Chapter 5 Part Two

Question 1

Blind Spot

Answer 1

Where the optic nerve leaves the eye

No receptors

Question 2

Fovea

Answer 2

Point of central focus - cluster of cones

Question 3

Feature Detectors

Answer 3

Nerve cells that detect specific features such as shape, angle, or movement

Question 4

Parallel Processing

Answer 4

Simultaneously processing several aspects of a problem or image
Allows us to multitask

Question 5

Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic (three-color) Theory

Answer 5

Blue, red, green produces every color

Question 6

Opponent-Process Theory

Answer 6

Opposing colors yellow/blue, white/black, red/green

Question 7

Color Constancy

Answer 7

Difference in illumination still makes the color constant, but appear different

Question 8

Audition

Answer 8

Sense or act of hearing

Question 9

Frequency

Answer 9

Amplitude/loudness

Question 10

Pitch

Answer 10

High and low sounds

Depends on frequency

Question 11

Middle Ear

Answer 11

Amplifies sound

Question 12

Cochlea

Answer 12

Coiled, fluid filled tube, triggers neural impulses

Question 13

Inner Ear

Answer 13

Transduction of sound

Question 14

Basilar Membrane

Answer 14

Where cilia are located

Question 15

Place Theory

Answer 15

Link pitch(high) to place

Question 16

Frequency Theory

Answer 16

Rate of impulses/matching cochlea/matches frequency in tone(low)

Question 17

Conduction Hearing Loss

Answer 17

Damage to mechanical system that conducts waves

Question 18

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Answer 18

Damage to receptor cells (nerve deafness)

Cochlear implants can help

Question 19

Cochlear Implant

Answer 19

Device that converts sounds

For sensorineural hearing loss

Question 20

Gate-Control Theory

Answer 20

Spinal cord blocks pain and allows signals through

Question 21

McGurk Effect

Answer 21

Auditory component of one sound is paired with the visual component of another sound, leading to the perception of a third sound.

Question 22

Sensory Interaction

Answer 22

One sense may influence another - smell and taste

Question 23

Sensory Compensation

Answer 23

When one sense is lost, other senses may be enhanced

Ex) blind musician may have perfect pitch

Question 24

Kinesthesis

Answer 24

System for sensing position and movement of body parts

Question 25

Vestibular Sense

Answer 25

Sense of movement and balance

Question 26

Bipolar Cells

Answer 26

Specialized sensory neurons for the transmission of special senses
Activates the ganglion cells

Question 27

Ganglion Cells

Answer 27

Receives visual info from photoreceptors

Activated by bipolar cells

Question 28

Olfaction

Answer 28

Experiencing Sense of smell

Question 29

Synesthesia

Answer 29

Where senses become joined/interact

Ex) hearing a sound and seeing a color

Question 30

Cilia

Answer 30

Tiny hair cells lining the cochlea

Trigger sound waves are transduced into neural impulses

Question 31

Optic Nerve

Answer 31

Nerve that carries impulses to the brain from the eyes