Exam 4: Sensing and Perceiving Our World

Jaspar received a ViewMaster for his birthday. When he looks through the lenses, the image inside the ViewMaster appears to be three dimensional. This is because each of Jaspar's eyes is seeing a slightly different image of the picture. This is called

An expression such as ''warm colour'' is a classic example of a _________ expression. It involves the mapping from the tactile sense referred to by the adjective warm onto the visual referred to by the noun colour.

A rock band recently covered (i.e., remade) a classic country song. Though the band uses different kinds of instruments and a different tempo, Colby still recognizes it due to

Because it isn't feasible to construct every movie set to scale, models are sometimes used to simulate real environments. Looking through a camera that is focused on the model alone, one can easily believe that a tiny model is actually a real city. However, if a real, to-scale object such as a soda can is placed beside the city, we are able to see that the size of the city is a mere

Scientists created a visual cliff by placing a thick sheet of clear glass over a drop-off. They found that by the time children are old enough to crawl, they will not venture over the "edge" of the "cliff." What skill have the children developed that makes them wary?

Quinn has spent the afternoon setting up hundreds of dominoes. When his brother gets home, he comments that Quinn has created an interesting clover-leaf pattern. Though Quinn wasn't aware he was doing this, he is able to see the pattern when his brother points it out. Which Gestalt principle are both boys using?

Michelle turns off all her downstairs lights and starts up the steps, only to trip over her cat, which she cannot see in the dark. The cat wonders why Michelle steps on her at night but not during the day-after all, the cat can see just fine. Michelle and her cat have different ___________________ for light.

The newspapers in Ursula's neighbourhood recently reported that a man saw a lion in the area. Since lions are not native to Ursula's part of the world and none of the lions at the zoo have escaped, many people are skeptical that the lion even exists. However, as Ursula is driving home, an animal runs out in front of her car. It's the lion! She slams on the brakes and calls the police. The police arrive within minutes and search the woods surrounding the road. They find no lion tracks, but they do find dog footprints-and a large golden retriever. Ursula is embarrassed to learn that what she saw was a big dog, not a lion. Because she'd read about the lion, she had expected to see it. Ursula had

Beth and Faith went to see different movies tonight. Beth saw a horror movie and Faith saw a comedy. They are in the living room of their apartment when Beth hears a sound outside. She is convinced that a monster like the one in the movie is on the front porch. Assuming that Beth and Faith have comparable hearing and that Beth did hear something, we can say that they probably are using different

When we are reading, the distance of each letter from those around it affects which word we see. For example, scarcity means something different from scar city. Therapist is different from the rapist, and prosecute is different from prose cute. Which Gestalt principle are we using to decide which letters to consider part of full words?

There is a Wayne's World (1992) scene where Wayne (Mike Myers) is with his girlfriend and is alternating covering his right and left eyes. As he does so the camera angle adjusts to show his perspectivE. This is a good example of

Like 7 percent of the male population, Lionel is red-green colour blind. Red-green colour blindness is caused by

Ken is doing a science experiment. He puts a clothespin on his Dad's nose and blindfolds him. His Dad is unable to distinguish a raw onion from an apple. This experiment demonstrates that

Christa is interested in fixing up two friends on a blind date. Diane, whose last blind date was a nightmare, is reluctant to agree. Tristan, who met his last serious girlfriend on a blind date, is open to the idea. Throughout the date, Diane is quiet and standoffish, so Tristan decides he is not interested in seeing her again. Where did the problem with the date start?

Sammy was born and raised in a large city. The first time his parents drive through the countryside, he sees an animal with four legs, a mane, a long tail, and a saddle. Though he has never seen this animal in real life before, he decides that it must be a horse. He is using

Abe made a little book with pictures of a stick figure. The picture on each page differs slightly from the picture on the page before it. When he flips through the pages as fast as he can, the stick figure appears to be walking. This perceived motion is known as

Isaac is in a room that is almost completely dark. He notices while lying in bed that if he tries to focus on the faint little red light on the fire detector, it seems to disappear. When he asks his mother why this happens, she explains that the eye receptors that understand colour do not function well in very dim light. To which receptors is she referring?

There is a short in the light in Holden's office, so it makes a soft but constant high-pitched sound. Maintenance workers have not been able to fix the problem. When Travis walks into Holden's office, he says, "How can you stand that awful noise?" Holden spends a moment listening, then says, "I don't even hear it anymore." Holden has been exposed to the sound so long that he has experienced

Tovah is trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle she found in a bag at the cottage. Since she has no idea what the completed picture is supposed to be, she has to rely on the shapes and colours of the individual pieces to create and understand the whole picture. We can refer to Tovah's efforts to combine individual elements of the puzzle into a unified whole as

Owls are nocturnal animals and have exceptional night vision. Because they are generally not active during the day, they have not developed an ability to see colours-they see only black and white. Given this information, we can conclude that owls have