Exam 4: Sensation and Perception-Part A

The perceptual system is:

The fluid-filled tube that is the organ of auditory transduction is the:

When there are two or more possible interpretations of an object's shape,we tend to select the most likely interpretation.This reflects which Gestalt perceptual grouping rule?

Visual form agnosia is usually caused by damage to brain regions in the:

Miguel's eyeballs are too short.He has trouble seeing _____ objects because the image is focused _____ the retina.

According to _____,the level of stimulation required to detect a stimulus changes based on our expectancies,mood,and current environment.

The middle layer of the retina consists of:

Hold your right index finger 2 feet in front of your face,close one eye,and look at your finger.Now alternate eyes,opening and closing each eye rapidly.Your finger jumps back and forth,illustrating which depth cue?

The small,visible bumps on the tongue are called:

The dorsal pathway appears to be crucial for:

Robert lightly taps the student sitting in front of him on the shoulder.The student doesn't notice,so Robert taps harder.The minimum pressure Robert must tap such that the other student notices half of the time is called:

As the number of cycles per second of a sound wave increases,we experience a _____ sound.

Object is to geon as:

In 2015,a picture of a dress became an Internet sensation because people could not agree if it was blue/black or white/gold.This episode illustrates which important point?

Information about balance originates in:

The process of converting physical signals from the environment into neural signals sent to the central nervous system is called:

The primary colors of light are:

Referred pain is caused by:

A perceptual mistake where features from multiple objects are INCORRECTLY combined is termed a(n):

A psychology professor decides to play a practical joke on a colleague in the history department.While the historian is giving a lecture on the first day of class,the psychology professor interrupts and asks to speak with her outside the classroom.While they are conversing,all of the students leave through a back door and are replaced with a completely new group of students.Upon returning,the history professor continues her lecture without noticing that the students are different,illustrating: