Exam 4: Sensing and Perceiving Our World

Immanuel can see few children flying a kite on top of a building at a distance. As the kite flies farther up into the sky it looks like it is getting smaller and smaller. However, Immanuel knows the kite is not shrinking due to his brain's ability to maintain ________.

Kenny's office is located on a busy street. In the past, he used to feel constantly disturbed by traffic noise during working hours. However, over time, he has stopped being aware of its stimulation because he sits in the same office every day. In this scenario, Kenny is experiencing ________.

Once inside the auditory canal, sound vibrations travel to the ________.

A researcher diffuses a few drops of perfume in a house and asks Clara if she can smell it, to which Clara says yes. According to signal detection theory, Clara's response is ________.

Alex and Peter work in an air traffic control tower. They are assigned with the task of monitoring signals on the radar to detect incoming planes. Alex tells Peter that he detected a signal on the radar. However, Peter does not agree with Alex. After further checks, they concur that there was no signal on the radar. Signal detection theorists would label Alex's initial report that he detected a signal as a ________.

The ________ runs through the cochlea.

________ refers to the difference in retinal images due to the fact that human eyes are separated by a few inches and is an important cue in depth perception.

The process by which the muscles control the shape of the lens to adjust to viewing objects at different distances is known as ________.

The ________ theory of pain proposes that the spinal cord regulates the experience of pain by either opening or closing neural channels that are involved in pain sensations that get sent to the brain.

________ ensures that we notice changes in stimulation more than stimulation itself.

Beth is looking down a path of railroad tracks, and the two rails seem to meet far in the distance. This cue to depth is known as ________.

In the brain, the first major structure involved in processing bodily sensations is the ________, which relays the impulses to the somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobes.

According to the ________ theory of pain, acupuncture should successfully alleviate pain.

The Gestalt tendency to group like objects together is known as ________.

Maria looks at the structure of a tall monument at a distance. She then takes a handheld magnifying glass to read the name of the monument on the map in her hand. The muscles around the lens of her eyes alter the shape of the lens to adjust to viewing objects at different distances. This phenomenon is referred to as ________.

Which of the following terms refers to the ability to see clearly?

In the context of the physics of sound and the psychophysics of hearing, ________ is the quality or "color" of a particular sound and is a result of the sound's complexity or number of sound frequencies.

Which part of a person's eyes are photoreceptors that help her see the path in front and the trees around her when she is walking in the woods at night?

Rahul, who experiences the most common type of color deficiency, cannot distinguish some shades of ________.

Lillian sees a store sign that says CL_ ED. Due to the Gestalt law of ________, Lillian knows the store is closed even though the sign is missing letters.