Sensation and Perception Review

A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring the individual's

• Difference Threshold

• Absolute threshold

• dichotic listening ability

• attention span

• selective attention

Which of the following requires both eyes for depth perception?

• Interposition

• Retinal Disparity

• Relative Motion

• Texture gradient

• Relative size

A reason that one typically does not notice a blind spot in the visual field is that

•  the blind spot is very small, and no visual stimuli are likely to be so small that the blind spot

  completely obscures them

  
  

• most visual stimuli affect only one visual hemisphere, and one hemisphere can cover for the other

• visual stimuli usually affect the occipital cortex in both hemispheres

  
  

• the blind spot habituates to a stimulus when the head is held still

  
  

• the brain fills in missing information so there is no awareness that the visual field is incomplete

  
  

After staring at green, yellow, and black flag, a person looks at a wall and sees a red, white, and blue flag. What theory best explains this phenomenon?

• Trichromatic Color Theory

• Opponent Process Theory

• Gate Control Theory

• Selective Attention

• Weber's Law

On Thanksgiving, Miguel's grandma had been in the kitchen all morning making dinner. She no longer smelled the food that was cooking. This is due to

• Sensory Interaction

• Selective Attention

• Sensory Adaptation

• Threshold Shift

• Weber's Law

The _____ are located in the periphery of the retina, while the _______ are located in the center of the retina.

• Iris, pupil

• Pupil, Iris

• Cones, Rods

• Rods, Cones

The process of converting energy into neural impulses is

• Transduction

• Signal Detection Theory

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference threshold

While expecting your friend to call, you will more easily feel your phone vibrating. This is due to

• Absolute threshold

• Difference threshold

• Signal Detection theory

• Weber's Law

Damage to the middle ear is most closely linked to

• Sound localization

• Conductive Deafness

• Sensorineural Deafness

• Cochlear Deafness

After accidentally kicking her bed, Lisa begins rubbing her toe. This temporarily lessens the pain. This is due to the

• Sensory Interaction

• Opponent Process

• Gate Control Theory

• Phantom Pain