Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

Marissa suffered a head injury in a motor vehicle accident.As a result,she complains that she is unable to taste even though her gustatory system is intact.What is most likely Marissa's problem?

The reason you are seeing this test is because the light being reflected off the test is converted to neural impulses that the brain can then understand.This process is called ___.

The slower pain pathway uses ___ axons and communicates with the ___ in the brain.

Matilda is counting the money from her piggy bank.When she dumps it out on the table she sees toonies,loonies,quarters,dimes,and nickels.Which Gestalt law is consistent with this example?

The law of good form states that we tend to group objects that are visually attractive.

Touch information is relayed from the thalamus to ___ cortex in the ___ lobe.

Olfaction is to gustation as ___ is to ___.

Stacy has just been told that her 5-year old son has strabismus.What is the doctor likely to say to Stacy about her son's vision?

What class of molecules includes endorphins and enkephalins?

You are driving to school and your favourite song comes on the radio.You immediately recognize the song and begin to sing along.What type(s)of processing allowed you to do this?

The ___ theory of colour vision proposes that there are three different receptors for colour.

Match the appropriate words in the left column to the definitions in the right column.

With respect to the development of the tactile senses,which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following statements about how the brain processes smell and taste is FALSE?

The basic premise upon which Gestalt psychology was founded is

The fast pathway would most likely be used to carry pain signals in all the following examples EXCEPT:

You are shown two lines and,although they are the same length,you identify one of the lines as being shorter than the other.Which of the following are you experiencing?

The philosophical question: "Does a tree falling in the woods with no one around make a sound?" would be best interpreted by a psychologist interested in sensation and perception to mean that:

Rhona hypothesizes that the ability of absolute pitch conveys an adaptive advantage.Your text reports that absolute pitch is more common among speakers of tonal languages than among speakers of nontonal languages.How does this finding relate to Rhona's hypothesis?

Which theory of audition states that different frequencies are converted into different rates of action potentials in our auditory nerves?