Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Artie organizes the binders in his office by color.This color-coding exemplifies the Gestalt principle of:

Which of the following sequences correctly arranges the structures of the inner ear from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?

A(n)_____ is any passing source of physical energy that produces a response in a sense organ.

Which of the following is true of "supertasters"?

In regards to what we see in our world,the range of wavelengths that humans are sensitive to is called the _____.

The _____ suggests that the entire basilar membrane acts as a microphone,vibrating as a whole in response to a sound.

The _____ divides the cochlea into lower and upper chambers.

Damon is among the 7% of males with color blindness.He suffers from the most common form of color blindness.Which of the following statements best illustrates Damon's experience of color?

Which of the following most closely approximates the meaning of the term noise as psychophysicists use it?

Making an analogy between hearing and vision,the auditory hair cells in the _____ are similar to the _____ in the _____.

At night,the moon appears smaller when it is overhead than when it is on the horizon.This is an example of:

Suppose you stare at an illustration of the American flag for a while,then glance at a blank white page.The red stripes look green when you glance at the blank page because:

Which of the following alternatives is most accurate?

_____ are physical stimuli that consistently produce errors in perception.

A(n)_____ threshold is the stimulus intensity that is detected 50% of the time.

_____ is a condition in which exposure to one sensation evokes an additional one.

Which of the following sequences correctly arranges structures from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?

Rods contain _____,a complex reddish-purple substance whose composition changes chemically when energized by light.

_____ are light-sensitive receptor cells in the retina that are responsible for sharp focus and color perception,particularly in bright light,and are concentrated on the part of the retina called the fovea.

Refraction is to accommodation what the _____ is to the _____.