Chapter 5: Sensing and Perceiving
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Questions
- Interposition, relative size and linear perspective are ________ depth cues.
 - ________ is defined as the organization and interpretation of sensations.
 - The ________ ________ is defined as the intensity of a stimulus that allows an organism to just barely detect it.
 - The visual cliff is used to assess ________ perception in infants.
 - The ________ ________ carries visual information from the eye to the thalamus.
 - The ________ theory of hearing argues that different areas of the cochlea respond to different frequencies.
 - The absolute threshold for human hearing is ________ decibels.
 - ________ ________ describes our ability to focus on some sensory inputs while tuning out others.
 - Our ________ ________ is a set of liquid-filled areas in the inner ear that monitors the head’s position and movement, maintaining the body’s balance.
 - The ________ ________ control theory of pain proposes that pain is determined by the operation of two types of nerve fibres in the spinal cord.
 
Answers
- monocular
 - perception
 - absolute threshold
 - depth
 - optic nerve
 - place
 - zero
 - selective attention
 - vestibular system
 - gate control