Exam 3: C: Sensation and Perception

Lory entered a dark movie theater from the bright sunlight.Which of the following was occurring in her retinal system?

The vestibular sense governs our awareness of __________.

Rods and cones are found in the _______.

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

The most common cause of blindness is which of the following?

The relation between the amount of physical energy in a stimulus and the sensory experience of that stimulus is studied by:

The shape of the lens adjusts in order to _______.

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 __________.

A dichromat _______.

The aspect of color that corresponds to names such as red,green,and blue is __________.

Our sensitivity to different tastes is greatest when food is between the temperatures of 71 degrees and _______ degrees F.

The vestibular sacs control that body's sense of:

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

The eyes detect different colors by using the _______.

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

Whether you are standing right next to it or a mile away from it,you know a tree is the same size because of _______.

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

The structures in the inner ear that are particularly sensitive to body rotation are the __________.

Decibels are used to measure _______.

The vestibular sense governs our awareness of _______.