Quiz Ch 6

Multiple ________ send combined messages to a bipolar cell, whereas a single ________ may link directly to a single bipolar cell.

rods; cone

Experiencing sudden pain is to ________ as recognizing that you are suffering a heart attack is to ________.

sensation; perception

Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to affect one's

audition.

The opponent-process theory is most useful for explaining a characteristic of

afterimages.

Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the

cerebellum.

Immanuel Kant and John Locke would have been most likely to disagree about the extent to which perception is influenced by

cultural experience.

The Moon illusion refers to our tendency to perceive the Moon as unusually

large when it is near the horizon.

Some stroke victims lose the capacity to perceive motion but retain the capacity to perceive shapes and colors. Others lose the capacity to perceive colors but retain the capacity to perceive movement and form. These peculiar visual disabilities best illustrate our normal capacity for

parallel processing.

The fact that we recognize objects as having a consistent form regardless of changing viewing angles illustrates

perceptual constancy.

People perceive an adult-child pair as looking more alike when told they are parent and child. This best illustrates the impact of

perceptual set.

Psychics are unable to make millions of dollars betting on horse races. This undermines their claims to possess the power of

precognition.

The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of

proximity.

Your ability to focus on a phone conversation while driving and not be distracted by your surroundings is due to _________. However, failing to notice a red light right in front of you because you are so focused on the conversation is called _________.

selective attention; inattentional blindness.

If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates

sensory adaptation.

If a visual image is first presented subliminally, the chance of a person later recognizing the same briefly presented image is improved. This best illustrates

that information can be processed outside of conscious awareness.