Perception, sensation, and attention

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. The concepts of sensation and perception are different because

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. These researchers are responsible for Weber's law and signal detection theory.

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. Which of the following best describes the phenomenon known as sensory adaptation?

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. The _ are the photoreceptors that respond well in low light, and to motion, but are not specialized for detailed vision.

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. The fovea in the retina has the highest concentration of these cells.

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. According to this theory of colour vision, the peak sensitivity of a cone to one of three spectrums of wavelength dictates the hue that we perceive.

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. According to this theory, cells in the retina and the thalamus enable the mixing of blue and yellow, red and green, and black and white

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. The perception of pitch, how high or low a tone is, is dependent on this property of sound waves.

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. The basilar membrane is a collection of fibres in the cochlea that ripples in response to

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. All of the following aspects of sound location are true, EXCEPT:

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. The receptors embedded in our skin that respond to pressure and touch are called

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. Aside from the receptors for touch, the skin also houses these receptors that allow for perception of temperature.

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. Unlike the specialized receptors for other aspects of touch, nociceptors are

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. This Gestalt grouping principle allows for the holistic perception of objects that are blocked by other objects.

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. This Gestalt grouping principle allows for the holistic perception of objects that are near one another

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. In the visual cliff experiments by Gibson and Walk (1960), infants would freely explore the deep side of the "cliff" if

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. The retinas in each eye collect slightly different images of the world, which allows for the processing of this binocular depth cue.

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. Unlike the binocular depth cues, the monocular depth cues depend greatly on

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. When you are standing in a hallway and see your friend walking toward you, the image of him will grow larger on your retina, but you do not perceive him as actually growing in size. This is because of

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. Which of the following phenomena are dependent upon our biases and expectations based on experience with the world?

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. Phenomena such as change blindness and perceptual set are evidence that perception is

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. According to Gestalt theorists, every time we view a scene we focus on certain elements while other fade into the background. The portion of the image that holds our attention is the

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. According to Gestalt theorists, the portion of the image that holds relegates to the background is the

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. Touch is perceived in this area of the brain

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. This theory proposes that noise and response bias interfered with detection of stimuli.

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