Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

The opponent-process theory of colour combines the dual-process and trichromatic theories of colour.

Tim placed his hand inside a cooler to grab a bottle of soda.He immediately felt that the bottle of soda was quite cold.Which type of sensory receptor provided this information?

Fear and expectation were discussed as playing a significant causal role in the creation of:

Which of the following shows the correct route taken by a light stimulus traveling to the brain?

In order for perceptual abilities to develop,critical periods are times when ___________________.

The Gestalt law that states that when parts of an array of stimuli are perceived as being alike,they will be perceived as belonging together is the Gestalt law of _______________.

Frequency is the physical property of sound that gives us our perception of ______.

Though they did not control the initial stages of dark adaptation (e.g. ,the first 5 minutes),the second or later part of the darkness adaptation curve (e.g. ,after 5 minutes)is determined specifically by the functioning of the __________.

Hering's opponent-process theory of colour vision proposed that each of the three types of cones is sensitive to _______ wavelength(s)of light.

A limitation of Weber's law is that:

The experimental procedure where a participant is presented with two auditory messages (i.e. ,one in each ear)and then is asked to repeat one of the messages word for word is called:

The scientific area of psychophysics is concerned with the determination of absolute thresholds and difference thresholds.

The fact that the face of a friend looks the same whether you are viewing it up front or from the side is best accounted for by:

When vision is restored to adults who have been blind for their entire lives,they typically never fully adjust to the visual world.Examples like these demonstrate the ________.

At a party last week,Ben played a game similar to a scavenger hunt.Each child was given a list of ten items to retrieve from the kitchen within three minutes.The twist was that the lights in the kitchen were turned off and the shades were drawn leaving the room in complete darkness.One by one,the children would emerge from the room having found only two or three of the items.Ben,who had just learned about dark adaptation in school,easily won the game by:

The Gestalt law that asserts that objects near one another are more likely to be perceived as belonging together is the Gestalt law of __________.

Becky is very sad when it is time to say goodbye to her grandmother after visiting her.Her mother and father load the luggage into the car while Becky gives grandma one last hug and bids good-bye.As the family car drives away,Becky keeps waving to her grandmother until her grandmother has gotten so small that she can no longer see her.Suddenly,Becky bursts into tears,crying that her grandmother just got smaller and smaller until she disappeared and Becky is afraid she is dead! What Becky does not understand is that perception utilizes principles of:

Joey has no trouble seeing when he's reading books and working on his computer,but he has a fair amount of difficulty seeing things in the distance.Joey most likely suffers from:

Someone who suffers from hyperopia:

The two senses that are associated and are referred to as the "common chemical sense" are: