Deck 4: C: Sensation and Perception

Question 1

Royce is listening to a debate involving the two candidates for member of provincial parliament in his riding.Prior to the debate he had a strong opinion favouring one candidate over the other.As he listens to the debate,he interprets each candidate's answers based on his own beliefs and expectations about them rather than listening and interpreting exactly what each said.Royce is engaging in ____.

Answer 1

top-down processing

Question 2

The experience of pain or discomfort from body parts that have been amputated is known as ____.

Answer 2

phantom pain (or phantom limb pain)

Question 3

Mrs.Garrett is driving her children to the mall to see a movie.The children cannot agree on what movie they wish to see.The argument starts to get louder and louder but suddenly stops when Mrs.Garrett simply says the names of each of the three children.This shift in one's attention is known as ____ .

Answer 3

the cocktail party effect

Question 4

The ____ is the ear structure that converts vibrations into neural activity that can be interpreted by the brain.

Question 5

____ is the name given to the fifth,and most recently uncovered,taste.

Question 6

The ____ refers to how the brain takes multiple pieces of information and combines them to create something concrete.

Question 7

While walking across campus,Dr.Kotter is stopped by a young man asking directions for getting to a building on the opposite side of campus.While Dr.Kotter begins to explain the quickest route,two men carrying a large door pass between Dr.Kotter and the young man.Unbeknownst to Dr.Kotter,one of the men changes places with the young man who asked directions.Dr.Kotter finishes giving directions and then heads off blissfully unaware of his ____.

Question 8

Jamaal notices that whenever he gets into a rental car it takes him several minutes to locate the gas tank.Such difficulties could be avoided if more car companies sought the input of professionals in ____.

Question 9

The olfactory cortex,which is involved in olfactory perception,is located near ____.

Question 10

The wave frequency of a sound is what we refer to as its ____.

Question 11

For dichotic listening tasks,researchers routinely employ the technique of ____ by having subjects repeat back the messages they hear.

Question 12

Our understanding of the information and events from the world around us comes from processes involving both ____.

Question 13

People who are unable to see all of the colours are said to be ____.

Question 14

When Julius first entered and sat down in the classroom,he felt cold.However,ten minutes later he no longer feels cold.This change is most likely the result of ____.

Question 15

Pedro is so fearful of getting hurt while playing sports that he often stops playing when he experiences the slightest degree of discomfort.His father refers him to a sports psychologist to deal with this problem.The sports psychologist is likely to help Pedro by showing him how to ____.

Question 16

The sensory receptors associated with vision are located in the ____.

Question 17

A slap to the back is perceived as less painful than a paper cut on one's finger because of ____.

Question 18

Huey,Dewey,and Louie are playing soccer and each rolls his ankle.However,Huey is experiencing such pain that he isn't willing to put any weight on his leg,while Dewey and Louie continue to play.This provides evidence that people have ____ thresholds for pain.

Question 19

Jim is a runner who jogs between 5 and 15 kilometres each morning.As he runs through his route each morning,he is exposed to millions of pieces of information;however,only a few ever capture his immediate attention.This ability to choose certain input while ignoring others is called ____.

Question 20

When researchers have used controlled,double-blind studies to assess the claims of psychic healing or spiritual healing,they have found ____ correlation between these practices and pain reduction.

Question 21

As we look off in the distance,the lines on a road seem to shrink down to a point where it meets rather than staying parallel as we know it must.This is an example of the monocular cue of ____.

Question 22

Lavonna is able to keep her attention focused on her biology professor despite the fact that two separate groups of students behind her are talking while the professor lectures.This is an example of the Gestalt principle of ____.

Question 23

The ability to perceive stimuli consistently despite variations in viewing conditions is called ____.

Question 24

When Mr.Goetz writes on the chalkboard,he often leaves letters like a,e,or o uncompleted.However,his students are able to fill in the missing visual information thanks to the Gestalt principle of ____.