Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

When you are standing at the bottom of a ladder looking up,the rungs at the bottom of the ladder look larger than the rungs at the top.This is an example of ___.

Hadley hears the faint sound of a police siren.As time passes,the sound of the siren gets louder.Which of the following sound cues will provide Hadley with the most useful information about the location of the police car?

Which of the following is NOT a monocular depth cue?

Lara is watching the moon rise.When the moon is on the horizon it appears to be much larger than when it is higher up in the sky.This phenomenon is called the ___ and is caused by ___.

Collectively,the three small bones in the ear are called the ___.

Which of the following tactile sensory receptors is correctly matched with a function?

How many basic types of taste are there?

Which of the following reflects the correct order of structures that sound waves must encounter for hearing?

Jenny's just noticeable difference for detecting a lemon flavour in a glass of water is much larger than Kelsey's just noticeable difference.This means that:

Wilf has suffered brain damage that causes him to ignore everything on the left side.For instance,he only eats from the right half of his plate; he only brushes his hair and teeth on the right side; and he only shaves the right half of his face.What part of the brain did Wilf most likely damage?

Which receptors have a remarkable ability to regenerate and show a relatively fast turn-over rate?

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the responsiveness of an individual olfactory receptor?

With respect to the development of the ability to recognize sounds,which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following sequences correctly arranges the structures of the inner ear from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?

In the auditory pathway,what happens immediately after the hair cells bend?

Of the following,which apply to rods only? 1 - used for daytime vision 2 - found in the periphery of the eye 3 - used for visual acuity 4 - used for colour vision 5 - used for detecting movement 6 - found in nocturnal animals 7 - more numerous in the retina

According to the opponent process theory of colour vision,what would happen if you stared at a bowl of red tomatoes for a minute and then looked at an empty white plate?

Suppose Marlene is unable to balance,and Lucas is unable to maintain his body's posture.What sensory systems have most likely been damaged in each case?

Which of the following terms reflects our tendency to view objects as unchanging in some ways even though the actual visual sensations we receive are constantly changing?

Name the five major taste receptors.