Psych Ch 8 Test Review

Which of the following explains the phenomenon of being able to follow one person’s voice at a noisy meeting?

• perceptual inference

• figure-ground perception

• subliminal perception

• depth perception

Light passes through the cornea to enter the eye through the

• retina

• lens

• optic nerve

• pupil

Which is not one of the five sensory experiences that make up taste?

• sour

• sweet

• tangy

• savory

Which of the following monocular depth cues explains why objects appear to move when you move your head from side to side?

• interposition

• texture-density gradient

• motion parallax

• relative motion

Which of the following statements in true?

• Color deficiency affects more women than men.

• Color deficiency occurs when a person’s rods do not function.

• Color deficiency affects more men than women.

• Color deficiency is due to a problem with the optic nerve.

You do not constantly feel your clothing on your body because of

• sensory adaptation

• kinesthesis

• Weber's law

• difference threshold

Filling in gaps in what our senses tell us is called

• proximity

• figure-ground perception

• perceptual inference

• perceptual constancy

The absolute threshold is the _____________________ that a person can detect half of the time.

• greatest change in a stimulus

• smallest change in a stimulus

• weakest amount of a stimulus

• greatest amount of a stimulus

Specialized receptor cells responsible for night vision are called

• lenses.

• pupils.

• rods.

• cones.

Smell receptors send messages to the brain via the ______________ nerve.

• olfactory

• auditory

• optic

• vestibular