Mod 5

Question 1

Sensation:

Answer 1

parts of the environment that the brain uses to create meaning

Question 2

Perception

Answer 2

processing of stimuli to create a sensory understanding of the world

Question 3

principle of proximity:

Answer 3

objects close to one another will be grouped together

Question 4

principle of simularity

Answer 4

objects that are physically similar will be grouped together

Question 5

principle of closure

Answer 5

we will perceive the object as whole when theres information missing

Question 6

principle of good continuation

Answer 6

if lines cross each other people will see two flowing lines

Question 7

principle of common fate

Answer 7

objects moving together will be grouped together

Question 8

order that light must travel to reach the rods and cones

Answer 8

1. cornea
2. pupil
3. lens
4. retina

Question 9

cornea:

Answer 9

protective outer layer of the eye

Question 10

pupil:

Answer 10

hole allowing light to enter

Question 11

lens:

Answer 11

helps to focus light on the photosensitive cells

Question 12

cones:

Answer 12

high-acuity photoreceptors that process early info about colours

Question 13

rods

Answer 13

highly sensitive photoreceptors that respond to low levels of light

Question 14

nocturnal animals would have a high number of ____

Answer 14

rods

Question 15

_____ is the perception of wavelength

Answer 15

colour

Question 16

Longer wavelengths create the perception of __

Answer 16

red

Question 17

Medium wavelengths create the perception of ___

Answer 17

green

Question 18

short wavelengths create the perception of ____

Answer 18

blue

Question 19

Occlusion:

Answer 19

when one image partially blocks another. the partially hidden image appears farther than the whole one

Question 20

Relative height:

Answer 20

objects closer to the horizon seem farther away

Question 21

relative size:

Answer 21

when two objects are the same size, the one furthest away will take up less space in the retina

Question 22

perspective convergence:

Answer 22

as parallel lines move away they appear to come closer together

Question 23

atmospherical perspective:

Answer 23

when far away objects appear hazy and tinted blue

Question 24

frequency of sound is determined by _____

Answer 24

the rate of vibrations

Question 25

we perceive higher frequency sounds as ______

Answer 25

high pitched

Question 26

we hear best between :

Answer 26

1000-5000Hz (range of speech)

Question 27

When a sound over ___ db reaches our ears it can cause damages in the middle and inner ear

Answer 27

100

Question 28

sound enters through your

Answer 28

pinna (part of ear you pierce)

Question 29

Ossicles (3 tiniest bones in body):

Answer 29

malleus, incus, stapes

Question 30

the oval window transfers vibrations to _____

Answer 30

cochlea (snail shaped sound processor)

Question 31

basilar membrane

Answer 31

flexible piece of tissue in the cochlea

Question 32

When something touches you the receptor cells in your skin respond and the message travels up the spinal cord to the ______ of the parietal lobe

Answer 32

somatosensory cortex

Question 33

merker and meissner receptors:

Answer 33

located near the surface of the skin and respond when an object makes contact then is removed

Question 34

Ruffini cylinder:

Answer 34

deeper in skin, associated with interpreting stretching of the skin

Question 35

pacinian corpuscle :

Answer 35

deeper in skin, vibration and texture

Question 36

we sense both hot and cold temperature changes through ______ in the skin

Answer 36

thermoreceptors

Question 37

kinesthetic sense

Answer 37

sense of where our bodies are in a space and how to move to accomplish tasks

Question 38

vestibular sense

Answer 38

balance