Loudness is to _____ as pitch is to _____.

You are able to maintain your equilibrium and balance because of the:

From the optic chiasm, visual information travels first to the _____.

As you walk on the beach, every detail of the rocks, shells, and sand beneath your feet seem crisp and distinct. As you look further down the beach, however, the details of the ground in the distance seem fuzzy and blurred. Because of the depth perception cue of _____, you perceive the ground beneath your feet to be much closer than the ground that extends into the distance.

The ability to accurately gauge the distance of the coffee cup on your desk as you reach for it is called:

Your exercise teacher instructs you to do five deep knee bends. Your ability to do knee bends without toppling over involves your _____ sense.

If your hammer, anvil, and stirrup become brittle or damaged:

In the famous Müller-Lyer illusion, it appears as though:

Identify the sequence that correctly represents the path taken by light signals through the eye.

Changes in your body position are sensed by specialized receptors located in your muscles and joints, which are called:

Feedback from the muscles of the eye can help us judge the distance of an object, because the lens of the eye thickens when we change our focus from a distant object to a nearby object. This visual cue is called:

Rods are used for vision in _____ light, and cones are used for vision in _____ light.

The primary tastes include:

The “carpentered-world hypothesis” refers to the fact that:

Rods are to cones as _____ is(are) to _____.

According to your textbook, factors that can INCREASE the perception of pain include:

Pain begins when an intense stimulus activates sensory fibers called _____ in the skin, muscles, or internal organs.

Rods are most prevalent in which area of the eye?

The moon illusion refers to the observation that:

Gustation is to olfaction as _____ is to _____.

Visual acuity is highest when images are focused on the fovea because of the high concentration of _____ in that region.

When Andrew had his hearing tested, some sounds were too soft for him to detect. These sounds were below his _____ for hearing.

According to frequency theory, the basilar membrane:

The smallest possible difference between two stimuli that can be detected is called the:

The tendency to group objects that are close to one another as a single unit is called the:

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of events in hearing?

What region of the eye has the largest concentration of cones?

The visual sensory receptor cells that transform light energy into a neural signal are the:

Both Myra and Ben have worn glasses since they were children, but Myra is extremely nearsighted, and Ben is extremely farsighted. Both Myra and Ben have:

The sensory receptors for vision are:

The brain receives less detailed information from the _____ than from the _____.

The outer ear consists of the:

Because of the law of _____, you perceive the following as two groups of Os that are separated by a group of dashes: OOOOOOOOOO----------OOOOOOOOOO

When sensory receptors convert different forms of energy into neural signals, the process is known as:

What is the main reason many, if not most, psychologists doubt that extrasensory perception exists?

Feature detectors are:

In psychology, the term sensation formally refers to:

Vision is to _____ as audition is to _____.

As you drive down the highway, a child in the back seat asks why the tall buildings downtown are moving so slowly when the roadside is moving so quickly. Because you have read your psychology text, you are able to answer her question by responding that this is an example of:

Our perception of sound is directly related to the physical properties of:

From the thalamus, visual signals are sent to the _____, where they are interpreted.

Each eye contains about _____ rods and about _____ cones.

John puts one toe into the swimming pool and shivers because the water is so cold. He grits his teeth and dives in anyway. After about ten minutes, the temperature of the water seems quite comfortable to him. This example illustrates the principle of:

What causes the eardrum to vibrate?

Perceiving motion often involves the psychological assumption that the _____ is moving and the _____ is stationary.

The process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensory information in a way that is meaningful is called:

Hiking in the woods, you keep swatting at the irritating mosquitoes that land on your face. Later, you're surprised to discover a number of itchy mosquito bites on the backs of your legs. The reason you noticed the mosquitoes landing on your face but did not notice the mosquitoes landing on your legs is probably that:

Hearing is to _____ as smell is to _____.

The muscle that controls the amount of light entering the pupil is the:

Smell and taste receptors respond to what type of stimulus?