Exam 5: Perception and the Senses

Why is the transmission of first pain much quicker than the transmission of second pain?

After sounds are collected, they are funneled through the __________, an outer ear structure whose primary purpose is to protect the __________ membrane tightly stretched across it at the end.

You experience ______________ every time you get into a blisteringly hot bath, only to have it seem to turn cool on you within a very short time.

All of the following aspects of sound location are true, EXCEPT:

Compare the trichomatic theory of color perception to the opponent process theory. In your answer, describe how each theory characterizes the action of cones in the retinal. Also, discuss how rods and cones interact to produce color perception in dark and bright light.

When you are looking out a window at the street and see a parked car partially blocked by a telephone pole, you perceive the car as a whole object, even though your sensations of it are disjointed. This is due to the gestalt law of

The ganzfeld procedure designed to test hypotheses about telepathy involves two people: a sender who is told to concentrate on an object, and a receiver who is to receive the message about the object. The sender and receiver are in different rooms and at the end of thirty minutes the receiver is asked

Much in the way that stereophonic sound creates an illusion of depth by emphasizing different sounds in different speakers, your retinas collect slightly different images of the world which allow for this binocular depth cue.

Most of the cones in the retina are concentrated in this small area in the center of the retina.

Perception is accomplished when physical sensations are processed by the brain. Describe how psychophysicists came to understand the relationships between sensory stimuli and perception. Discuss the just-noticeable difference and two aspects of signal detection theory that sensation is not always accurate.

There are no specific receptors designed to receive pain. Free nerve endings anywhere in the body can serve as ______________.

This section of the retina has no rods or cones and is therefore "blind."

Researchers who study the relationship between physical stimuli and how they are perceived via the senses are known as

The majority of cones in the retina are found in the fovea, while very few rods are in that area.

Which of the following is consistent with evidence for an experience-expectant process for face perception?

In order to reach the retina, light must pass first through this transparent membrane that covers the entire eye.

Though taste is accomplished by the taste buds alone, flavors are a product of taste and

These receptors for tactation are embedded in the layers of our skin, and can be manipulated by physical pressure and psychological suggestion.

Which of the following is not true regarding the effect of pheromones?

According to the text, why is it that fatty is a better candidate for a "fifth" taste than umami?