AP Chapter 4 Sensation & Perception Review

Olfaction refers to

Which of the following areas of the body is mostsensitive to tactile sensations?

The Necker Cube is an example of

A hearing aid generally helps with

The vestibular sense is responsible for

"The whole is more than the sum of its parts" is a statement reflecting

Which of the following is NOT a Gestalt law ofperception?

A sound waves’ frequency determines its

A person’s sense of different body parts’ position and muscle memory,  is known as

the Law of Pragnanz is also known as

The structures responsible for maintaining one's senseof balance are the

The first task people face when shown an object is toseparate the object from its surroundings.

Which of the following refers to the min stimulation required to detect a particular stimulus?

The theory that we perceive colors in terms of a systemof paired opposites is known as the

Hearing is to hair cells as vision is to

Sound waves are described in terms of their height andlength, respectively referred to as

The face/vase image illustrates

Our perception that objects keep their shape, size andcolor even 

Which of the following structures of the eye containsrods and cones?

These are chemical signals that often influence animals responses

The point where there are no receptor cells and theoptic nerve exits the eye creates

Salt, bitter, sweet and sour are all taste sensations.Which is also a taste sensation?

The cochlea

Which is an example of top down processing?

It may take your teacher a few seconds to recognize you in the mall because of

Sound energy is measured in

With light,which of the following fireaction potentials down the optic nerve to the brain?

The Gestalt theory proposes that many of our perceptions are determined by

. Which part of the eye is used to see things in highdetail?

Illusions are more likely when

A bird flied towards you and you do not perceive it as growing because of

The visual cliff, created by Gibson and Walk was designed to test infants on

Sensory information related to the skin senses is processed within the 

Which of the following is a structure found in themiddle ear?

Sensory transduction is the process by which