Sensation And Perception Homework Worksheet (Page 3 of 4) in pdf

20. The ________________________________-_________________________________ influence on

touch is illustrated by the fact that a self-produced tickle produces less activation in the

________________________________

_____________________________ than someone else’s

tickle. This influence is also seen in the ___________________________ -

____________________________ illusion.

21. The sense that monitors the position and movement of the head (and thus the body) is the

__________________________________

________________________________. The receptors

for this sense are located in the __________________________________

____________________________________, _______________________________ and

______________________________________ of the inner ear.

22. People born without the ability to feel pain may be unaware of experiencing severe

_______________________________. More numerous are those who live with

______________________________ pain in the form of persistent headaches and backaches, for

example.

23. Pain-producing brain activity may be triggered with or without ___________________________

________________________________.

24. The basic taste sensations are ____________________________, __________________________,

___________________________________, ___________________________________, and a meaty

taste called ____________________________________.

25. Taste, which is a _____________________________________ sense, is enabled by the 200 or more

_____________________________ ___________________________ on the top and sides of the

tongue. Each contains a _________________________________ that catches food chemicals.

26. When the sense of smell is blocked, as when we have a cold or the flu, foods do not taste the same;

this illustrates the principle of ________________________________________

______________________________________. The _________________________________ effect

occurs when we a speaker saying one syllable while _________________________________ another.

27. The principle that we organize stimuli into smooth, continuous patterns is classed

_________________________________. The principle that we fill-in gaps to create a complete, whole

object is __________________________________. The grouping of items that are close to each other

is the principle of ____________________________________; The grouping of items that look alike is

the principle of ___________________________________. The tendency to perceive uniform or

attached items as a single unit is the principle of _____________________________________.

28. The ability to see objects in three dimensions despite their two-dimensional representations on our

retinas is called _________________________________ ______________________________. It

enables us to estimate ____________________________________.

29. If two objects are presumed to be the same size, the one that casts a smaller retinal image is perceived

as farther away: __________________________ ____________________________________.

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