Exam 4: Sensation and Perception-Part C

Red is to violet as a high-pitched sound is to a low-pitched sound.

When shown an image with an ambiguous figure and ground,such as the Rubin vase,we tend to perceive both possible interpretations simultaneously.

Damage to the ossicles may result in conductive hearing loss.

The organ of auditory transduction is the cochlea.

We perceive the longest visible wavelengths as bright yellow.

Although the just-noticeable difference is known to be a fixed quantity,the actual value of this quantity is different for each sense.

Motion sickness is caused by a mismatch between the information provided by auditory cues and vestibular feedback.

The amplitude of a sound wave determines its pitch.

Humans have six types of taste receptors.

Objects in the left visual field can only be detected by the left eye.

Parts-based object recognition theories account for the fact that we easily perceive an object as a wine glass no matter if it is right side up or upside down.

The three primary colors of light are red,blue,and yellow.

Due to familiar size,if two images of persons-very different in size-are projected onto your retina,you will tend to perceive the larger one as closer.

Change blindness is more likely to occur as focused attention on the task decreases.

The dorsal visual stream sometimes is referred to as the "how pathway."

The size of the pupil is controlled by the iris.

Men are more likely to be color-blind than are women.

Perception does not begin until transduction has occurred.

The waterfall illusion is caused,in part,by sensory adaptation.

Pressure receptors in the skin are the primary sensory receptor neurons involved in the perception of pain caused by skin injury.