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