Question 1

The __________is the minimum intensity of a stimulus necessary for it to be detected by a human or non-human animal at least 50% of the time.

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Question 2

You experience __________every time you get into a blisteringly hot bath, only to have it seem to turn cool on you within a very short time

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Question 3

Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation-energy that travels around the world in waves that are separated by varying ______, and can also vary by ______, or the intensity of the light source.

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Question 4

_________respond in low light, but are not particularly good at capturing fine detail. On the other hand, _________are specialized for daylight and colour vision

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Question 5

The _________is the central auditory component of the inner ear, and by the time sound vibrations reach it, they have been amplified dozens of times.

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Question 6

There are no specific receptors designed to receive pain. Free nerve endings anywhere in the body can serve as ______

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Question 7

_________psychologists described laws governing the way humans group specific features of objects once we have discriminated figures from grounds

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Question 8

Research has shown that there is a "blueberry-sized" cortical region of the right hemisphere, called the ___________seemingly set aside exclusively for face perception and recognition

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Question 9

The most promising experiments used to test the reliability of ESP and telepathy were those that utilized the ______

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Question 10

Perception is accomplished when physical sensations are processed by the brain. Describe how psychophysicists came to understand the relationships between sensory stimuli and perception. Discuss the just-noticeable difference and two aspects of signal detection theory that sensation is not always accurate

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Question 11

Compare the trichomatic theory of colour perception to the opponent process theory. In your answer, describe how each theory characterizes the action of cones in the retinal. Also, discuss how rods and cones interact to produce colour perception in dark and bright light

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Question 12

The auditory system and the human senses related to touch are mechanical systems. Describe the process of transduction in the auditory system and the process of transduction and signalling involved in first and second pain

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Question 13

Perception is driven by our experience with the world. Give support for that statement by describing two of the Gestalt laws of perceptual grouping, two monocular depth cues, two examples of perceptual constancy, and one example of change blindness

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Quiz 8: Perception, Sensation, and Attention