Sensation and Perception Flashcards
Any concrete, conscious experience resulting from stimulation of a specific sense organ, sensory nerve, or sensory area in the brain.
A. Sensation
B. Stimulus
C. Subliminal threshold
A. Sensation
Triggers a reaction
A. Sensation
B. Stimulus
C. Subliminal threshold
B. Stimulus
The level at which the participant is not aware of the stimulus being presented
A. Sensation
B. Stimulus
C. Subliminal threshold
C. Subliminal threshold
Helps in determining the position of the body
A. Proprioception
B. Perception
C. Visual system
A. Proprioception
The interpretation of information from the environment so that we can identify its meaning.
A. Proprioception
B. Perception
C. Visual system
B. Perception
Includes the eyes, the connecting pathways through to the visual cortex and other parts of the brain
A. Proprioception
B. Perception
C. Visual system
C. Visual system
True or False: The eye is like a receptacle
True
Our eyes do not see the complete image. It becomes complete when we perceive the image because of light
A. Principle of Continuity
B. Cornea
C. Aqueous Humor
D. Pupil
A. Principle of Continuity
Light enters the eye by passing through here
A. Principle of Continuity
B. Cornea
C. Aqueous Humor
D. Pupil
B. Cornea
Liquid-like substance
A. Principle of Continuity
B. Cornea
C. Aqueous Humor
D. Pupil
C. Aqueous Humor
Not an organ, an opening. The iris is the organ
A. Principle of Continuity
B. Cornea
C. Aqueous Humor
D. Pupil
D. Pupil
A nearly transparent biconvex structure suspended behind the iris of the eye
A. Lens
B. Vitreous Humor
C. Retina
A. Lens
The sole function of which is to focus light rays onto the retina.
A. Lens
B. Vitreous Humor
C. Retina
A. Lens
Clear jelly like substance that shapes the eye
A. Lens
B. Vitreous Humor
C. Retina
B. Vitreous Humor
A layer of photoreceptors cells and glial cells within the eye that captures incoming photons and transmits them along neuronal pathways as both electrical and chemical signals for the brain to perceive a visual picture.
A. Lens
B. Vitreous Humor
C. Retina
C. Retina
Black and white
A. Rods
B. Cones
A. Rods