Exam 4: A: Sensation and Perception

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After you stare at something red and look away,you see green.This observation supports the ____________________ theory of color vision.​

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A gray square could look blue,yellow,or any other color,depending on its surround.​

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About a thousand years ago,an Arab scholar demonstrated that we see because light enters the eyes.​

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If you stare at a bright color for a minute and then look at a white surface,you continue seeing the color you had been viewing.​

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The field of psychology that emphasizes how we perceive overall patterns through a top-down process is known as __________ psychology.​

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Men are more likely to have color vision deficiency than are women.​

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The apparent brightness of an object depends on the brightness of objects near it.​

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How do we manage to experience so many substances as bitter,in spite of the fact that they are chemically unrelated to one another?​

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Adult taste buds are almost equally distributed across the surface of the tongue.​

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Cats can see in total darkness.​

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The cones are adapted for color vision,daytime vision,and detailed vision.​

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The sensations of pressure,pain,warmth,cold,vibration,and stretch of the skin are collectively known as the ____________________ senses.​

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The moon at the horizon looks larger than it does high in the sky because the atmosphere distorts the light as it passes through.​

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What is a feature detector,and what evidence do we have for feature detectors?​

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Humans have an approximately equal number of rods and cones.​

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A neuron that responds to the presence or absence of a line or angle in a particular location is known as a ______________ detector.​

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Color constancy depends on the ability of the cortex to compare information from several parts of the retina.This view is known as the _______ theory of color vision.​

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In the human auditory system,the ability to hear high-frequency sounds (above 4000 Hz)depends on the ________ principle.​

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Surgery can correct certain types of deafness.​

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Light enters the eye through the pupil and strikes the receptors on the _________.​

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