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Question 1

Sensation

Answer 1

A physical perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body

Question 2

Perception

Answer 2

The ability to see,hear or become aware or something through senses

Question 3

Just noticeable difference

Answer 3

Th smallest difference in the sound for us to perceive a change in the radios volume

Question 4

Absolute threshold

Answer 4

The lowest level of a stimulus that a person can detect half of the time

Question 5

Sensory adaption

Answer 5

The process by which our brain cells become less sensitive to constant stimuli that are picked up by our senses

Question 6

Webers law

Answer 6

Explains how people perceive changes in stimuli such as sound or weight

Question 7

Synesthesia psychology

Answer 7

A neurological phenomenon that causes people to experience multiple senses simultaneously

Question 8

Retina

Answer 8

A light sensitive layer of tissue in the eye that converts lights into neural signals that are sent to the brain for processing

Question 9

Blind spot

Answer 9

An area of thinking perception or behavior where a person is unaware of their biases limitations or shortcomings

Question 10

Accommodation

Answer 10

The process of adjusting out cognitive schemas to incorporate new information or experiences

Question 11

Near sightedness

Answer 11

A refractive error that makes far away objects look blurry

Question 12

Far sightedness

Answer 12

Refractive error that makes nearly objects look blurry

Question 13

Rods

Answer 13

Photoreceptors in the retina that are responsible for black and white vision low light conditions

Question 14

Cones

Answer 14

Photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for color vision and detailed visual perception

Question 15

Tri-chromatic Theory

Answer 15

The Idea that human eyes perceive color by combining three types of light (red,blue,green)

Question 16

Opponent process theory

Answer 16

A phycological theory that explains how the mind perceives color and other phenomena

Question 17

Afterimage

Answer 17

An image that continues to appear in the eyes after a period of exposure to the original image

Question 18

Ganglion cells

Answer 18

Neurons in the retina to the brain

Question 19

Color vision deficiency

Answer 19

A reduced ability to distinguish between certain colors (color blindness)

Question 20

Dichromatism

Answer 20

Partial color blindness in which only two colors are perceptible weed

Question 21

Monochromatism

Answer 21

A Type of color blindness that causes people to see all colors as different shades of the same color or as shades of gray

Question 22

Prosopagnosia

Answer 22

A condition that makes it difficult to recognize faces even though vision is normal

Question 23

Blindsight

Answer 23

A neurological condition that allows people who are critically blind to respond to visual stimuli that they are unaware of

Question 24

Pitch

Answer 24

The ability to perceive and differentiate between different sound frequencies or the high or low tone of a sound is

Question 25

Loudness

Answer 25

The magnitude of the auditory sensation that a listener experiences when exposed to a sound

Question 26

Place theory

Answer 26

Explains how humans perceive pitch

Question 27

Volley theory

Answer 27

When high frequency sounds are experienced too frequently for a single neuron to adequately process and fire for each sound event the organs of the ear combine the multiple stimuli into a “volley” to process the sounds

Question 28

Frequency theory

Answer 28

A theory of pitch perception that states that the pitch of a sound is determined by the rate at which auditory nerve fibers fire

Question 29

Conduction deafness

Answer 29

A type of hearing impairment that occurs when sound waves are unable to travel through the outer layers r middle ear to the inner ear

Question 30

Sensorineural deafness

Answer 30

A type of hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear specifically the hair cells within the cochlea or the auditory nerve

Question 31

Olfactory system

Answer 31

Sensory system responsible for the sense of smell including the nose and many parts of the brain

Question 32

Pheronomones

Answer 32

Chemical substances that are secreted by one individual and detected by another individual of the same species, triggering a specific behavioral or developmental response

Question 33

Gustation

Answer 33

Sense of taste (sweet,salty,sour,bitter,savory

Question 34

Gate control

Answer 34

Theory that explains how the spinal cord controls transmission of pain signals to the brain

Question 35

Phantom limb Sensations

Answer 35

Perception of a missing limb as if it were still there, and can include both painful and non painful sensations

Question 36

Vestibular

Answer 36

Sense of balance and body position that allows us to move smoothly and maintain balance

Question 37

Kinesthesia

Answer 37

Sense of movement and position of the body or the ability to sense how body parts are moving