Exam 3: Reading and Remembering

The ________ consists of three tubes containing fluid that sloshes through them when the head moves, signaling rotational or angular movement to the brain.

Damon suffers from the most common form of color blindness. Which of the following statements best illustrates Damon's experience of color?

The difference in the images seen by the left eye and the right eye is known as ________.

________ cells receive information directly from the rods and cones and communicate that information to the ________ cells.

Describe three pain-management techniques used to manage chronic pain. State appropriate applications for each technique.

The ultimate processing of visual images takes place in the visual ________ of the brain.

Acme Foods wants to make its chips saltier, but it doesn't want to spend more than it has to on salt. A sample of consumers is asked to compare its current chips variety (saltiness = 100) with saltier versions and to say whether the new versions are saltier. On an average, sample consumers reliably say that a new chips variety is saltier when its saltiness value is 108, but not when its saltiness value is below 108. Assuming Acme Foods' sample consumers are representative of people in general, which of the following percentage values best represents the just noticeable difference for saltiness?

Which of the following sequences best reflects the order in which light passes through the structures of the eye during the process of vision?

The ________ bends light as it passes through and focuses the light more sharply.

In ______ , one's expectations play a key role in one's perception.

According to the ________ of color vision, receptor cells are linked in pairs, working in opposition to each other.

________ are physical stimuli that consistently produce errors in perception.

Under ideal circumstances, it is possible for someone to detect a single drop of perfume diffused in an area equivalent to that of a one-bedroom apartment. This is due to:

The opponent-process theory:

Mr. Redding often reacts to pain saying, "I can't take this anymore." In such instances, he is supposed to immediately tell himself, "Stop! I am in control of my pain." This pain management technique is known as:

Perception that consists of the progression of recognizing and processing information from individual components of a stimuli and moving to the perception of the whole is known as ________.

One of the primary reasons why women experience pain more intensely than men is that: