In Vision Transduction Occurs Within The

Question: in vision, transduction occurs within the

Answer: retina

Question: in the dark, an object is more clearly seen with perph. view bc the rods in the retina are

Answer: more sensitive in the dark than cones and are not found in the fovea

Question: a subliminal stimulus is a stimulus that

Answer: falls below the threshold for conscious detection

Question: weber’s and fechner’s psychological laws concern the relationship between which of the following

Answer: the intensity of a stimulus and its corresponding psychological sensation

Question: when viewed from a window of a moving train, nearby objects seem to pass by more quickly than distant objects. this cue for depth perception is called

Answer: motion parallax

Question: which of the following refers to the just noticeable diff. btw two stimulus

Answer: difference threshold

Question: research has shown that a major reason for poor performancewhile multi tasking is bc ppl

Answer: switch their attention rapidly and miss critical info

Question: the thalamus processes info for all of the following except

Answer: smell

Question: a reason that one typically doesnt notice a blind spot is that

Answer: the brain fills in missing info so theres no awareness that the visual field is incomplete

Question: the gestalt principle that refers to an individuals tendency to perceive an incomplete figures whole is called

Answer: closure