S & P

Question 1

frequency

Answer 1

number of vibrations

Question 2

amplitude

Answer 2

physical strength of a wave

Question 3

pitch

Answer 3

the highness or lowness of a sound determined by a sound wave’s frequency

Question 4

pitch =

Answer 4

frequency

Question 5

amplitude=

Answer 5

loudness

Question 6

timbre

Answer 6

allows you to tell from one friend’s voice to another

Question 7

frequency theory

Answer 7

Different pitches produce different speeds of cilia movements on basilar membrane in cochlea

Question 8

transduction

Answer 8

converting incoming physical energy into electrochemical energy

Question 9

transduction occurs in..

Answer 9

the retina

Question 10

optic nerve

Answer 10

The bundle of neurons that carries the visual information from the retina to the brain.

Question 11

blind spot

Answer 11

The point where the optic nerve exits the eye and where there are no photoreceptors.

Question 12

rods

Answer 12

blank and white -

Question 13

cones

Answer 13

colorful - red, green, blue

Question 14

perceptual set

Answer 14

to perceive one thing and not another

Question 15

top down processing

Answer 15

information processing guided by higher level mental processes

Question 16

bottom up

Answer 16

analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up the brain

Question 17

relative height

Answer 17

we perceive objects that are higher in our field of vision to be farther away

Question 18

we see color better when we look

Answer 18

straight ahead

Question 19

we see color better in the dark when we look

Answer 19

to the sides