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Question 81

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The physical stimuli for the sense of taste

A) are chemical substances that are insoluble in water.
B) are chemical substances that are soluble in water.
C) are the vibrations of molecules.
D) are tactile stimulation.

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Question 82

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Devina looked directly into a very bright light and damaged her retina. The ophthalmologist has told her that she has sustained massive damage to her rods, but for the most part her cones have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Devina's vision is that she will now have

A) no colour vision.
B) poor vision in bright illumination.
C) poor peripheral vision.
D) more accurate depth perception.

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Evelyn turned the thermostat up from 24 °C to 25 °C; however, she doesn't think it feels any warmer and she wants to turn it up even higher. Her roommate thinks that it is now too hot, and she wants to turn the thermostat back down. Apparently Evelyn has

The main pathway visual signals travel from the eye to the visual cortex is

Three-year-old Kyle was flying in a plane for the first time. As the plane descended for its landing, Kyle became very excited at all the toy houses and cars he saw, and he couldn't wait for the plane to land so he could play with the toys. Kyle's misinterpretation of the true size of the houses and cars the plane passed over shows that he is still not fully utilising

Provide an overview of the trichromatic and opponent process theories of colour vision, and resolve the "debate" between the two.

If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the wavelength of light, we would not be able to perceive differences in

Like vision, the physical stimulus for sound is a wave form of energy that is characterised by amplitude, wavelength and purity.

The wavelength of light mainly affects our perception of

Imagine that biologists have discovered an animal that has eyes very similar to human eyes, but that the only receptor cells in the retina are rods; there are no cones. Based on what is known about human vision you might expect that this animal would

The optic nerves from the inside half of each eye cross over at the ____________________ and then project to the opposite hemisphere of the brain.

You can detect the difference between a musical note played on a trumpet and the same note played on a trombone because the two instruments have a different

It is fairly easy to manipulate many types of judgments by selecting

____________________ colour mixing works by removing some wavelengths of light leaving less light than was originally there while, ____________________ colour mixing works by superimposing lights, putting more light in the mixture than exists in any one light.

Use an example from your everyday life to explain sensory adaptation.

A red light, green light, and blue light differ in

____________________ refers to the relative amount of whiteness in a colour.

In dim light, the pupil of the eye is

Briefly explain what happens when you undergo dark adaptation by explaining why when you enter a dark room after being in a very bright light, you cannot see anything for approximately 10 minutes and are unable to see things clearly for 30 minutes.

The study of perception highlights the relativity of experience which can be manipulated by ____________________ effects like comparators.