Exam 3: Sensation and Perception

Our sense of taste works when food molecules are ________.

The reason that there are three semicircular canals is so that _________.

Which neural structures show color opponent processing?

Which pairing of name and property of light is correct?

The lowest intensity of a particular stimulus that enables the average person to detect that stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ________.

Figure is to ground as ________.

Hair follicle nerve endings respond to ________.

Which of the following is a characteristic of both light waves and sound waves?

The average threshold for human hearing is the tick of a watch from ______ away under very quiet conditions.

________ are the raw data of experience,based on the activation of certain receptors located in the various sensory organs.

People's tendency to perceive a thing a certain way because their previous experiences or expectations influence them is called _________.

Laverne looks at the tongue of her friend and sees all kinds of bumps on her tongue."Girl," she says,"you sure have a lot of ________."

If you were to take a sparkler at a July 4^th picnic and "draw" your name in the air,your ability to see the light trail after the initial stimulus is facilitated by:

The illusion based on the concept that most people live in a world with lots of buildings and corners is the _________.

When light waves enter the eye,they first pass through the ________.

The pupil is the ________.

When you enter a darkened room (e.g. ,a movie theater),you will find it hard to see at first,but shortly afterward you will be able to see much better.This phenomenon is referred to as:

Who actually found three types of cones in the retina?

Somesthetic senses involve all of the following except ________.

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