Exam 4: Sensing and Perceiving Our World

Susan was watching fireworks during the 4th of July celebration. She noticed that she always saw the crackers burst before she heard its sounds. Which of the following explains Susan's experience?

Jay studies psychophysics. In his laboratory, he conducts experiments that study ________.

________ are photoreceptors in the retina that play a key role in night vision, as they are most responsive to dark and light contrast.

In the context of perceiving color, most humans are ________.

The top layers of skin have receptor cells that are sensitive to different tactile qualities. These receptors are called ________.

While driving on a highway, George sees a sign on a building that says "MO_EL." George knows that the building is a motel even though the sign is missing a letter because of the Gestalt ________.

Robert asks Thomas if he heard a knock at the door, and Thomas says that he did not. Robert, swearing he heard a knock, goes to the door and opens it, but there is no one there. Signal detection theorists would label Robert's perception that someone knocked at the door as a ________.

Yasmin no longer senses the sound of air conditioner as she sits in the classroom. She has stopped attending to its stimulation because she sits in the same classroom every day. Psychologists call this experience ________.

The Gestalt law of ________ occurs when we perceive a whole object in the absence of complete information.

The optic nerve carries impulses to the thalamus and, ultimately, to the ________ of the occipital lobes.

Stephan sees a plane flying at a distance. The plane appears to become smaller as it gets farther away from him. Stephan understands that the plane is not shrinking in size in reality because of ________.

Pain from skin damage is called ________.

Which of the following statements is true about absolute thresholds?

Which of the following statements regarding vision is true?

The lowest intensity levels of a stimulus a person can detect half of the time is known as ________.

Frequency is measured in units called ________.

Which of the following is true of color vision in humans and animals?

________ is the study of how people psychologically perceive physical stimuli such as light, sound waves, and touch.

Which of the following statements regarding color perception is true?

The vibrations on the oval window send movement through the fluid-filled cavity of the ________.