Exam 3: C: Sensation and Perception

Many so-called UFOs may actually be caused by ________.

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

Billy acted out in class and made poor grades.After a vision screening at the school,Billy's teacher moved him to the front of the class.Billy's academic and social behaviors improved.Billy probably has which vision problem?

The vestibular system monitors:

How blurry-looking an object appears and linear perspective are cues associated with _______ depth perception.

While riding on a train,David notices that the trees and telephone poles close to the tracks seem to flash by,while the buildings,trees,and mountains that are farther away seem to move by more slowly.This phenomenon is called ________.

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

The effects of the Ames Room are DUE primarily to distortions in:

Adaptation is the process in which _______.

When Ann went to her doctor,he gave her a hearing test.During the test,the doctor struck several tuning forks,each of which vibrated at a distinct pitch,and asked her to choose two tones that sounded almost the same in pitch.The doctor was testing Ann's __________.

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

When Ann went to her doctor,he gave her a hearing test.During the test,the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones.The tones varied only along the loud-soft dimensions (from very loud to very soft).The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she heard a sound.The doctor was testing Ann's _______.

Light enters the eye through the _______.

Size constancy explains why _______.

The range of electromagnetic wavelengths that we can see is called the:

The trichromat:

The white,opaque outer wall of the eye is called the _________.

A drawing of a gravel road depicts the tiny rocks as becoming smaller and less distinct as one looks "down the lane." This simulation of depth on a two-dimensional sheet of paper is an example of the _______ cue.

The Young-Helmholtz theory of color vision assumes that:

The outer ear is also known as the _______.