Sensation&perception Flashcards
According to the Young-Helmholtz____theory of color vision, there arethree types of color receptors (cones) that are each receptive to a different primary color-red, blue, or green. In contrast, Hering’s___theory postulates three types of bipolar receptors: red-green, yellowblue, and white-black. Because color blindness is most often due to a sex-linked recessivetrait, ___are at a higher risk for color blindness. Depthness perception depends on a combination of binocular and monocular cues. ____, one of the binocular cues, refers to the fact that our two eyes see objects in the world from two different views, and, the closer an object, the greater the disparity ofthe two images.
trichromatic;opponent process;males;Retinal disparity
With regard to olfaction, the___cortex is believed to be involved in the conscious perception of odors, while the___plays an important role in olfactorymemory. Ofthe senses,___is the only one that is not linked to a single type of stimulus. According to___theory, the perception of pain can be blocked by special cells in the spinalcord. Although the results of studies comparing active and passive strategies for coping with pain areinconsistent, they generally confirm that____strategies are associated with lower levels of reported pain and greater improvement in psychological and physical functioining._____is a rare condition in which the stimulation of one sensory modality triggers a sensation in another sensory modality.
orbitofrontal; amygdala; pain;gate-control; active; Synesthesia
Psychophysics is the study of the relationship between physical stimulus magnitudes and their corresponding psychological_____. According to____Law, the more intense the stimulus, the greater the increase in intensity needed to produce a just noticeable difference. Fechner’s Law proposes that physical stimulus changes are____related to their psychological sensations; and according to___Law,sensation is an exponential function of stimulus intensity.
sensations; Weber’s; logarithmically;Steven’s Power
