Chapter 5

Question 1

Specialized neurons that respond to specific stimuli

Answer 1

sensory receptors

Question 2

Occurs when sensory receptors detect sensory stimuli

Answer 2

sensation

Question 3

what is this list?

Visions
Hearing
Smell
Taste
Touch
Balance
Body position
Movement
Pain
temperature

Answer 3

sensory systems

Question 4

Way that sensory information is interpreted organized and consciously experienced

Answer 4

perception

Question 5

System in which perceptions are built from sensory input

Answer 5

bottom up processing

Question 6

Interpretation of sensations is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts

Answer 6

Top down processing

Question 7

6 factors affecting perception:

Answer 7

• Sensory adaptation

-Attention/ Inattentional blindness

• Signal detection theory

-motivation

• Beliefs,values prejudices and expectations

-Life /cultural experiences

Question 8

• consists of two sticks, one framed by closed fins and one framed by open fins
• lines appear to be different lengths although they are identical

Answer 8

Muller Lyer Illusion

Question 9

__________is directly related to frequency

Answer 9

wavelength

Question 10

number of waves that pass a given point in a given time period
Expressed in hertz

Answer 10

frequency

Question 11

Long - red
Intermediate - greens
Short - blue/violet

Answer 11

wavelength colour

Question 12

visual pathways include what 2 pathways?

Answer 12

• The what pathway
  Object recognition
  Object identification

-The where/how pathway
Location in space
How one might interact with a particular stimulus

Question 13

2 types of colour vision?

Answer 13

• Trichromatic color vision
• All colors can be produced by combining red, green, and blue
• Applied to the retina where color vision is controlled by 3 types of cones

-Cone color
-Black - white
-Yellow - blue
-Green - red

Question 14

• Our ability to perceive spatial relationship in 3 D
• Depth cues of a visual scene are used to establish our sense of depth

Answer 14

death perception

Question 15

3 parts of the ear:

Answer 15

-Outer - pinna and tympanic membrane

-Middle - 3 ossicles : malleus, incus, and stapes

-Inner - cochlea, and basilar membrane

Question 16

2 perceptions of touch:

Answer 16

• Thermoception
  Temperature perception
• Nociception
  Sensory signal indicating potential harm and pain

Question 17

3 types of pain perceptors?

Answer 17

• Inflammatory pain
  Signals some type of tissue damage
• Neuropathic pain
  Caused by damage to neurons of either the peripheral or central nervous system
• Congenital insensitivity to pain
  Disorder where you don’t feel pain

Question 18

Hair like extensions that serve as the site for odor molecules to interact with chemical receptors

Answer 18

Smell - Olfaction receptor cells

Question 19

-Taste molecules bind to receptors and cause chemical changes within the sensory cell
-These changes result in natural impulse to the brain

Answer 19

transductions

Question 20

monaural cues is reffering to?

Answer 20

hearing loss