Question 1

A readiness to perceive in a particular manner, induced by strong expectations is called a(n)__________.

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Question 2

The famous illusion in which a horizontal line with arrowheads appears shorter than the line with V's (although the lines are actually identical in length)is known as the __________ illusion.

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Question 3

If two objects make images of the same size, the more distant object must be larger. This is known formally as the __________.

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Question 4

Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow believed that some people perceive themselves and others with unusual accuracy. He characterized these people as especially alive, open, aware, and mentally healthy and found that their perceptual styles were marked by a lack of self-consciousness; freedom from selecting, criticizing, or evaluating; a general "surrender" to experience; and an immersion in the __________.

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Question 5

Name the five basic taste sensations, tell how sensitive humans are to each taste and how this difference in sensitivity may have prevented poisonings, and explain why there are so many different flavors if only four (or five)tastes exist.

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Question 6

Discuss the sense of smell, including how the smell receptors are activated and how different odors are detected; explain the theory of olfaction; and describe the condition called anosmia and its causes.

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Question 7

Describe the "seat-of-the-pants phenomenon," "the cocktail party effect," and inattentional blindness, and explain how they are all related to the "bottleneck" of selective attention.

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Question 8

Describe sensory localization, and explain how this process may someday make it possible to artificially restore sight, hearing, or other senses.

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Question 9

Differentiate between the warning and reminding systems regarding pain messages; describe Melzack's gate control theory; and explain how it is related to the pain control methods of acupuncture and counterirritation.

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Question 10

Discuss the two main types of hearing loss, describe their causes and treatments, and explain how effective these treatments have been.

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Question 11

Discuss the process of sensory analysis, and explain how it is both innate and influenced by early experiences by describing the studies conducted by Blakemore and Cooper.

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Question 12

Compare and contrast the trichromatic theory of color and the opponent-process theory of color vision, the evidence supporting each, and why both theories are needed in order to explain color vision.

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Question 13

Describe the four vision problems of hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia, including their causes and treatments.

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Question 14

Eyewitnesses sometimes identify as a culprit someone they have seen in another situation or context, which is referred to as __________.

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Question 15

Identify and describe the first perceptual ability to appear after cataract patients regain their sight, and then explain four of the six Gestalt organizing principles of perception and give examples of each.

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Question 16

Explain the difference in illusions and hallucinations and when they typically occur, and describe under what circumstances "sane hallucinations" occur.

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Question 17

Explain what happens during dark adaptation, including the name of the light-sensitive visual pigment involved, the amount of time that dark adaptation takes to occur, how it can be wiped out, and how it can be speeded up.

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Question 18

Taking a fresh look and paying attention to sensations we have previously ignored is known as __________.

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Question 19

Explain how sound travels from the pinna to the auditory nerve and to the brain, naming each part of the ear and its function along the way.

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Question 20

Asking questions, seeking clarifications, and finding alternate channels of information are ways that one can actively look for additional evidence to check the accuracy of one's perceptions. This process is known as __________.

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Quiz 4: Sensation and Perception