The idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a JND is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called:
Neural circuits of many sensory systems:
Information processed below the normal level of awareness is called:
Brain cells that analyze incoming sensory information into lines, angles, shading, and movement are called:
All of the following are monocular cues for depth perception EXCEPT:
Hearing aids are of no use to an individual with______deafness.
In bright light, the iris__and the pupil________to control the amount of light entering the eye.
The function of the lens is to:
Information picked up by the body’s receptor called is termed:
The fact that we tend to see stars in the sky as constellations refers to the Gestalt principle of:
The light around the movie marquee flashed on-and-off in succession However, Jamil did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Jamil’s perception illustrates:
As Babra drove down the highway, the pickets of the fences moved past her in a blur, but the mountains in the distance didn’t appear to move at all. Babra was experiencing:
Jamil’s horse looks just as black in the brilliant sunlight as it does in the dim light of the stable. This illustrates what is known as:
Which sense tells you how your body is oriented in the world?
As the large butterfly flew toward Tahir, he could tell it was getting closer because he could feel his eyes turning inward toward his nose as he watched it. In this instance, Tahir was able to judge how far away the butterfly was using the depth cue of:
All of the following are parts of the ear EXCEPT:
Which of the following is the psychological dimension that captures the purity and vividness of color?
Which of the following measures the strength of the sound wave?
The moon illusion occurs when you:
Which eye structure is responsible for dark adaptation?
Babar was at a football game, and even though people wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans. Babar’s perception is most consistent with the Gestalt principle of:
The Moon illusion can best be explained in terms of the relationship between:
In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a videotape of men tossing a basketball remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman sauntering across the screen. This illustrated:
The sequentially flashing Christmas tree lights appeared to generate pulsating waves of motion. This best illustrates:
The cocktail party effect provides an example of:
Interposition refers to:
The horizon Moon appears to shrink in size if it is viewed through a narrow tube that eliminates the perception of distance cues. The best illustrate the importance of:
The sand at Akram’s feet appeared coarse, and he could see the individual grains of sand. However, the sand down the beach appeared to be much finer and less granular. This apparent difference in the sand may have partially resulted from the depth cue of:
As she gazed down from a bridge at the rapidly flowing river. Naila felt as though she were moving. Her experience best illustrates the phenomenon of:
When there is a conflict between bits of information received by two or more senses, which sense tends to dominate the others?
Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?
The principle of connectedness would most likely lead you to perceive all the______as parts of a single unit.
Timor is painting a picture of a jet on a runway; however, in his painting the sides of the runway are parallel to each other. Timor’s picture will seem to lack depth because he has failed to make use of the monocular depth cue of:
The perception that Bugs Bunny is hopping across a movie screen best illustrates:
A concept that help us to interpret ambiguous sensations is called a:
The organization of two-dimensional retinal images into three-dimensional perceptions is called:
While reading a novel, Rizvi isn’t easily distracted by the sounds of the TV or even by his brothers’ loud arguments. This best illustrates:
The perception of a humanlike face in the random configurations of the lunar landscape best illustrates the impact of______on visual perception.
Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Salim didn’t perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates:
Perceptual adaptation refers to the:
After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as disease related symptoms. His reaction best illustrated the impact of:
Mrs. Aftab is just beginning to experience sensorineural hearing loss. She is likely to have the greatest difficulty hearing sounds of:
Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry professor several times a week, she didn’t recognize the professor when she saw her in the grocery store. This best illustrate the importance of:
The absolute threshold for hearing is arbitrarily defined as zero:
If you project a red, a green, and a blue light into space, the point at which the three lights cross will lead to the perception of:
Human experience the longest visible electromagnetic waves as the color___and the shortest visible waves as_______.
Dan was able to tell that the voice he heard calling his name was coming from the building on his left because of:
Visual problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism are the result of:
Subliminal means:
Taste receptors are located:
A 3D movie enhances one’s sense of depth perception by simulating the effects of:

Differences thresholds:

A. Occur when we can first detect some stimulus
B. Occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus
C. Depend on the energy necessary to stimulate a sensory receptor
D. Are measured in judgmental Normal Differences

Correct Answer: Occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus ✔

Last Updated: May 02, 2024