Sensation and Perception

Front

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ______.

Back

Absolute threshold

Front

The process of bringing meaning to the raw data your senses take in is called ________.

Back

perception

Front

The lowest stimuli intensity required for detection is the ______ and the smallest noticeable difference between a standard stimulus intensity and another stimulus value is the ______.

Back

absolute threshold; just noticeable difference

Front

The place in the eye where the optic nerve meets is known as the ______.

Back

blind spot

Front

Figure–ground relationships concern _________________.

Back

the tendency to perceive objects, or figures, as existing on some background

Front

Similarity is the tendency to perceive _________________.

Back

things that look similar as being part of the same group

Front

Proximity is the tendency to _________________.

Back

perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping

Front

Continuity is the tendency to _________________.

Back

perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern

Front

What sense helps maintain balance?

Back

Vestibular

Front

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

Back

inattentional blindness