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