4 Sensation and Perception

Question 1

refers to the process in which a sense organ changes or transforms physical energy into electrical signals that become neural impulses.

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Transduction

Question 2

refers to the decreasing response of the sense organs.

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adaptation

Question 3

are relatively meaningless bits of information that result when the brain processes electrical signals that come from the sense organs.

Answer 3

sensations

Question 4

are meaningful sensory experiences that result after the brain combines hundreds of sensations.

Answer 4

perceptions

Question 5

what are the sense organs

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1. hearing
2. taste
3. sight
4. smell
5. touch

Question 6

are organs that detect light and send signals along the optic nerve to the visual and the areas of the brain

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eyes

Question 7

is a rounded, transparent covering over the front of your eye.

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cornea

Question 8

is a circular muscle that surrounds the pupil and controls the amount of light entering the eye.

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iris

Question 9

is a transparent oval structure whose curve
surface bends and focuses light waves into an even narrower beam.

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lens

Question 10

located at the very back of eyeball, is a thin film that contains cells that are extremely sensitive to light

Answer 10

retina

Question 11

is the light-
sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye.

Answer 11

macula

Question 12

carries the impulses to the brain which processes the image and enables you to see the object.

Answer 12

optic nerve

Question 13

is the round opening at the front of your eye that allows light waves to pass into eye’s interior.

Answer 13

pupil

Question 14

refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance.

Answer 14

aqueous humor

Question 15

are organs that detect sounds.

Answer 15

ears

Question 16

They function as the organs of hearing and equilibrium

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ears

Question 17

They have two different structure for each of these functions.

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ears

Question 18

is the part of the ear we see structures

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outer ear

Question 19

is the oval- shaped structure that protrudes from the side of the hide.

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pinna

Question 20

is a passage way that leads from the outside of the head to the tympanic or eardrum membrane of each ear.

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auditory canal

Question 21

is a taut, thin structure commonly called as eardrum.

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tympanic membrane

Question 22

are three small bones: the hammer , the anvil, and the stirrup.

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middle ear

Question 23

contains two main structures that are sealed in bony cavities: the cochlea, which is involved in hearing, and the vestibular system, which is involved in balance.

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inner ear

Question 24

is a skeletal muscle on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing (deglutition

Answer 24

tongue

Question 25

is called the chemical sense because the stimuli are various chemical.

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taste

Question 26

what are the 4 basic taste

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1. sweet 2. salty 3. bitter 4. sour

Question 27

anatomically, a nose is a vertebrate respiratory organ that covers two nostrils in humans.

Answer 27

nose

Question 28

is called a chemical sense because its stimuli are various chemicals that are carried by the air.

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olfaction

Question 29

what are the functions of olfaction

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1. to intensity the taste of food 2. to warn us of potentially dangerous food

Question 30

is the outer covering of the body.

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skin

Question 31

is the top layer of the skin and the one you can actually see.

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epidermis

Question 32

the layer that lies underneath the epidermis, is composed entirely of living cells.

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dermis

Question 33

they rise to the surface of the skin to eliminate waste matter.

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lower dermis

Question 34

refers to a point above which a stimulus is perceived and below which a stimulus is perceived and below which it is not perceived.

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threshold

Question 35

on one hand, refers to the intensity level of a stimulus such that a person will have a 50% chance detecting it.

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absolute threshold

Question 36

on the others, refers to the intensity that gives a person less than a 50% chance of stimulus (plotnik, 2002) .

Answer 36

subliminal threshold

Question 37

Is one of the five complex perceptual modes by which human beings interact with the environment.

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visual perceptual system

Question 38

determining where objects

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localization

Question 39

discerning what objects and keeping the appearance of objects

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recognition

Question 40

even if their images in the eye are changing (teh & macapagal, 2007).

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constant

Question 41

Describe why certain figural elements seem to be perceived together, rather than as isolated, are independent units.

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gestalt principles of grouping

Question 42

is the tendency to perceive objects as retaining the same size even when their images in the retina change in.

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size constancy

Question 43

is the tendency to see an object as remaining the same shape regardless of the viewing angle and despite the considerable change in the shape of its image on the retina.

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shape constancy

Question 44

is the tendency of the perceiver to perceive objects as remaining in the sameposition,place or location despite the changing location of the retina.

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location constancy

Question 45

is the tendency of the perceiver to perceive colors as remaining the same despite variation in lighting.

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color constancy

Question 46

is the tendency to perceive brightness as remaining the same even when the amount of light reflected from them changes.

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brightness constancy

Question 47

is the ability to perceive things beyond the natural range of the senses.

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clairvoyance

Question 48

is the direct transference of thought and/or feelings from one person to another, without using the five known senses.

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telepathy

Question 49

is the direct knowledge or perception of the future, obtained through extrasensory means

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precognition

Question 50

PK) or telekinesis is the ability to move things with one’s mind.

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psychokinesis