Chapter 5

Question 1

Sensation is to __ as perception is to __

Answer 1

B.

Bottom-up processing; top-down processing

Question 2

Process by which we organize and interpret sensory information is called

Answer 2

Perception

Question 3

Subliminal stimuli are

Answer 3

Below are absolute threshold for conscious awareness

Question 4

Another term for difference threshold is the — —– —–

Answer 4

Just noticeable difference

Question 5

Webbers law states that for a difference to be perceived, two stimuli must differ by

Answer 5

A constant minimum percentage

Question 6

Sensory adaptation helps us focus on

Answer 6

Important changes in the environment

Question 7

Our perceptual set influences what we perceive. this mental tendency reflects our

Answer 7

Experiences, assumptions, and expectations

Question 8

The characteristic of light that determines the Color we experience, such as blue or green, is

Answer 8

Wavelength

Question 9

The amplitude of a soundwave determines our perception of loudness. The amplitude of a lightweight determines our perception

Answer 9

Brightness

Question 10

The blind spot in your retina is located where

Answer 10

The optic nerve leaves the eye

Question 11

Cons are the eyes receptor cells that are especially sensitive to____light and are responsible for our ___ vision

Answer 11

Bright;color

Question 12

The cells in the visual cortex that response to certain line, edges, and angles are called ____ ____

Answer 12

Feature detectors

Question 13

The brains ability to process many aspects of an object or a problem simultaneously is called

Answer 13

Parallel processing

Question 14

Two theories together account for color vision. The young-helmholtz trichromatic theory shows that the eye contains ____, and the opponent-process theory accounts for the nervous system is having ____

Answer 14

Three types of color receptors ; opposing process cells

Question 15

Our tendencies to fill in the gaps and to perceive a pattern of continuous are two different examples of organizing principle called

Answer 15

Grouping

Question 16

And listening to a concert, you attend to the solo instrument and perceive the orchestra as accompaniment. This illustrates the organizing principle of

Answer 16

Figure ground

Question 17

The visual cliff experiment suggest that

Answer 17

Crawling human infants and very young animals perceive depth

Question 18

Depth perception underlies our ability to

Answer 18

Judge distance

Question 19

Two examples of ____ depth cues or interposition and linear perspective

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Monocular

Question 20

Perceiving a tomato is consistently read, despite lighting shift, is an example of

Answer 20

Perceptual constancy

Question 21

After surgery to restore vision, patients who had been blind from birth had difficulty

Answer 21

Recognizing objects by sight

Question 22

And experiments, people have wineglasses it turned her visual fields upside down. After a period of adjustment, they learn to function quite well. This ability is called

Answer 22

Perceptual adaption

Question 23

The snail shaped tube in the inner ear, where sound waves are converted into neural activity, is called the

Answer 23

Cochlea

Question 24

The four senses that make up our sense of touch, only ____ has its own identifiable receptor cells

Answer 24

Pressure

Question 25

____ is your sense of body position and movement. Your ___ ____specifically monitors your head movement with the sensors in the inner ear.

Answer 25

Kinesthesia; vestibular sense

Question 26

Fujiama can greatly enhance its taste. This is an example of

Answer 26

Sensory interaction

Question 27

Which of the following ESP evidence is supported by solid, replicable scientific evidence?

Answer 27

None of these answers