Exam 4: Sensing and Perceiving Our World

In the context of controlling pain, ________ are a class of drugs prescribed for severe pain by physicians. The term means "without pain."

Which part of the eye is responsible for bending light rays so that light can be focused on the retina?

Diana goes to a theater to watch a movie. Outside the theater, the area is well-lit and she can see clearly. As soon as she enters the theater hall, she is engulfed by darkness and momentarily blinded as the lighting is dim. However, she is soon able to make out objects clearly once again. The phenomenon that Diana experiences is known as ________.

Which of the following statements is true about atmospheric perspective?

Which of the following are sets of bones from the middle ear that vibrate and amplify sound waves from the tympanic membrane?

While driving on a highway, José spots a sign on which a rapid succession of bulbs light up in a row. They look like a moving arrow pointing toward a motel. This visual effect is called ________.

________ is a monocular depth cue that causes the texture of a surface to appear more tightly packed together as the surface moves to the background.

Jenny and John are siblings. Jenny asks John if he heard her cell phone ring, but John states that he did not hear it. Jenny, convinced that she heard her cell phone ring, rushes to her room to check, but she finds that the phone actually did not ring. Signal detection theorists would label John's report that Jenny's cell phone did not ring as a ________.

Because some fibers of the olfactory bulb are directly connected to the amygdala, some smells we encounter ________.

In a certain experiment, a research subject is supposed to hear the sound of a bell. The sound of the bell that the research subject can hear in 50 percent of the trials is his ________.

Which of the following sequences correctly depicts the general pathway of a sound entering the outer ear?

Janice and Brandon are siblings. Janice asks Brandon if he heard her cell phone ring. Brandon tells her that it did not ring. Janice, convinced that she heard her cell phone ring, rushes to her room to check, but she finds that the phone actually did not ring. Signal detection theorists would label Janice's perception of the cell phone ringing as a ________.

Complete the following analogy: Vision is to photoreceptors as sound is to ________.

Which of the following statements is true of the sensation of taste by humans?

In the context of pain perception, the brain regions active in both physical and emotional pain are the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the ________.

Karolina can see only a part of a stack of books because a box is partially obstructing the view. Karolina, therefore, knows the box is in front of the stack of books. This cue to depth is known as ________.

Which of the following is a theory of color vision that can account for the color afterimage of the American flag as well as help explain some instances of color blindness?

The trichromatic theory explains processing at the retina or cone, of which there are three types. The ________ explains more about how cells in the LGN of the thalamus and visual cortex process color information.

________ happens when objects closer to the viewer partially block objects farther away from the viewer.

In the context of the Trichromatic theory, humans have cones that are sensitive to ________.