sensation and perception

The process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called

• parallel processing.

• perception.

• accommodation.

• sensation.

The detection and encoding of stimulus energies by the nervous system is called

• signal detection.
• synaesthesia
• sensation
• accommodation.

Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Schultz didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates

• gate-control theory.
• choice blindness.
  
• selective attention.
  
• opponent-process theory.

In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a videotape of men tossing a basketball remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman sauntering across the screen. This illustrated

• opponent-process theory.
• inattentional blindness.
• blind spot.
• visual cliff.
  

Although Manuel was sitting right next to his parents, he smelled a skunk minutes before they did. Apparently, Manuel has a lower ________ for skunk odor than his parents have.

• accommodation level
  
• absolute threshold
  
• tolerance level
• adaptation level

Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of

• absolute thresholds.
• difference thresholds.
• sensory interaction.
• parallel processing.

Kinesthesis refers to the

• process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
• diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.
• system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.
• quivering eye movements that enable the retina to detect continuous stimulation.

The convergence of parallel lines provides the distance cue known as

• relative height.
• linear perspective.
• interposition
• closure.

Given normal sensory abilities, a person standing atop a mountain on a dark, clear night can see a candle flame atop a mountain 30 miles away. This is a description of vision's:

• Difference threshold

• Just noticeable difference

• Absolute threshold

• Signal threshold

The historical movement associated with the statement “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:

• Parapsychology

• Psychophysics

• Functional psychology

• Gestalt psychology