Exam 3: C: Sensation and Perception

Which of the following choices is NOT a monocular cue that painters can incorporate into their work to convey information about the relative distances of objects?

Muller-Lyer,Ponzo,and Zollner are all _________.

The opponent-process theory of color vision contends that color vision is a result of:

When we look at objects fairly close to us,our eyes tend to turn slightly inward toward each other.This process is called _______.

The differences between the separate images each eye receives are known as __________.

When you look out the window of a car that is traveling 60 mph,objects at different locations appear to move in different directions and different speeds.This apparent motion is known as:

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

Perrone's result,using a rigid box moving away from the observer,suggests that the contraction of the retinal image causes the observer to perceive that the box was moving away and getting smaller.The perception of the box getting smaller SEEMS to violate which of the following?

The pupil is the __________.

The vividness or richness of a hue is known as its:

Weber's Law states that a just noticeable change in a stimulus magnitude is ________ the original stimulus magnitude.

Axons from the nerve cells in the nose carry messages directly to the __________ of the brain.

What sensations are detected by the skin?

________ are receptors that are best for seeing details.

An illusion due to misleading cues in stimuli which cause us to create perceptions that are inaccurate or impossible is called a(n)_______ illusion.

Sensation is _______.

_______ studies the relationship between physical energies and psychological experiences.