Sensation & Perception

Question 1

A Monocular cue. Closer objects block farther ones.

Answer 1

Interposition

Question 2

Three color receptors (red, green, blue).

Answer 2

Trichromatic Theory

Question 3

Height of a wave.

Answer 3

Amplitude

Question 4

Gestalt concept-Distinguishing objects from background.

Answer 4

Figure and Ground

Question 5

Missing changes in the environment when vision is interrupted.

Answer 5

Change Blindness

Question 6

Focusing on one voice in a crowd.

Answer 6

Cocktail Party Effect

Question 7

Sense of taste.

Answer 7

Gustation

Question 8

Inner ear canals for balance.

Answer 8

Semicircular Canals

Question 9

Missing visible objects when focused elsewhere

Answer 9

Inattentional Blindness

Question 10

Focusing on a particular stimulus.

Answer 10

Selective Attention

Question 11

Clearer vision for nearby objects.

Answer 11

Nearsightedness

Question 12

Responding to visual stimuli without conscious experience.

Answer 12

Blindsight

Question 13

Focuses images on the retina.

Answer 13

Lens

Question 14

Hearing loss from cochlea or nerve damage.

Answer 14

Sensorineural Deafness

Question 15

Perception from Sensory receptors to brain.

Answer 15

Bottom-Up Processing

Question 16

Sense of smell.

Answer 16

Olfactory System

Question 17

Sense of balance and body position.

Answer 17

Vestibular Sense

Question 18

Inability to recognize faces.

Answer 18

Prosopagnosia

Question 19

A Monocular cue. Hazy objects are farther away.

Answer 19

Relative Clarity

Question 20

Ability to perceive sound frequency.

Answer 20

Pitch Perception

Question 21

Converting stimulus energies into neural impulses.

Answer 21

Transduction

Question 22

Cells- detect color and detail; for bright light.

Answer 22

Cones

Question 23

Sensory control center in the brain.

Answer 23

Thalamus

Question 24

Pitch caused by all hairs in Cochlea moving together.

Answer 24

Volley Theory

Question 25

Two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage to be perceived as different.

Answer 25

Weber's Law

Question 26

Monocular cue. Smaller images are farther away

Answer 26

Relative Size

Question 27

Reduced sensitivity from constant stimulation.

Answer 27

Sensory Adaptation

Question 28

Carries impulses from the eye to the brain.

Answer 28

Visual Nerve

Question 29

Gestalt concept. Grouping nearby figures.

Answer 29

Proximity

Question 30

Gestalt concept. Completing incomplete figures.

Answer 30

Closure

Question 31

Spinal cord “gate” blocks/allows pain signals.

Answer 31

Gate Control Theory

Question 32

Opposing retinal processes enable color vision.

Answer 32

Opponent-Process Theory

Question 33

Perceiving whole forms out of parts

Answer 33

Gestalt

Question 34

Distance between wave peaks.

Answer 34

Wavelength

Question 35

Depth from comparing retinal images.

Answer 35

Retinal Disparity

Question 36

Organizing and interpreting sensory information to understand the environment.

Answer 36

Perception

Question 37

Lens changes shape to focus on objects.

Answer 37

Accommodation

Question 38

Point where the optic nerve leaves the eye; no receptors,

Answer 38

Blind Spot

Question 39

Framework organizing information.

Answer 39

Schema

Question 40

Predisposition to perceive certain things.

Answer 40

Perceptual Set

Question 41

Sense of body part movement.

Answer 41

Kinesthesia

Question 42

Clearer vision for distant objects.

Answer 42

Farsightedness

Question 43

Depth cues for one eye.

Answer 43

Monocular Depth Cues

Question 44

Perceptions from experiences (brain) to body.

Answer 44

Top-Down Processing

Question 45

Eyes converging inward for depth.

Answer 45

Convergence

Question 46

Monocular cue. Parallel lines converging with distance.

Answer 46

Linear Perspective

Question 47

Hearing loss from mechanical system damage.

Answer 47

Conduction Deafness

Question 48

Gestalt concept. Grouping similar figures.

Answer 48

Similarity

Question 49

Detecting physical energy and encoding it as neural signals.

Answer 49

Sensation

Question 50

Detect black, white, gray; for low light.

Answer 50

Rods

Question 51

Perceived highness or lowness of a tone.

Answer 51

Pitch

Question 52

Partial color blindness.

Answer 52

Dichromatism

Question 53

Complete color blindness.

Answer 53

Monochromatism

Question 54

Light-sensitive inner eye surface with receptor cells.

Answer 54

Retina

Question 55

Chemical signals for communication.

Answer 55

Pheromones

Question 56

One sense perceived as multiple senses.

Answer 56

Synesthesia

Question 57

Minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time.

Answer 57

Absolute Threshold

Question 58

Depth cues using both eyes.

Answer 58

Binocular Depth Cues

Question 59

Pitch linked to specific hairs in the Cochlea.

Answer 59

Place Theory

Question 60

A Monocular cue. Coarse to fine texture signals distance

Answer 60

Texture Gradient

Question 61

One sense influencing another

Answer 61

Sensory Interaction

Question 62

Focusing awareness.

Answer 62

Attention

Question 63

Visual images persisting after stimulus removal.

Answer 63

After Images

Question 64

Information processing where we construct perceptions from our experiences and expectations.

Answer 64

Top-Down Processing