Fill in the Blanks with Correct Psychology of Senses Terms Flashcards

Psychology Pr actice Q

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Our tendency to see objects as relatively stable and unchanging despite changing sensory information is called perceptual __________.
Constancy
The senses that monitor our equilibrium and awareness of body position in space are the ________ senses.
Vestibular
Flavor is
A combination of taste and smell
When John drives his car at night, he finds that he can barely see traffic and street signs if he looks directly at them. He can increase his sensitivity by looking at the signs.
Out of the side of his eye (using more rods) instead of focusing directly on the (using more cons)
The range of electromagnetic wavelengths that we can see is called the
Visible spectrum
The minimum intensity of physical stimulation required to produce any sensations at all in a person is the _______.
Absolute threshold
Experiencing MEANINGFUL patterns in the jumble of sensory information received by the brain is _______.
Perception
Weber's Law states that a just noticeable change in a stimulus magnitude is _____ the original stimulus magnitude.
Proportional to
Figure-ground is to _____ as dream interpretation is to psychoanalysis
Gestalt
Texture gradient refers to the fact that texture appears to become____.
Less detailed in the distance
Adaptation is the process in which
Receptor sensitivity changes depending upon the intensity of the stimulus
Which Gestalt law of organization must always occur even if other laws of organization are also illustrated?
Figure-round
Perceiving incomplete objects as complete define:
Closure
The distance cue in which two parallel lines extend into the distance and seem to come together at one point is called _____.
Linear perspective
Which of the following is an example of monocular cue?
The trees in a forest converging in the distance