pt 2

Question 1

perception

Answer 1

the process of intergrating, organizing and interperting sensations

Question 2

what are all sensations a result of?

Answer 2

sensory receptors

Question 3

threshold

Answer 3

what makes something able to be percieved (loud enough, bright enough, etc)

Question 4

absolute threshold

Answer 4

the smallest amount that a stimulus can. be detected half the time

Question 5

difference threshold

Answer 5

the smallest possible difference between two stimuli that can be detected half the time (noticeable difference)

Question 6

transduction

Answer 6

the process in wich physical energy is converted to signal that can be processed in nervous system
smell of cookies

Question 7

sensory adaptation

Answer 7

the gradual decline in sensitivity to constant stimulus
nose blind

Question 8

retina

Answer 8

rods and cones. light senstitive, at the back of eye

Question 9

optic nerve

Answer 9

communciates from eyes to brain

Question 10

hue

Answer 10

varies wavelength

Question 11

brightness

Answer 11

amplitude

Question 12

saturation

Answer 12

purity of wavelength

Question 13

opprentt process

Answer 13

red-green, blue-yellow, etc

Question 14

trichromatic

Answer 14

blue, red, green

Question 15

term for sense of hearing

Answer 15

audition
hearing is first sense’

Question 16

outer ear

Answer 16

sound waves collected

Question 17

middle ear

Answer 17

amplified sound waves

Question 18

inner ear

Answer 18

transformed into messages

Question 19

frequencies theory

Answer 19

amount of hertz= amount of times per second

Question 20

place thoery

Answer 20

to hear above 1000 or lower it does different parts of ear

Question 21

olfaction

Answer 21

sense of smell

Question 22

gustation

Answer 22

sense of taste