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Chapter 4 Flashcards

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T or F: Your senses actively shape info about the outside world

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T

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Stimulus

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any form of energy to which the sense organs (senses) can respond

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Senses

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systems translate info from outside the nervous system into neural activity

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Sensations

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messages from the senses that make up raw info that affects behavior & mental processes, sense organs respond to external stimuli

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Perception

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process through which messages from the senses are given meaning, brain’s interpretation of sensation

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Accessory Structures

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modify incoming energy, reshape incoming energy (light, sound)

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Examples of accessory structures

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pinna of the ear and lens of the eye

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Neural receptors

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receptor cells, perform transduction, changes environmental stimuli into neural activity

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Sensory nerves

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afferent neurons, transfer info from the receptor cells to the CNS

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Info goes to the thalamus except for…

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smell

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Message is received in CNS - [blank]

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cerebral cortex

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Sound

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the repetitive fluctuation in the pressure of a medium such as air/water

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Amplitude

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height from baseline to peak

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Wavelength

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distance from peak to peak

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Frequency

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cycles per second (Hz)

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Physiological dimensions of sound

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determined by physical characteristics: amplitude & frequency

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Amplitude

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loudness. greater amplitude, louder sound

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Frequency

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pitch, how high/low a tone is

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Timbre

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quality of sound, helps you determine a note played on a flute v a clarinet

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3 sections of the ear

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outer, middle & inner

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2 parts of the outer ear

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pinnna, auditory (ear) canal

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pinna

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collects and shapes sound

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auditory (ear) canal

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passageway

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2 parts of the middle ear

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tympanic membrane, ossicles

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Tympanic membrane

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ear drum, vibrates

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Ossicles

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Three tiny bones: malleus (hammer), incus (anvil) & stapes (stirrup). amplify sound

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5 parts of the inner ear

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oval window, cochlea, basilar membrane, organ of Corti, acoustic/auditory nerve

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cochlea

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snail-like structure, transduction occurs here

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transduction

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turns a sensory stimulus into neural activity

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Basilar membrane

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sheet of tissue that runs the length of the cochlea

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Organ of Corti

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rests on Basilar membrane, contains thousands of tiny hair cells, tranduces sound into neural signals, hair cells connect to the acoustic/auditory nerve

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Acoustic/auditory nerve

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bundle of nerves that goes into the auditory complex in the temporal lobe

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Auditory localization

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partly by timing of sound arriving at each ear & partly by sound intensity difference at each ear

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deafness

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caused by damage/deterioration of the middle or inner ear

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2 types of deafness

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conduction (middle ear) and nerve (inner)

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Conduction deafness

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bones of middle ear fuse together, prevents accurate conduction of vibrations

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Treatments of conduction deafness

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surgery to break ossicles apart, plastic replacements for ossicles, hearing aids

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Nerve deafness

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results from damage to acoustic nerve or, more commonly, the hair cells, damage occurs gradually w/age

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Possible environmental causes of nerve deafness

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exposure to loud noises, ear buds on personal stereos

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1 possible treatment of nerve deafness

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cochlear implant

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[Blank] is the stimulus of vision.

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Light

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T or F: Most light is visible to the human eye.

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F

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Light can travel without a [blank], unlike sound.

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medium

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Light intensity

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how much energy light contains determines brightness of the light

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Light wavelength

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distance b/w peaks in light waves, short v long wavelength give the sensation of different colors

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