sensation perception learningCurve 6b

Mia is attracted to a man she is chatting with in a nightclub. What is probably happening to her eyes?

Her pupils are dilating.

Tomas wakes up early in the morning and his room is fairly dark. He looks over and sees his shirt hanging on a hook. He knows it is his red shirt because he hung it up there before he went to bed, but in the dark he cannot see its color. It looks dark gray to him. Why is that? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. Answer choices

In the dim light, the cones in his eyes are ineffectual.

Intensity refers to the level of energy in a light wave; it is determined by the wave's height, or

amplitude

According to the Gestalt psychologists, people tend to fill in the gaps to create a complete, whole object. This is called the principle of:

closure

According to the Gestalt psychologists, people perceive smooth, flowing patterns rather than disjointed or broken ones. This is called the principle of:

continuity.

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.

Damon, who is among the 8 percent of males with colorblindness, suffers from the most common form of color blindness. Which statement BEST illustrates Damon's experience of color?

Red apples on a tree seem to be the same color as the surrounding green leaves.

Jasmine was in a serious car accident. She suffered damage to her temporal lobe, just behind her right ear. What kind of problems might this cause for her?

She might have trouble recognizing familiar faces.

Stacy is participating in a local psychology experiment in which the research assistant asks Stacy to hold two pencils in front of her and touch the tips together. She then asks Stacy to do this with one eye closed. Stacy finds this terribly difficult, which demonstrates the importance of:

binocular cues

Even when seen through sunglasses, grass appears equally as green as it does without sunglasses. This BEST illustrates color _____.

color constancy

With respect to the influence of experience on perception, the philosophers Immanuel Kant and John Locke:

had opposing views

Denise wears an extremely bright safety yellow sweatshirt when she cycles to the gym after dark. The sweatshirt's brightness reflects the _____ of the light it reflects.

high amplitude

The latest holiday lights a neighbor has put up are fascinating because they seem to be moving. The likely explanation is that the lights create the illusion of movement using:

the phi phenomenon.