Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

When objects are 60 or 70 feet away,_______ does not occur.

You are seated at a small table talking to a friend opposite you who is drinking coffee.As she lifts the cup off the saucer and raises it to her mouth,the image made on your retina by the bottom of the cup actually changes shape,but you still "see" it as round due to:

Light is focused on the retina by the _______.

The minimum intensity of physical stimulation required to produce any sensation at all in a person is the _______.

The monocular distance cue in which objects closer than the point of visual focus seem to move in the direction opposite to the viewer's moving head,and objects beyond the viewing point move in the same direction as the viewer's head is _______.

_______ studies the relationship between physical energies and psychological experiences.

The eyes detect different colors by using the _______.

Window pane is to _______ as color is to iris.

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

The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the __________.

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

In the figure above,seeing rows of 0s and rows of Xs illustrates the Gestalt law of ______.

The hammer,anvil,and stirrup are all located in the _______.

Because the eyes are separated by several centimeters,each eye's view of an object is different from the other's.This is called _______ disparity.

The tendency for a stationary light viewed against darkness to look as though it's moving is called:

The wavelength of the light to reach your eyes determines what __________ you see.

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

A person who is blind in one eye can use all of the visual cues except _______.

_______ tried to analyze sensation and perception separately,and _______ insisted on a unified analysis of sensations and perceptions.

What sensations are detected by the skin?