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The trichromatic receptor theory explains how different color receptors in the eye combine to produce color vision.However,this theory does NOT explain:

A) negative afterimages.
B) how color receptors respond differently to different colors.
C) how many color receptors the retina must utilize in order to produce color vision.
D) color vision.

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The oval window,cochlea,and basilar membrane are all part of the:

A) middle ear.
B) inner ear.
C) external ear.
D) auditory chamber.

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When we look at a white house,we can recognize it as a white house by day or night and from any angle.This is due to perceptual __________.

Window pane is to _______ as color is to iris.

Even though a motion picture actually consists of a series of still frames,we perceive them conveying continuous movement.This is an example of __________.

The outer ear is also known as the _______.

Perceiving incomplete objects as complete define:

The outer ear is also known as the _______.

A spook house in a local carnival offered its potential patrons free admission if they would allow themselves to be blindfolded and then to eat raw worms.Although they were actually fed cold spaghetti,most of the customers believed they were swallowing real worms.What is the MOST plausible explanation for this finding?

The law of brightness constancy suggests that our perception of an object is a result of the _______ of the light from the object divided by the light surrounding it.

The flexible membrane inside the cochlea is called the:

The inner lining on the back of the eyeball which is sensitive to light is called the _______.

The physical stimuli for the sense of hearing are called _______ waves.

The place in the retina where the axons of all the ganglion cells come together to leave the eye is called the _______.

Adaptation is the process in which _______.

Railroad tracks converging in the distance best illustrate which monocular cue?

Taste buds are contained in the tongue's _______.

Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue?

Rods and cones are connected to ________.

Figure-ground is to _______ as dream interpretation is to psychoanalysis.