TEST
YOUR-
SELF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Test yourself repeatedly throughout your studies. This will not only help you figure out what you know and don’t know; the testing itself will help you learn and remember the information more effectively thanks to the testing effect.
Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
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4. Another term for difference threshold is the lDuFfqgolFzWDweA cK4gdrMTyNiizh62SupyUw== cIetd8NqWiDGQnmyzFchew== .
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Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
8. The characteristic of light that determines the color we experience, such as blue or green, is DLMUGKxdC9Rgok/3dunpQA== .
14. The cells in the visual cortex that respond to certain lines, edges, and angles are called 5llCtSkxYB8gNPXC B0zMwbxg1zrBZAduSJOJWA== .
15. The brain’s ability to process many aspects of an object or a problem simultaneously is called l3vDQ6fqbYooRRnoHtYtHA== gQSngC56Q9bkvNMUcKYwcA== .
20. Two examples of /J3LLRQDuZpBSDGPIEgteA== depth cues are interposition and linear perspective.
23. In experiments, people have worn glasses that turned their visual fields upside down. After a period of adjustment, they learned to function quite well. This ability is called HdOE6Hj3ScL6nNi4RX4mXQ== zKM90kbxEpSxTO8C1G3dVA== .
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The Nonvisual Senses
24. The snail-
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theory explains how we hear high-
30. M24v9s4wUkHfzNENhWz+8A== is your sense of body position and movement. Your R0I1lxpj2/NF44hbQL/Ing== LR6yy6D6DUtrYEnl specifically monitors your head’s movement, with sensors in the inner ear.