Psyche

When Rocco views the image above, he sees it as a 13 when it is part of a larger number but as a B when it is part of a word. Rocco's response shows the importance of what perceptual concept?

Context effects

Photoreceptors relay visual information to the brain through:

Bipolar and Ganglion

the tendency of most people to identify a three sided figure as a triangle

Closure

Which study is a researcher who wants to draw correct cause and effect conclusions about the sense of smell likely to conduct?

A study in which the researcher randomly assigns 50 people to a group that is exposed to a strong smell roses and 50 people to a group that experiences an odor-free environment to see whether the group exposed to the strong smell of roses reports experiencing more memories.

Which of the following scenarios most clearly describes the effects of a clear kinesthetic sense

Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body

A researcher studied 30 people ages twenty to forty, 30 people ages forty-one to sixty, and 30 people ages sixty-one to eighty. The researcher set up two rooms—one with a faint rose smell, and one with a faint lemon smell. Each participant was asked to enter each room and identify the smell in the room. What research method did the researcher use, and what outcome would be found?

Cross sectional

IN the figure above, what letter corresponds to the light sensitive surface of the eye that contains

D, Retina

Which of the following scenarios is most likely to result in impairment of the kinesthetic sense?

Damage to the cerebellum

Visual acuity is best in the

Fovea

the pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light

Hue

which of the following theories most accurately explains pitch perception

II and III only

After Sharon stares at a patch of saturated green color for a brief period of time, she looks at a white surface and sees a red patch of color. This perceptual phenomenon is best explained by

Opponent process theory

After his friend said a new movie was the funniest he had seen in years, Willard found himself laughing throughout the viewing, even though the movie was not very funny. What concept is Willard demonstrating?

Perceptual set

In Vision, transduction occurs within the

Retina

a person with sight in only one eye lacks which of the following visual cues for seeing in depth

Retinal Disparity

When a pair of lights flashing in quick succession seems to an observer to be one light moving from place to place, the effect is referred to as

The Phi Phenomenon

Ana is instructed by her doctor to wear a patch over one eye while an infection heals. While wearing the patch, Ana will lose her ability to use which of the following depth perception cues?

retinal disparity