Psychology Chapter Three Quiz

On a bright, sunny day, Manny leaves a dimly-lit movie theater and goes out into the street. The _____ in his eyes adjust to the sudden increase in light.

Pupils

Lisa is a fabric specialist. Recently, she was invited to an exhibition of Persian silks. Being an expert on fabrics, Lisa continuously moved her hand along the surfaces of different pieces of fabric to get the feel of them. This action is referred to as _____.

Active Touching

According to the law of__________, there is a tendency to perceive a series of points or lines as having unity.

Continuity

The process of adjusting to conditions of lower lighting by increasing the sensitivity of rods and cones is known as _____.

Dark Adaptation

The loudness of a sound is expressed in _____.

Decibels (dB)

Which of the following statements is true of depth perception?

Distant objects stimulate smaller areas on the retina than nearby ones.

Why do the two lines in the Müller-Lyer illusion appear to be of different lengths even though they are the same length?

Due to the principles of perceptual organization

The cones are most densely packed in a small spot at the center of the retina called the__________.

Fovea

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

To increase the pressure of the air entering the ear

A person with normal color vision is labeled a _____.

Trichromat

Sensory receptors embedded in the skin fire when the surface of the skin is touched.

True

The Hering-Helmholtz illusion is a visual illusion.

True

The perceptual constancies trick the eye through visual illusions.

True

The__________adjusts or accommodates to an image by changing its thickness.

Lens

We learn to perceive objects that appear to move with us as being at greater distances due to the phenomenon of__________.

Motion Parallax

Pain results when neurons called__________in the skin are stimulated.

Nociceptors

_____ is a monocular cue for depth based on the coming together of parallel lines as they recede into the distance.

Perspective

The retina consists of cells called _____ that are sensitive to light.

Photoreceptors

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

Sensorineural Deafness

In the context of sound, which of the following is true?

The greater the number of cycles per second (Hz), the higher the pitch of the sound.