PSYC 101 Quiz 3 Sensation and Perception
PSYC 101 Quiz 3: Sensation and Perception
- Sensory receptors for touch are located just below the surface of the skin and are known as ___________ corpuscles.
- Sound receptors are attached to the _______ membrane.
- The auditory cortex sends projections to which two lobes of the brain?
- ________ is defined as the distance from peak to peak of a wave.
- Which of the following is NOT a type of sensory receptor?
- blindness is a phenomenon caused by diverted attention resulting in failure of accurate scene detection as if we are blind to that event.
- is known as the alleged ability to perceive something through the mind alone, but without reception of physical stimuli through any of the known senses.
- is a quantifiable pattern of physical energy, which is able to interact with an organism and produce a change in the condition of the organism.
- Place the steps of the process from stimulation to perception in the correct order:
- is the process through which a physical stimulus is converted into a meaningful and useful neural signal capable of being interpreted by the brain.
- The optic nerves meet at the ________
- can best be defined as the detection of some physical stimulus in the environment by one of your sensory organs.
- is a phenomenon in which an object closer to a viewer appears to block another object that is farther away from the viewer.
- Umami, the most recently discovered type of taste bud, can be detect the taste of foods that are:
- The vast majority of information acquired throughout life often begins as _______ energy.
- The ______ is the light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye that contains the sensory receptors for vision.
- Which is not a potential result of decreased tear production?
- The two basic types of photoreceptors in the eye are:
- A person’s _______ threshold is estimated by comparing the intensity of two stimuli, and gradually increasing the difference between their intensities until a difference can be detected by the person.
- Wavelength in sound waves corresponds to ______.
- The _________ system is responsible for equilibrium or balance.
- Sensory receptors for gustation are known as ________
- Approximately how many olfactory receptor cells does a typical human have?
- Sensory _______ occurs when the sensory receptors become less sensitive when exposed to a constant stimulus for a certain amount of time.
- Experts recommend taking a break from viewing a computer screen at least every _______ minutes.
- shadow is the difference in sound intensity due to the head blocking/deflection some of the sound waves.
- The process of visual perception can be simplified into these three basic tasks:
- How many major sensory modalities have been traditionally recognized?
- Who stated that “Man is nothing but a bundle of sensations.”
- What is the term for the outer funnel-shaped structure of the ear?
- The magnocellular pathway receives information from M ganglion cells about peripheral vision and therefore _______ spatial resolution images from the retina.
- Law suggests that the difference threshold between two stimuli is relative to the size of the original stimulus.
- Specialized receptors that can sense pain are known as _______.
- A person’s _______ threshold is measured by taking the smallest amount of a stimulus and gradually increasing its strength until a person correctly guesses the stimulus’s presence 50% of the time.
- What are the three tiny bones that constitute the middle ear?