Components of Perception — Unit test Answers

Gustatory receptors are found in the taste buds.

The majority of sensory signals about touch are sent to the olfactory cortex.

The type of inattentional blindness that occurs when one fails to detect auditory changes in the environment is ___________.

The brain lobe that is mostly associated with processing auditory information is the temporal lobe.

Top-down processing occurs when individuals detect and combine specific features of a stimulus into a more complex form in order to gain understanding of the whole stimulus.

The __________ is the most complex region of the brain.

A higher frequency is often perceived as having lower pitch.

The __________ is located under the forebrain and midbrain.

The retina is the light sensitive neural tissue that lines the back surface of the eye.

Cells with similar preferences are arranged closer together in the auditory cortex.

Visual acuity is greatest at the fovea of the eye.

The __________ is the complex organ that enables people to complete many actions and processes.

Consciousness includes being aware of personal anxiety and fear.

A person who is typically awake and alert is displaying which pattern of brain waves?

Gabe just won the lottery after ten years of consistently buying a ticket every Friday. Based on his initial reaction of feeling joyful, what might happen to Gabe’s cortisol level within his body?