6.2 practice

Intensity refers to the level of energy in a light or sound wave, which is perceived as brightness or _____, as determined by the wave's amplitude.

loudness

Gestalt psychologists would be MOST likely to say that in perception, the whole:

may exceed the sum of its parts.

Eleanor suffered severe damage near the rear of both sides of her brain. She is now unable to perceive:

movement

Bart was hit by a baseball at the back of his head and is now having severe difficulties with his vision. This is because the baseball hit his _____ lobe.

occipital

After some practice, Retta was able to read the upside-down answers to questions in her text while holding the text upright. This best illustrates perceptual _____.

adaptation

At the optometrist's office, Andre failed to distinguish numbers on the color designs shown to him. Andre most likely has _____.

color-deficient vision

Immanuel Kant and John Locke would have been MOST likely to disagree about the extent to which perception is influenced by:

experience

The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli coherently is known as _____.

grouping

n terms of the sensory experience of light, wavelength is to _____ as intensity is to brightness.

hue

Instead of scanning fingerprints, the FBI can scan the eye's _____ to confirm people's identity.

iris

A famous Hollywood director has decided to present his latest film in 3-D. 3-D movies mimic or exaggerate:

retinal disparity.

Emile was in a serious car accident. He suffered damage to his _____ lobe, just behind his right ear. He now has trouble recognizing familiar faces.

temporal

What was the ultimate result of Stratton's experiment on perceptual adaptation?

Eventually, he was able to reach for an object in the right direction.

Kiera stayed up way too late last night and her eyes are tired. She closes her eyes, and as she rubs the left side of her left eyelid, she notices a patch of light to the right. This is because:

Kiera's retinal cells are extremely responsive, and the pressure from her finger triggers them.

Vanni wakes up while his room is still fairly dark. He looks over and sees his shirt hanging on a hook. Vanni knows it's his red shirt because he hung it there before going to bed, but in the dark it looks gray to him. This is because in the dim light, the _____ in Vanni's eyes are ineffectual.

cones

Instead of scanning fingerprints, the FBI can scan the eye's _____ to confirm people's identity.

constancy

At Cornell University, Gibson and Walk placed infants on the edge of a glass-covered drop-off to determine whether crawling infants could perceive _____. Their lab device is known as the visual cliff.

depth

____ refers to the distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the peak of the next.

wavelength