Intro

Question 1

Stimulus of vision

Answer 1

Electromagnetic energy

Question 2

Hearing stimulus

Answer 2

Air pressure waves

Question 3

Hearing receptors*

Answer 3

Mechanoreceptors

Question 4

Touch stimulus*

Answer 4

Tissue distortion

Question 5

Touch receptors

Answer 5

Mechanoreceptors / thermoreceptors

Question 6

Balance receptor

Answer 6

Mechanoreceptors

Question 7

Balance sensory structure*

Answer 7

Vestibular organs

Question 8

Balance cortex

Answer 8

Temporal cortex

Question 9

Taste/smell receptors

Answer 9

Chemoreceptors

Question 10

How do neurons communicate with each other

Answer 10

Electrical signals

Question 11

Why is it a ‘problem’ that neurons communicate electrically?

Answer 11

The stimuli that arrive at our different senses are not electrical signals

Question 12

What is the solution to the problem that electrical signals are not the only language in the brain

Answer 12

Transduction - the process by which the individual sense organs convert energy from any environmental events into neural activity (happens because each of our sense organs contain specialised receptors that translate this energy)

Question 13

Transmission

Answer 13

Carries the signals from the receptors to the brain and around the brain

Question 14

Processing

Answer 14

Occurs during interactions among neurons in the brain (interactions between neurons)

Question 15

Bottom-up processing

Answer 15

Processing based on incoming stimuli from the environment (also called data based processing)

Question 16

Top-down processing

Answer 16

Processing based on the perceivers previous knowledge (also called knowledge based)

Question 17

3 approaches to the study of perception**

Answer 17

Psychophysical approach - stimulus-perception relationship
Physiological approach - stimulus-physiology relationship
Physiological approach 2 - physiology-perception relationship