Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

_______ theory was developed to isolate the limits of sensory sensitivity.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary taste qualities that humans perceive?

The boundary between the middle and inner ear is the:

The vestibular sense governs our awareness of _______.

The ability to discern fine details in visual patterns is termed:

Figure-ground is to _______ as dream interpretation is to psychoanalysis.

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

Texture gradient refers to the fact that texture appears to become _______.

The process by which rods and cones become more sensitive to light in response to lowered levels of illumination is called _______.

Frequency theory proposes that:

Dr.Delmar wants to determine how loud a certain noise must be in order for it to be heard from a distance of 50 feet.Her question involves the concept of:

When we look at a white house,we can recognize it as a white house by day or night and from any angle.This is due to perceptual __________.

Since our eyes are a few inches apart,we get a slightly different view from each eye.This is known as:

Research on the sense of touch has found that if two objects touch the skin very close to each other,they will be perceived as only one object.The smallest distance between the two objects which can still be felt as two distinct objects is the ______________________.

Hue,saturation,and brightness are three separate aspects of our experience of:

The vestibular sacs control that body's sense of:

The trichromatic receptor theory explains how different color receptors in the eye combine to produce color vision.However,this theory does NOT explain:

If perceptual information aiding in depth perception must be drawn simultaneously from both eyes,it is referred to as _______.

As sounds become louder,their ______ increases.

According to the __________ theory,distinct receptors exist for the sensation of temperature.