When siobhan witnesses a car accident she senses both the sight of it and the loud sound of it. These combine to create her perception and this is an example of?
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Charlie works for a moving company. He can easily tell the difference in weight between two small boxes but cannot detect any difference at all between the weight of the washing machine and the weight of the dryer. This is an example of ____________.
Weber's Law
The first day Kim is in Nairobi she notices the honking, engine sounds, yelling, and other street noises. By the second day, however, she no longer notices these. Which of the following is the best explanation?
Sensory adaptation
____________ are specialized cells that convert light into electrical signals.
Photoreceptors, such as rods and cones
Sound quality can be divided into amplitude, timbre and pitch. Pitch is determined by the __________ of the sound waves.
frequency
Although Dugan has the lower portion of his leg amputated he still sometimes feels an uncomfortable itching sensation from where his foot would be. This is an example of a _________.
phantom limb
Which of the following statements is true about taste?
All areas of the tongue contain taste receptor cells that are capable of responding to every taste
What term is used to describe the smallest difference needed to differentiate between two stimuli?
Differential threshold
_________ is when we let past experience and knowledge influence our perception of stimuli.
Top-down processing
When Siobhan witnesses a car accident she senses both the sight of it and the loud sound of it. These combine to create her perception and this is an example of _____________.
multimodal perception