1. Explain how thresholds are determined and how
stimulus intensity is related to absolute thresholds.
2. Explain Weber's law, Fechner's law, and the basic
thrust of signal detection theory.
3. Describe the Featured Study on perception without
awareness and discuss the practical implications of subliminal
perception.
4. Discuss the meaning and significance of sensory
adaptation.
Our Sense of Sight: The Visual System
5. List the three properties of light and the aspects
of visual perception that they influence.
6. Describe the role of the lens and pupil in the
functioning of the eye.
7. Describe the role of the retina in light sensitivity
and in visual information processing.
8. Describe the routing of signals from the eye to the
brain and the brain's role in visual information processing.
9. Discuss the trichromatic and opponent process theories
of color vision, and the modern reconciliation of these theories.
10. Discuss whether perception involves top-down or
bottom-up processing.
11. Explain the basic premise of Gestalt psychology and
describe Gestalt principles of visual perception.
12. Explain how form perception can be a matter of
formulating perceptual hypotheses.
13. Describe the monocular and binocular cues employed in
depth perception.
14. Describe perceptual constancies in vision and
illusions in vision, and discuss their importance.
Our Sense of Hearing: The Auditory System
15. List the three properties of sound and the aspects
of auditory perception that they influence.
16. Summarize information on human hearing capacities and
describe how sensory processing occurs in the ear.
17. Describe the routing of auditory signals from the ear
to the brain and auditory information processing in the brain.
18. Compare and contrast the place and frequency theories
of pitch perception and discuss the resolution of the debate.
19. Discuss the cues employed in auditory localization.
Our Chemical Senses: Taste and Smell
20. Describe the stimulus and receptors
for taste and discuss factors that may influence perceived
flavor.
21. Describe the stimulus and receptors for smell and
discuss the sensitivity of human olfaction.
22. Describe the processes involved in the perception of
pressure, temperature, and pain.
23. Describe the perceptual experiences mediated by the
kinesthetic and vestibular senses.
24. Explain how the chapter highlighted three of the
text's unifying themes.
25. Discuss how the paintings shown in the Application
illustrate various principles of visual perception.
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