Chapter 4

Sensation involves ________________, whereas perception involves _______________.

• Interpretation; stimulation

• organization; coordination

• stimulation; interpretation

• comprehension; information

What process converts physical signals from the environment into neural signals carried by sensory neurons into the CNS?

• representation

• identification

• propagation

• transduction

Light striking the retina, causing a specific pattern of response in the three cone types, leads to our ability to see

• motion

• colors

• depth

• shadows

What kind of cues are relative size and linear perspective?

• motion-based

• binocular

• monocular

• template

What does the frequency of a sound wave determine?

• pitch

• sound quality

• loudness

• timbre

What is the term for the failure to perceive objects that we are nit focused on?

• change blindness

• inattentional blindness

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 basic tastes?

• Umami

• sweet

• spicy

• sour

The minimal intensity needed to just barely detect a stimulus, usually 50% of the time.

• absolute threshold

• just noticeable difference

• Weber's law

• signal detection theory

Which Gestalt principle is characterized by the tendency to perceive whole objects despite pieces of the whole object missing?

• principle of good continuation

• principle of proximity

• principle of common fate

• principle of closure

What type of processing requires taking in sensations from the environment then attempting to understand the meaning?

• bottom-up processing

• top-down processing