sensation and perception pt 5

Question 1

thermoception

Answer 1

temperature perception

Question 2

nociception

Answer 2

sensory signal indicating potential harm and maybe pain

Question 3

inflammatory pain

Answer 3

signal that some type of tissue damage has occurred

Question 4

neuropathic pain

Answer 4

pain from damage to neurons of either the peripheral or central nervous system

Question 5

congenital insensitivity to pain (congenital analgesia)

Answer 5

genetic disorder that results in the inability to experience pain

Question 6

vestibular sense

Answer 6

contributes to our ability to maintain balance and body posture

Question 7

proprioception

Answer 7

perception of body position

Question 8

kinesthesia

Answer 8

perception of the body’s movement through space

Question 9

monocular cue

Answer 9

depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone

Question 10

depth perception

Answer 10

the ability to see objects in three dimensions although images that strike the retina are two-dimensional.