Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception(Part 2)

The length of the wave

Color is largely determined by...

Sensation

Hearing a bell, smelling a flower, feeling the wind blow, and tasting chocolate milk are all examples of...

Five

How many primary taste sensations have been identified by researchers?

existing on a background

In the figure-ground relationships, one has the tendency to perceive objects as...

red, blue, and green

Thomas Young's theory of color vision suggested that color vision is made possible by what kind of cones?

Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami

What are the primary taste sensations?

Receptors for taste and smell

What sensory receptors are triggered by chemical substances?

Particles of the substance itself

When you smell an odor, which aspect of the substance you are smelling actually enters your nose to create the sensation of smell?

Shape constancy

A person will perceive a coin as a circle, even at an angle that makes the coin appear as an oval because of...

Dichromatic vision

Brendon has trouble seeing colors because his cones do not work properly. He primarily sees blues, yellows, and shades of gray and confuses his reds and greens. Brendon suffers from....

Subliminal perception

Dr. Rafael wanted to see if he could get his students to develop a sudden craving for ice cream. While showing his class a video about eating disorders, he arranged it so that a picture of someone eating ice cream would flash for less than a second every 5 seconds. After, more than half of the students reported having a desire for ice cream. What was demonstrated here?

Umami

Lindemann proposed that the most recent taste to be identified should be called...

Cochlea

Normal aging causes loss of hair cells in the ______.

Perceptions

Randy and Amad are both listening to the same music. Randy thinks the music is mellow and relaxing while Amad thinks the music is unpleasant to the ear. Randy and Amad appear to have different _______ when it comes to the music they are listening to.

Pitch

Sound wavelengths are interpreted to the brain as...

wavelength, amplitude, and purity

Sound waves and light waves share the properties of....

Muller-Lyer

The ______ illusion tends to occur more in societies with lots of buildings that have straight lines and corners.

Vestibular

The ______ sense is the body process that is mostly to blame when you become dizzy after a long ride on a carousel.

Monocular cue

The linear perspective is what kind of cue?

Just noticeable difference

The research of Ernst Weber led to the formulation of the theory of...

Kinesthetic Sense

The sense that involves the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other

Contiguity

The tendency to believe that the dummy, not the ventriloquist, is doing the talking is largely due to...