Chapter 5

Which of the following exemplifies olfaction

smelling cookies in the oven

What is vertigo?

spinning sensation

Suppose you are watching a movie on a large screen. For a fraction of a second, the words "drink cola" flash on the screen. You do not perceive the words "drink cola" because it is beyond your absolute threshold. In this example, the message "drink cola" is an example of

A subliminal message

Iattentional_______ refers to the failure to notice something that is completely visible due to a lack of attention

Blindness

The visible spectrum refers to the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we___________

Can see

Which field of psychology includes the following following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?

Gestalt

Which nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain

Optic

______refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced;_________refers to what happens when sensory information is detected be a sensory receptor

Perception; sensation

What are olfaction and gustation called chemical senses

They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we or in the air we breathe

Sariah enters a room with several chirping crickets in it. Upon first entering the room, Sariah can hear the chirping; however, as she begins to talk to her friends, she is no longer aware of the chirping even though it is still there. The fact that Sariah no longer perceives the chirping sound demonstrates sensory ________.

adaptation

Akeelah extended her arm in front of her and then extended one of her fingers. She focused on that finger. Next, she closed her left eye without moving her head; then she opened her left eye and closed her right eye without moving her head. She noticed that her finger seemed to shift as she alternated between the two eyes because of the slightly different view each eye had of her finger. What is illustrated by this example?

binocular disparity

Petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment?

cones

Hertz is a measure of

frequency

Tyrahn's rods do not transform light into nerve impulses as easily and efficiently as they should, so he has difficulty seeing in dim light. This is called ________.

night blindness

Honeybees can see light in the ________ range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

ultraviolet

In addition to sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, what other taste groupings do we possess?

umami and fat content

When light levels are low, the pupil will become ________, to allow more light to enter the eye.

dilated

Felix is riding his bicycle. His ability to sense how his torso is adjusting to the speed of his cycling and how his legs are pumping up and down is called ________.

kinesthesia

Our vestibular sense contributes to our ability to ________.

maintain balance and body posture

Kimya stares at a bright light and then looks away. After she looks away, she perceives a spot. What is this spot?

afterimage