Exam 3: C: Sensation and Perception

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

The colored part of the eye which contains muscles to contract or expand the pupil is the __________.

Perceptions differ from sensations in that:

The distance cue in which two parallel lines extend into the distance and seem to come together at one point is called __________.

Which of the following produces binocular disparity?

The patch of nasal membrane tissue that houses receptor cells for smell is the __________.

If a single line is projected onto the same parts of both retinas,the line will be seen clearly in a process called _______.

If a subject in a perception study were listening to sounds and asked to assign a number that is proportional to each sound's intensity,the method being used to measure the psychophysical function is ________.

Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue?

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:

The autokinetic effect is:

The physical stimuli for the sense of hearing are called __________ waves.

Frequency determines _______.

Gestalt theorists propose that much of what we see is divided into:

The flexible membrane inside the cochlea is called the:

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

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

Gestalt theorists are known for explaining:

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the __________.

In nearsightedness,the image is focused: