Sensation and Perception Crash Course

Climbing an irregular set of stairs is more difficult for an individual who wears a patch over one eye primarily because

• some depth perception is lost

• half of the visual field is missing

• the ability to perceive interposition is lost

• the patch disrupts the functioning of the vestibular system

• the patch alters the ability of the open eye to compensate

Alicia has a condition in which tiny crystals break loose and randomly touch and bend the hair cells in her semicircular canals. Which of the following is the most likely effect of this condition?

• Loss of feeling in her limbs

• Confusion about right and left directions

• Dizziness and loss of balance

• Inability to recognize her body parts

• Inability to determine the position of her joints

The process of converting incoming physical energy into a neural code that can be processed is called

• sensory threshold

• sensory adaptation

• parallel processing

• transduction

• transferred excitation

The ability to see a cube in the diagram above is best explained by which of the following?

• The resting potential of neurons in the optic nerve

• Gestalt principles of closure and continuity

• The inverted and reversed image that a visual stimulus produces on the retina

• The opponent process theory of vision

• The trichromatic theory of vision

Eleanor Gibson and her colleagues have used the visual cliff to measure an infant's ability to perceive

• patterns

• depth

• size constancy

• shape constancy

• different hues