Homework answers / question archive / In audition, the number of cycles per second in a sound wave that is responsible for the pitch of the sound; the measure of frequency is the hertz, which equals one cycle per second Maintains that the number of nerve impulses sent to the brain by the hair cells of the cochlea corresponds to the frequency of the sound wave; this theory is accurate at low frequencies A theory of pain that postulates the existence of gating mechanisms in the spinal cord and brain that can increase of decrease the experience of pain by regulating the flow of pain impulses to the brain The notion that people group and interpret stimuli in accordance with similarity, proximity, closure, and continuity The sense of taste The color vision theory stating that the retina contains three sets of color receptors that response differentially to red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white; the opponent processes that result can produce a perception of any hue The measure of sound-wave frequency as cycles per second Incorrect perceptions based on false perceptual hypotheses that often result from constancies that do not apply to the stimuli in question The failure of unattended stimuli to register in consciousness The body sense that provides feedback on the position and movements of our body parts The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes its shape to focus images on the retina The tendency for some women who live together or are close friends to become more similar to one another in the timing of their menstrual cycles over time Depth cues that require only one eye; include linear perspective, decreasing size, height in the horizontal plane, texture, clarity, light and shadow, motion parallax, and interposition Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlear receptor cells or to the auditory nerve The sense of smell A forebrain structure that receives input from the receptors for the sense of smell The bundle of ganglion cell axons that carries information from the visual receptors to the visual area of the thalamus Structures embedded in the basilar membrane that contain the hair cell receptors for sound The process of organizing stimulus input and giving it meaning The ability to recognize stimulus characteristics - size, color, and so on—under varying conditions

In audition, the number of cycles per second in a sound wave that is responsible for the pitch of the sound; the measure of frequency is the hertz, which equals one cycle per second Maintains that the number of nerve impulses sent to the brain by the hair cells of the cochlea corresponds to the frequency of the sound wave; this theory is accurate at low frequencies A theory of pain that postulates the existence of gating mechanisms in the spinal cord and brain that can increase of decrease the experience of pain by regulating the flow of pain impulses to the brain The notion that people group and interpret stimuli in accordance with similarity, proximity, closure, and continuity The sense of taste The color vision theory stating that the retina contains three sets of color receptors that response differentially to red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white; the opponent processes that result can produce a perception of any hue The measure of sound-wave frequency as cycles per second Incorrect perceptions based on false perceptual hypotheses that often result from constancies that do not apply to the stimuli in question The failure of unattended stimuli to register in consciousness The body sense that provides feedback on the position and movements of our body parts The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes its shape to focus images on the retina The tendency for some women who live together or are close friends to become more similar to one another in the timing of their menstrual cycles over time Depth cues that require only one eye; include linear perspective, decreasing size, height in the horizontal plane, texture, clarity, light and shadow, motion parallax, and interposition Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlear receptor cells or to the auditory nerve The sense of smell A forebrain structure that receives input from the receptors for the sense of smell The bundle of ganglion cell axons that carries information from the visual receptors to the visual area of the thalamus Structures embedded in the basilar membrane that contain the hair cell receptors for sound The process of organizing stimulus input and giving it meaning The ability to recognize stimulus characteristics - size, color, and so on—under varying conditions

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1. In audition, the number of cycles per second in a sound wave that is responsible for the pitch of the sound; the measure of frequency is the hertz, which equals one cycle per second
2. Maintains that the number of nerve impulses sent to the brain by the hair cells of the cochlea corresponds to the frequency of the sound wave; this theory is accurate at low frequencies
3. A theory of pain that postulates the existence of gating mechanisms in the spinal cord and brain that can increase of decrease the experience of pain by regulating the flow of pain impulses to the brain
4. The notion that people group and interpret stimuli in accordance with similarity, proximity, closure, and continuity
5. The sense of taste
6. The color vision theory stating that the retina contains three sets of color receptors that response differentially to red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white; the opponent processes that result can produce a perception of any hue
7. The measure of sound-wave frequency as cycles per second
8. Incorrect perceptions based on false perceptual hypotheses that often result from constancies that do not apply to the stimuli in question
9. The failure of unattended stimuli to register in consciousness
10. The body sense that provides feedback on the position and movements of our body parts
11. The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes its shape to focus images on the retina
12. The tendency for some women who live together or are close friends to become more similar to one another in the timing of their menstrual cycles over time
13. Depth cues that require only one eye; include linear perspective, decreasing size, height in the horizontal plane, texture, clarity, light and shadow, motion parallax, and interposition
14. Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlear receptor cells or to the auditory nerve
15. The sense of smell
16. A forebrain structure that receives input from the receptors for the sense of smell
17. The bundle of ganglion cell axons that carries information from the visual receptors to the visual area of the thalamus
18. Structures embedded in the basilar membrane that contain the hair cell receptors for sound
19. The process of organizing stimulus input and giving it meaning
20. The ability to recognize stimulus characteristics - size, color, and so on—under varying conditions