Identify whether the following statements are true or false:
1. The absolute threshold is the minimum amount of physical energy required to produce a sensation. ____ 2. The psychological study of the relationship between physical stimuli and sensory experiences is called psychophysics. ____ 3. Senses are most responsive to changes and new events rather than to ongoing unchanging stimulation. ____ !. "bout one#third of all amputees report phantom limb pain. ____ $. The process of adaptation occurs for all senses. ____ %. &'estibular( and &)inesthetic( are the internal senses. ____ *. The body+s sense of balance is regulated by the ,inaesthetic system. ____ -. The olfactory nerve is related to the sense of taste. ____ .. Sensation of pain in an area away from the actual source is referred to as phantom pain. ____ 1/. 0illing in the gaps in what our senses tell us is called intuition. ____ 11. 1onstancy refers to how people can perceive ob2ects relatively accurately despite changing physical conditions. ____ 12. 3eceiving information through channels other than the normal senses is called illusion. ____ 13. The &whole( experience that comes from organi4ing bits and pieces of information into meaningful ob2ects and patterns is called a 5estalt. ____ 1!. 6uch of what is referred to as taste is actually produced by a sense of smell. ____ 1$. 7ain does not easily adapt to stimulation. ____ 1%. The combination of two images into one is called binocular fusion. ____ 1*. " person+s two retinas actually have different images. ____ 1-. 1olour deficiency occurs when some or all of a person+s rods do not function properly. ____ 1.. " person+s ability to detect a stimulus does not depend on her or his motivation. ____ 2/. 8hen disagreeable odours seem to disappear after a while it is an example of sensory adaptation. ____ 21. &Subliminal( means &below threshold.( ____ 22. " psychologist would test for a difference threshold by determining the lowest level that a light is visible and the highest level that a light is not visible. ____ 23. 8eber+s law suggests that it is more difficult to notice a change in a highly stimulating environment. ____ 2!. Signal#detection theory studies the mathematical relations between motivation sensitivity and decision#ma,ing. ____ 2$. There are four cues that people use to perceive distance and depth. ____ 2%. "ctive involvement is not necessary for perceptual learning. ____ 2*. 7erceptual inference often depends on experience. ____ 2-. " possible explanation for some illusions is that two#dimensional patterns are treated as three#dimensional. ____ 2.. 0igure and ground are important primarily in vision. ____ 3/. " stimulus and a sensory experience are the same thing. ____
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