed in his recording studio, says that now he will be able to help singers and musicians produce better music because he can eliminate unneeded and undesired wavelengths. What term describes the characteristic of sound waves that the sound mixer is now able to alter?

Red, green, and blue are ________.

Which of the following is an example of a monocular cue?

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

You are told you are going to be shown some words related to food. The experiment then shows you the "pizao" and you perceive the word "pizza." This shows that your perceptions are affected by your________.

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

________ studies the relationship between physical energies and psychological experiences.

The eyes detect different colors by using the ________.

Common region is the tendency to perceive ________.

Psychological aspects of pain perception can influence the release of the neurotransmitters called ________, the body's natural version of morphine.