Psych Quiz 12 Flashcards
We’re ________ at processing motion.
imperfect
________ objects seem to move faster than _________ objects
Closer; distant
illusion of movement created when 2+ adjacent lights blink on & off in quick succession
phi phenomenon
objects perceived as unchanging even as light & retinal images change
perceptual constancy
ability to adjust to changed sensory input, including an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field
perceptual adaptation
sense or act of hearing
audition
We hear __________
soundwaves
compressed air (in hearing)
soundwaves
pitch
wavelength
frequency
wavelength
height
amplitude
intensity (loudness)
amplitude
- sound waves travel through auditory canal to the ________ .
eardrum
- bones in middle ear send vibrations to the ________
cochlea
coiled, fluid-filled tube in inner ear
cochlea
- Ripples in cochlea’s fluid bend _______ lining surface of cochlea, triggering nerve cells.
hair cells
- Nerve cells transmit signal to auditory cortex through ________.
thalamus
damage to mechanical system conducting sound waves to cochlea
conduction hearing loss
damage to hair cell receptors in cochlea or auditory nerves
sensorineural hearing loss
Also known as nerve deafness
sensorineural hearing loss
hearing aid converts sounds to electrical signals & stimulates the cochlea
cochlear implant
pressure, vibration, temperature, itch, pain
touch
tactile processing with hedonic or motivational component
affective pathway
telling (detecting) what tactile sensation is
discriminative pathway
_________ in skin & muscles detect uncomfortable stimuli & relay info to brain (via spinal cord)
nociceptors
sense of taste
gustation