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Consider the figure within the parentheses: (XX XX XX) . The fact that one is likely to perceive three pairs of X's reflects the gestalt principle of:

A) symmetry.
B) proximity.
C) closure.
D) chromaticity.

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The basilar membrane is a:

A) part of the outer ear that vibrates when sound waves hit it.
B) tube like passage that leads to the eardrum.
C) coiled tube in the inner ear filled with fluid that vibrates in response to sound.
D) vibrating structure that runs through the center of the cochlea, dividing it into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and contains sense receptors for sound.

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A person can forget where his or her sunglasses are placed even though they are on top of his or her head. Which of the following statements best explains this phenomenon?

Hair cells for hearing are located in the:

The brain's inexperience in interpreting messages from the weightless ________ causes the space sickness commonly experienced by two-thirds of all space travelers.

In the context of what one can see, the range of wavelengths that humans can detect is called the ________.

Which of the following sequences arranges the structures from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?

Which of the following statements is true of light therapy?

Mark and Jacob are driving home during a college break. Mark is in the passenger seat. Mark is bored and gazes toward an empty field. He notices that distant hilltops seem to be moving slowly in the same direction in which their car is moving, whereas mile markers on the side of the highway seem to moving swiftly past them in the opposite direction. The difference in the apparent speed and direction of the objects' motion serves as a depth cue known as:

________ are chemicals nonhumans release into the environment that produce a reaction in other members of the same species, permitting the transmission of messages such as sexual availability.

Which of the following statements is true of "supertasters"?

Which of the following sequences best reflects the order in which light stimulates cells during the visual processing of an image?

Artie decides to rearrange his office and organizes the binders in his office by color. This color-coding exemplifies the gestalt principle of:

Perception that is guided by higher-level knowledge, experience, expectations, and motivations is known as ________.

______ is the phenomenon in which physical objects are perceived as unvarying and consistent despite changes in their appearance or in the physical environment.

The law relating the value of a stimulus along some dimension to the just noticeable difference is ________ law.

Approximately, how much does pain management cost the United States each year?

The human sense of taste involves receptor cells that respond to ________ basic tastes.

________ are light-sensitive receptor cells in the retina that are responsible for sharp focus and color perception, particularly in bright light, and are concentrated on the part of the retina called the fovea.

When ______ are bent by the vibrations entering the cochlea, the cells send a neural message to the brain.