Exam 1: Introduction to Perception

 The smallest difference between two stimuli that enables us to tell the difference between them is called the _____.

 Ilsa recently had a stroke that has damaged her ability to name objects. Her neurologist shows Ilsa a pen and asks her to name what it is. This is best described as a test of _____.

 As a part of the interview process for his dream job - quality control at a small, luxury chocolate manufacturer - Tony is asked to taste small pieces of chocolate and then describe what he tastes. Tony is most likely being asked to provide a(n) _____.

 Trying to read a note written by someone with poor handwriting involves _____.

 Justin forgot to wear his glasses to class so the writing he sees on the chalk board is blurry. Even so, he is sure it says "Pop Quiz!" because he knows that there are pop quizzes in the class and he can read the "P" and the "Q". What allows him to read the board

 The question "What do you see Is asking about _____.

 Which of the following is the first category of the stages in the perceptual process

 Based on the dark adaptation curve, you would expect the absolute threshold to _____ as time in a darkened room increases.

 One of the important limitations of the knowledge derived from determining thresholds is that _____.

 ______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to what happens during an ATM withdrawal, when pressure from button press becomes electrical energy, and then becomes a mechanical response resulting in the dispensing of money.

 Describe the method of limits and how it is used.

 Abdel works for a company that designs adapted products to help people who have trouble grasping items. Today he is meeting with children who have difficulty grasping as a result of traumatic brain injury and has provided them with a supply of crayons that have been adapted in various ways. Abdel watches as the children color with the crayons. Which question is he most likely asking

 The process of transforming energy in the environment into electrical energy in the neurons is called _____.

 According to Ludy Benjamin, if changes in physical stimuli always resulted in similar changes in perception of those stimuli, _____.

 If a person sees the unambiguous "rat" stimulus, and then views the ambiguous "rat-man" figure, the person will most likely report seeing _____.

 The method of limits takes into account the variability of human perception by_____.

 _____ processing is based on the stimuli reaching the receptors.

 What is meant by the absolute threshold What about the difference threshold

 Visual form agnosia is a problem of the _____ step of the perceptual process.

 The psychophysical method in which stimuli of varying intensities are presented in ascending and descending orders in discrete steps is called the method of _____.