| Assignment Number 12 Discussion/Writing Assignment Chapter 6. Sensation and perception (180-203) |
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Name _____________________ Date due: 10-6-04 Introduction to Psychology 101 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| Answer the following "Looking Back" questions on page 226-7) | |
| 1. | What kind of "code" in the nervous system helps explain why a pinprick and a kiss feel different? (184) |
| 3. | Why does your dog hear a "silent" doggie whistle when you can't? (186) |
| 4. | What kind of bias can influence whether you think you hear the phone ringing when you're in the shower? (186-187) |
| 5. | What happens when people are deprived of all external sensory stimulation? (187-188) |
| 6. | How does the eye differ from a camera? (193-194) |
| 7. | Why can we describe a color as bluish green but not as reddish green? (196) |
| 8. | If you were blind in one eye, why might you misjudge your distance from a painting on the wall but not the distance to buildings a block away? (199) |
| 9. | As a friend approaches, her image on your retina grows larger; why do you continue to see her as the same size? (200) |
| 10. | Why are perceptual illusions so valuable to psychologists? (202) |