PSY 200 Module 3

A(n)__________is the lingering visual impression made by a stimulus that has been removed.

afterimage

A person with normal color vision is labeled a _____.

trichromat

The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that stimulates the eye and produces visual sensations is known as _____.

visible light

Which of the following best describes psychokinesis?

It refers to the ability to mentally manipulate or move objects.

__________is associated with extrasensory perception.

Psychokinesis

According to the law of__________, there is a perceptual tendency to group together objects that are near one another.

proximity

Shannon is observing a painting. She perceives one object in the painting as a two-dimensional circle and another object as a three-dimensional sphere. Which of the following monocular cues can account for this effect?

Shadowing

Which of the following is contained in the middle ear?

The eardrum

In the context of auditory perception, which of the following statements is true?

The frequency theory appears to account only for pitch perception between 20 and a few hundred cycles per second.

Exposure to very loud sounds can lead to damage of the auditory nerve or hair cells, resulting in__________.

sensorineural deafness

Which of the following fractions is known as Weber's constant for light?

1/60th

_____ refers to the perception of objects that do not stimulate the known sensory organs.

Clairvoyance

Glen is an accomplished guitarist. He can play the guitar with his eyes closed. When he does this, he is quite aware of which frets his fingers are on. He does this with the aid of his vestibular sense.

False

Humans can detect the odor of 1 one-millionth of a milligram of vanilla in a liter of air.

True

The iris is the muscle in the eye that controls the amount of light that passes through the cornea.

True

Which of the following is a new basic taste that was recently added to the primary taste qualities?

Umami

In the context of pain, which of the following statements is true?

Pain is usually sharpest where nerve endings are densely packed.

Which of the following statements is true of rod cells in the retina of the eye?

They are sensitive only to the intensity of light.

Which of the following is a function of the middle ear?

To increase the pressure of the air entering the ear

Active touching means continuously moving your hand along the surface of an object so that you continue to receive sensory input from the object.

True