Exam 4: Sensation and Perception

The organization of information starting with low-level features and building into a complete perception is known as

The Necker's cube and the Rorschach inkblots are good examples of

Using a cell phone while driving may result in your failure to perceive a car pulling out of a driveway that is in plain view but not the focus of your attention, a situation referred to as __________.

Which of the following is NOT a test of visual acuity?

If you think you see a three-foot-tall butterfly, you can confirm you are hallucinating by trying to touch its wings. You are engaging in

When Abby wants to draw a highway so that it appears to be going into the horizon, she makes the parallel lines of the highway converge as it nears the horizon. This illustrates the use of the pictorial depth cue known as

The pitch of a sound corresponds to which aspect of the sound wave?

Although the senses reduce a mixture of sights, sounds, odors, tastes, and touch sensations to more manageable amounts, they are still too much for the brain to handle. That's why the brain further filters sensory information through

If you stand in the middle of a cobblestone street, the street will look coarse near your feet and finer if you look into the distance. This is the pictorial depth cue known as a __________.

When our attention is narrowly focused, we may experience inattentional blindness.

Regarding inattentional blindness, we are more likely not to perceive something when

In one study of eyewitness cases, what percent of the time was the wrong person chosen in a police lineup?

Alma has a nagging backache after a day spent raking leaves. This nagging pain

Apparent motion can be influenced by an observer's point of fixation so that at middle distances, objects closer than the point of fixation appear to

Your dentist's conversation with you about the latest episode of your favorite reality show while he puts in a filling is an example of pain control through

Describe the four vision problems of hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia, including their causes and treatments.

Your skin receptors detect five different sensations, which are cold, warmth, pressure, light touch, and __________.

Damage to the receptors for peripheral vision could be expected to create

Regarding the word somesthetic, esthetic means

If two objects make images of the same size, the more distant object must be larger. This is known formally as the __________.