Chapter 5 Flashcards
Which of the following describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli?
A. just noticeable
B. signal detection
C. subliminal
D. top down
A. just noticeable
What is described by the concept of perception?
How sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced
Inattentional ________ refers to the failure to notice something that is completely visible due to a lack of attention.
blindness
Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts?
Top-down
What is amplitude?
The height of a wave
The visible spectrum refers to the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we _______.
can see
Hertz is a measure of ________.
frequency
Which nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain?
Optic
What is a binaural cue?
two-eared cue to localize sound
Congenital deafness refers to deafness ________.
since birth
Which term describes the perception of the body’s movement through space?
A. dimensionality
B. kinesthesia
C. neurasthenia
D. nociception
B. kinesthesia
________ is a chemical message sent by another individual.
pheromone
Our vestibular sense contributes to our ability to ________.
maintain balance and body posture
Which field of psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?
A. biometric
B. Gestalt
C. Pacinian
D. somatosensory
B. Gestalt
_______ refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced; ________ refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor.
perception; sensation
Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________.
transduction