Physiology (Sensation & Perception)

Question 1

According to the Young-Helmholtz _____ theory of color vision, there are three types of color receptors (cones) that are receptive to a different primary color– red, blue, or green

Answer 1

trichromatic

Question 2

Hering’s ___ theory postulates three types of bipolar receptors: red-green, yellow-blue, and white-black

Answer 2

opponent-process

Question 3

Because color blindness is most often due to a sex-linked recessive trait, ____ are at higher risk for color blindness.

Answer 3

males

Question 4

Depth perception depends on a combination of binocular and monocular cues. _____, one of the binocular cues, refers to the fact that our two eyes see objects in the world from two different views, and, the closer an object, the greater the disparity of the two images

Answer 4

retinal disparity

Question 5

with regard to olfaction, the ______ cortex is believed to be involved in the conscious perception of odors, while the _____ plays an important role in olfactory memory

Answer 5

amygdala

Question 6

Of the senses, ______ is the only one that is not linked to a single type of stimulus

Answer 6

pain

Question 7

According to ______ theory, the perception of pain can be blocked by special cells in the spinal cord

Answer 7

gate-control

Question 8

Although the results of studies comparing active and passive strategies for coping with pain are inconsistent, they generally confirm that ______ strategies are associated with lower levels of reported pain and greater improvement in psychological and physical functioning

Answer 8

active

Question 9

_____ is a rare condition in which the stimulation of one sensory modality triggers a sensation in another sensory modality

Answer 9

Synesthesia

Question 10

Psychophysics is the study of the relationship between physical stimulus magnitudes and their corresponding psychological ______

Answer 10

sensations

Question 11

According to ______ Law, the more intense the stimulus, the greater the increase in intensity needed to produce a just noticeable difference

Answer 11

Weber’s

Question 12

Fechner’s Law proposes that physical stimulus changes are _____ related to their psychological sensations; and, according to ______ Law, sensation is and exponential function of stimulus intensity

Answer 12

logarithmically; Steven’s Power

Question 13

According to __________, sensation is an exponential function of stimulus intensity.

Answer 13

Steven’s Power Law

Question 14

A man is exhibiting synesthesia when he says that he:

Answer 14

experiences different musical notes as different colors

Question 15

Gate control theory is useful for:

Answer 15

identifying methods for controlling pain

Question 16

Negative afterimages provide support for which of the following?

Answer 16

opponent-process theory

Question 17

Retinal disparity helps explain:

Answer 17

depth perception for objects that are close.