Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Substance P is related to the sense of balance.

The average person's skin is about ________.

Analyzing smaller features and building up to a complete perception is called ________.

Proprioceptors signal ________.

The skin senses are concerned with ________.

Which of the following describes what happens if you trace an auditory stimulus from the time it first reaches the ear until it arrives at the brain?

Suppose you're driving on a two-lane road on a very snowy night where the divider cannot be seen.However,in your mind,you're able to reconstruct where the divider should be.This example illustrates ________.

Which of the following sequences correctly indicates the pathway of nerve impulses on their way from the eye to the brain?

The sense of smell is also known as __________.

In the process known as ________,sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus.

Contiguity is the tendency to perceive ________.

Which of the following properties of sound would be the most similar to the color,or hue,of light?

Microsaccades are ________.

Light is said to have a dual nature,meaning it can be thought of in two different ways.These two ways are _________.

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

________ is the mental process of making meaning of sensory information.

What is the pupil of the eye?

The term just noticeable difference is synonymous with ______.

If a person hears a tone of 300 Hz,three groups of neurons take turns sending the message to the brain-the first group for the first 100 Hz,the second group for the next 100 Hz,and a third for the next 100 Hz.This principle is known as the ________.

Which is the best description of the skin senses?