Exam 4: C: Sensation and Perception

You call the Psychic Hotline and talk with a real,live psychic.He tells you about future events in your life that he claims to see.The psychic is demonstrating which psi ability?

The text suggests that perceptual awareness can be achieved through

Distant objects tend to look hazy,washed out in color,and lacking in detail,which illustrates

Which of the following are impaired by alcohol consumption and increase the risk of car accidents by drunk drivers?

Which of the following refers to changes in the brain that alter how we process sensory information so that we can focus on just one part of a group of stimuli rather than processing all of the stimuli?

Changes in the sensations of the muscles attached to each lens helps us judge distances within four feet of the eyes.This is known as

You look at the moon through a rolled-up paper tube.It will

A decrease in perceptual responding to a predictable and unchanging stimulus is known as

Which of the following is a type of learning in which we learn to cease paying attention to familiar stimuli?

With which pictorial depth cue does one assume that light comes mainly from one direction and the source of the light is above the pictured object?

Students have found that if their psychology teacher repeats a term "three times," this term will definitely be on the test.Paying attention to specific stimuli illustrates the students'

Even though the retinal image of the desk you are looking at changes as you view the desk from different angles,your perception of the desk does not change.This is due to

Regarding culture and perception,which of the following statements is FALSE?

The depth cue that occurs when one object partially blocks another object is known as

You have been asked to play a "psychic" at the Halloween carnival at your son's school.A customer enters,and you begin by making general statements about this person.You would then expand on anything the person responds to in a positive way as shown by his or her facial expressions,body language,or tone of voice.The technique you are using is known as

Regarding how they perceive the world,East Asians tend to

Regarding eye witness testimony,which of the following statements is FALSE?

To maintain personal objectivity requires

Regarding eyewitness testimony,which of the following statements is TRUE?

Regarding stage performers and "psychic hot lines," which of the following statements is FALSE?