Exam 17: Basic Principles of Sensation and Perception

When Rick learned that many students had received a failing grade on the midterm exam, he was no longer disappointed by his C grade. His experience best illustrates the importance of

________ processing refers to how the physical characteristics of stimuli influence their interpretation.

While listening to sad rather than happy music, people are more likely to perceive a spoken work as mourning rather than morning. This best illustrates that perception is influenced by

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tried to fall asleep?

The constant quivering movements of our eyes enable us to

People's response to subliminal priming indicates that

Use your understanding of absolute thresholds, sensory adaptation, and pain control to argue that sensation is often influenced by our motives, expectations, and psychological states of mind.

After a photo of nude man or woman was flashed and immediately masked before being perceived, people's attention was unconsciously drawn to images in a way that reflected their

The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates

Normal visual sensation in the absence of complete visual perception is best illustrated by

Sensory adaptation refers to

After hearing that Bryce had served a prison sentence, Janet began to perceive his friendly behavior as insincere and manipulative. This best illustrates the impact of

When researchers added a few drops of vinegar to a brand-name beer, the beer tasters disliked it only if they had been told they were drinking vinegar-laced beer. This best illustrates the impact of

Which of the following strategies best illustrates the use of subliminal stimulation?

After listening to your high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This best illustrates

Subliminally presented stimuli

Three steps that are basic to all sensory systems include the ________ of information to the brain.

Hearing a sequence of sounds of different pitches is to ________ as recognizing the sound sequence as a familiar melody is to ________.

Interpreting new sensory information within the framework of a past memory illustrates

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time is called