Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

The branch of psychology in which researchers look for ways to describe the transition from the physical stimulus to the psychological experience of that stimulus is called:

Frieda is watching her twin brothers Fred and Ted walk toward her.She knows Fred and Ted are equal in height.Since Fred is creating a larger retinal image than Ted, Frieda knows he is closer to her.Which monocular cue explains this?

On the tongue, the ____________________ are the tiny bumps containing the taste buds.

The coiled, fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger neural impulses is called the:

Currently, the best description of the way in which color is encoded in the visual pathways is that color vision:

An artist is attempting to create just the right amount of brightness in the background of a painting.Which aspect of light is the artist manipulating?

Clarence was working in the chemistry lab when there was a small explosion and a flash of yellow.For several seconds Clarence saw blue spots before his eyes.This is best explained using the theory of color vision known as the:

The flexible piece of tissue that helps focus light toward the back of the eye is the:

When one uses knowledge of the world to generate expectations about what one is perceiving, one is using:

According to the place theory of pitch perception, pitch is partially determined by:

The brain releases chemicals with painkilling effects.These chemicals are called:

Stereoscopes, 3-D movies, and stereograms all create illusions of depth by relying on the perceptual principle of:

Olfaction refers to our sense of:

In the eye, the ____________________ is the protective outer layer of the eye that with the lens functions to focus the image.

In Irving Biederman's recognition by components theory, a basic form, such as a cylinder or block is called a:

The phi phenomenon is an illusion of:

If endorphins are released, we should expect the organism to:

Explain how humans translate a two-dimensional retinal image into a three-dimensional perception of the world, noting the role of monocular and binocular cues.

Trish has an ear infection and has to wear an earplug in her right ear for the next week.The doctor has told her that there will be very little impact on her ability to listen in her classes, since her left ear is fine.For the next week Trish will probably have the most problems:

If people did not have size constancy, objects would appear to: