Exam 4: B: Sensation and Perception

The spiral-shaped sense organ used for hearing is the _______________.

Which of the following is true regarding the normal perception of faces?

Loudness is associated with a sound wave's ___________.

When Ann went to her doctor,he gave her a hearing test.During the test,the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones.The tones varied only along the loud-soft dimensions (from very loud to very soft).The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she heard a sound.The doctor was testing Ann's _____________.

According to the opponent process theory of colour vision,the correct pairings of opposite colours are

_____________ are sensitive to the different wavelengths of light,which is what allows us to detect colour.______________ do not detect colour,but can work under low light conditions.

Uri is walking home alone on a dark night.He hears a stick breaking and immediately turns to his right to see what made the noise.What cue could Uri have used to tell which direction the sound came from?

In __________ processing,we construct a whole stimulus from its parts.

Clay has played professional soccer for seven years and is easily able to tune out the sound of the crowd and all other irrelevant sensory information during the game.Bruce is a rookie and is often distracted by what his opponents are saying and the mood of the crowd.Clay and Bruce are showing differing levels of ______________.

Which of the following is a binocular cue to depth?

The ability to detect external events through our sensory systems is known as ______________.

Which is the correct order of structures as visual information travels from the eye to the visual cortex?

__________ involves the detection of energy by sense organs,whereas __________ involves interpreting sensory inputs.

According to your textbook,which of the following is true regarding cochlear implants?

Keegan notices that his favorite 55-cent candy bar seems lighter than usual and so he checks the label to find that it is lighter by 10 g than it used to be.He decides to buy a larger candy bar instead and doesn't notice that the 99-cent candy bar is also 10 g lighter.Keegan's behaviour illustrates the fact that

The name given to the sense of our body position is _____________.

Ursula is an army veteran who had to have her leg amputated after an explosive device detonated near her.Surprisingly,she still awakens in the middle of the night and feels her missing leg itching,twitching,or even hurting.Ursula is experiencing _________________ sensations.

When Brett walks out of the theatre into the glare of the sun,his _______________ get smaller to let less light in.

The part of the ear we see is called the ____________.

The pupil is the