Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Compare and contrast the trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vision.How has this debate been resolved?

Figure is to ground as ________.

A sound mixer is impressed by the new equipment that was just installed in his recording studio.He says that now he will be able to help singers and musicians produce better CDs because he can eliminate unneeded and undesired wavelengths.What term describes the characteristic of sound waves that the sound mixer is now able to alter?

The correct order of the three bones of the middle ear from outside to inside is the anvil,the hammer,and the stirru

Joachim and Maricella are going for a romantic walk in the park after an afternoon storm.Maricella looks up in the sky and sees a rainbow.She exclaims,"How beautiful!" Joachim,being something of a science buff,might correctly say ______________________

The place theory of the perception of pitch is best identified with Helmholtz.

Suppose you look at a given figure and decide that,depending on how you look at it,it can be perceived as either an old woman or a young lady.Such a figure would be said to be ________.

Ernest Weber provided a formulation that is used to determine the ______________.

In daylight the shortest wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum will look red.

The difference threshold is defined as the degree of change in a stimulus level that is required in order for a person to detect a change __________ of the time.

Somasthetic senses involve all of the following except ________.

Cochlear implants bypass the ______________.

The tendency to perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex,broken-up pattern is known as ___________.

What's the difference between a monocular and binocular depth cue?

Which of the following properties of sound is the most similar to the brightness of light?

Amy's school records describe her as a monochromat.What can we assume about Amy's perceptual abilities?

According to the opponent-process theory,if you stare at a red star for awhile (e.g. ,60 seconds)and then look at a plain sheet of white paper you will see an afterimage of the star in which hue?

The cilia in the nasal cavity act in a manner similar to taste buds in that they______________.

Why do you see a lemon as yellow?

A piece of paper looks white in both the noonday sun and under moonlight,even though there is less light being reflected off the paper under moonlight.This form of perceptual constancy is called _________.