Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

The changes in pressure caused when molecules of air or fluid collide with one another then move apart again are called ________.

Detecting "environmental stimulation" is one way to define ________.

The place theory and the frequency theory help to explain ________.

Which Gestalt law of organization must always occur even if other laws of organization are also illustrated?

What color would you report seeing if a researcher projected the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum onto a screen?

Hair follicle nerve endings respond to ________.

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ________.

Color, shape, size, and brightness are all types of perceptual ________.

Olfactory receptor cells are located in the back of the throat.

The tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping is known as ________.

In the process known as ________, the brain stops attending to constant, unchanging stimuli from one's surroundings.

Which is the BEST description of the vestibular senses?

The eyes convert light energy into neural responses that we experience as sight. The conversion of light energy into sight is done by receptor cells in the ________.

When a warm object is placed against a "cold spot" on our skin, we feel cold. This is known as ________.

The fovea is made up of ________.

Adaptation is the process in which ________.

An illusion ________.

You hit yourself with a hammer and later suffer a deep ache. This is an example of ________.

People with normal vision will perceive a pyramid whether they see the object from the side, top, or any other angle as long as the object is, in fact, a pyramid. This is the law of:

Helmholtz's explanation of color vision is called the ________.