Psych Chapter 6

The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words BEST illustrates the Gestalt principle of _____.

proximity

Researchers Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk placed infants on the edge of a safe canyon to determine whether crawling infants and newborn animals can perceive depth. This famous experimental setup is known as the _____.

visual cliff

Violet is to red as _____ is to _____.

400 nanometers; 700 nanometers

Mia is attracted to a man she is chatting with in a nightclub. What is probably happening to her eyes?

Her pupils are dilating.

You wake up early in the morning and your room is fairly dark. You look over and see your shirt hanging on a hook. You know it's your red shirt because you hung it up there before you went to bed, but in the dark you can't see its color. It looks dark gray to you. Why is that?

In the dim light, the cones in your eyes are ineffectual.

The phenomenon of _____ BEST illustrates that visual information can be processed without conscious awareness.

blindsight

As you watch a dog play in the park, light reflected from the dog's fur first passes through three structures of your eye. In what order does the light pass through these structures?

cornea, pupil, lens

Snakes can detect infrared waves radiated by the bodies of their prey. As compared with humans, snakes can see _____ waves.

higher-wavelength

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is considering a new identification method. Instead of using old-fashioned fingerprints, they have decided to scan the eye's _____ to confirm people's identity.

iris

Railroad tracks appear to converge in the distance. This provides a cue for depth perception known as:

linear perspective.

In vision, the amplitude of a light wave relates to people's perception of the brightness of a stimulus. To which perceptual dimension does the amplitude of a sound wave correspond in hearing?

loudness

A famous Hollywood director has decided to present his latest film in 3-D. This will create a great movie-going experience for viewers as 3-D movies exaggerate _____ disparity.

retinal

The hammer, anvil, and _____ are three tiny bones that transmit vibrations to the cochlea.

stirrup

An injury could stimulate _____, specialized receptors that can detect hurtful temperatures, pressure, or chemicals.

nociceptors