Unit Three Review

Young people generally smell odors long before older adults due to having a lower...

• accommodation level

• absolute threshold

• tolerance level

• olfactory saturation level

• adaptation level

Cone cells are sensitive to red, green, and blue light, thereby supporting which of the following theories?

• Frequency Theory

• Young-Helmholtz Theory

• Gate-Control Theory

• Opponent-Process Theory

• Signal Detection Theory

Which of the following is the correct order of structures that light passes through in the eye?

• Cornea, pupil, lens, retina

• Lens, cornea, pupil, retina

• macula, lens, cornea, pupil

• Pupil, retina, lens, rods

• Lens, pupil, cornea, cones

Which of the following would play a role in quickly alerting a person to a gas leak in their home?

• vestibular sacs

• bipolar cells

• olfactory receptors

• feature detectors

• ossicles

After listening to high volume television for 15 minutes, an individual fails to realize how loudly the TV is blasting due to...

• Weber's Law

• accommodation

• sensory adaptation

• the volley principle

• transduction

People readily perceive photographs of a floating tree trunk as the "Loch Ness Monster" due to the influence of...

• feature detectors

• sensory adaptation

• interposition

• perceptual set

• sensory interaction

The semicircular canals are most directly relevant to...

• hearing

• kinesthesis

• the vestibular sense

• parallel processing

• accomodation

An individual suffering from a toothache feels no pain during an important job interview due to...

• the opponent-process theory

• Weber's Law

• the gate-control theory

• the Young-Helmholtz theory

• the frequency theory

The retina is to the eye as the _____ is to the ear.

• auditory nerve

• cochlea

• auditory canal

• eardrum

• eustachian tube

Rods and cones are located in the...

• lens

• optic nerve

• cornea

• retina

• iris