Module 19-21 review

As the retinal image of a horse galloping toward you becomes larger, it is unlikely that the horse will appear to grow larger. This best illustrates the importance of

size constancy

Your roommate, who has trouble understanding Weber's Law, asks you, "How different do two stimuli need to be, in order for a person to notice the difference?" You explain that:

the minimum difference needed for detection depends on the type of stimulus.

The 130-decibel sound of a rock band is ______ times louder than the 100-decibel sound of a nearby subway train

1000

The green colored ham and eggs had such an strange appearance that they tasted terrible to Sam. This illustrates the importance of

Sensory interaction

True or False: stimuli presented below the absolute threshold can have a subtle, brief effect on behavior

True

Humans born blind or kittens raised under restricted conditions do not have the cortical regions needed to interpret visual stimuli. Sensory restriction does not appear to do damage if it occurs later in life. This suggests that

a critical period exists for normal perceptual development

According to the gate control theory, a back massage would most likely reduce your physical aches and pains by causing

activation of nerve fibers in your spinal cord.

The eyes blind spot is related to

an area without receptor cells where the optic nerve leaves the eye

The coiled, fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called the

cochlea

As your teacher dims the lights to show a movie clip, you still perceive your friend's shirt as red. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

color constancy

Which of the following is a binocular cue for the perception of distance?

convergence

Which factor appears to be important for the development of depth perception in infancy?

crawling experience

Which of the following activities requires you to use the absolute threshold for sensation

detecting a tiny, faint light on a radar screen

Researcher James Hixby (2001) stated, "We can tell if a person is looking at a shoe, a chair, or a face, based on the pattern of their brain activity." This statement is relevant to:

feature detection

The cocktail party effect is your ability to selectively attend to one voice among many. This ability also illustrates the gestalt principle of

figure-ground

Frequency theory best explains _____, while place theory best explains ______.

how we perceive low-pitched sounds; how we perceive high-pitched sounds

Which of the following would play a role in quickly alerting you to a gas leak in your home?

olfactory receptors

Perceptual adaptation refers to the

perceptual adjustment to an artificially displaced visual field

When two adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession, we perceive a single light moving back and forth between them. This is called

phi phenomenon

The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of

proximity

Renny knew the red tulip was closer to her than the yellow tulip because the red one cast a larger retinal image than the yellow one. This illustrates the importance of the distance cue known as

relative size

Which of the following play the biggest role in our feeling dizzy and unbalanced after a thrilling roller coaster ride?

semicircular canals

Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to result in

sensorineural hearing loss