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Signal-detection theory attempts to find out __________.

Through the process of sensory adaptation, we learn __________.

The main colors of the visible spectrum are __________.

The lens of the eye is responsible for __________.

Rods in the retina allow us to recognize __________.

The cones in the retina are sensitive to __________.

Sounds are caused by __________.

The gateway from the outer ear to the middle ear is the __________.

Conductive deafness occurs because of damage to the __________.

Smell and taste are known as the __________.

A person's vestibular sense helps control __________.

After wearing a pair of glasses for a while, you probably can't feel them in
contact with your skin. This is evidence of __________.

Once people get dressed, they do not continue to feel their clothes against
their skin because __________.

A man cannot see things in the right half of his visual world, but his vision
in the left half of his visual world is normal. Most likely, this person has
brain damage in his __________.

In science fiction movies, when space ships shoot each other, the audience
hears a loud bang. In reality, no sound should occur because __________.

The difference between the peak and the trough of a sound wave is its
__________.

Through the use of a special music synthesizer, the wavelength of a tone is
made longer. This will __________ the __________ of the tone.

Hans and Franz are having a party for all their bodybuilder friends, but Hans
notices that the music is too soft and very high-pitched. He and Franz go
over to the disc jockey to see if they can do something about it. Franz says,
"Hey, deejay with your flabby pectorals-how come the music is soft and highpitched?
We don't want to listen to no wimp music! We want loud, low-pitched
music!! We want you to pump [clap] up the __________ and pump [clap] down the
__________!"

Sound input from the left ear goes primarily to the __________.

You are an evil scientist taking apart a normal human eyeball. In doing this,
which of the following would you be unable to physically touch?

Paula looks at a bright red tomato for a minute and then looks at a white
piece of paper. She is most likely going to see a __________ afterimage.
This phenomenon led to the __________ theory of color vision.

After staring at a blue computer screen for a few minutes, Padra glances up at
a white wall, where she sees a __________ image.

The blind spot is created by __________.

What is sensation?

The minimum amount of energy needed to be sensed is called__________.

The retina is like__________ working in the eye.

What is the pitch of a sound?

The rods in the retina are photoreceptors used primarily for__________.

You do not constantly feel your clothing on your body because of

Filling in gaps in what our senses tell us is called

The absolute threshold is the ____ that a person can detect half of the time.

Specialized receptor cells responsible for night vision are called

Smell receptors send messages to the brain via the ____ nerve.

Which of the following is NOT a Gestalt principle?

Which of the following is NOT part of signal-detection theory?

Which of the following explains the phenomenon of being able to follow one person's voice at a noisy meeting?

Light enters the eye through the

The four primary sensory experiences that make up taste are

Which of the following monocular depth cues explains why objects appear to move when you move your head from side to side?

Which of the following statements is true?

Sensation is the process of _____ raw sensory data from the internal and external world
and transmitting it to the brain.

Sensory receptors are _____.

Transduction is the process of converting _____.

The smallest magnitude of a particular stimulus energy that can be detected is called its
_____ threshold.

The difference threshold is the minimal _____.

These neurotransmitters act like morphine to inhibit pain perception.

_____ is the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time.

This is the curved, tough, protective transparent shield on the front of the eye through
which light enters.

The iris is the colored part of the eye that controls the opening of the _____.

The _____ is the transparent elastic structure that focuses light on the back of the eyes by changing shape.