Sensation and Perception Review

Due to ______________, familiar objects do not appear to change size despite changes in our retinal images of them.

• perceptual constancy

• shape and size constancy

• color constancy

• motion constancy

When we look at a scene, we see the central object, or figure, as distinct from the surroundings, or _________.

• floor

• bottom up

• ground

• top down

The system for sensing body movement and position.

• vestibular

• pain

• vision

• kinesthetic

The coiled, fluid-filled part of the ear that contains the receptor cells for hearing.

• canals

• conductor

• cochlea

• conch

We see color in pairs of opposing colors (Red and green; black and white; blue and yellow)

• opponent processing theory

• avoidance-avoidance

• afterimage

• Young-Hemlotz theory

After you stare at the image for a while, you will see a red, white, and blue flag. You will see an ______

• oval window

• audition

• aversive image

• afterimage

The frequency of a sound wave determines its ___

• pound

• pitch

• loundess

• sound

The retina's receptor cells are called __ and ___.

• hair cells, cones

• rods, cones

• hair cells, temperature

• rods, temperature

The amplitude of a sound wave determines its ___

• loudness

• sound

• pitch

• wavelengths

Cones permit perception of ___ vision, whereas rods will enable _________vision.

• color, black and white

• sensitive, dimly lit

• colorblind, color

• black and white, color