Unit 3

Question 1

What model of memory are we using?

Answer 1

Modal Model of Memory.

Sensory Memory –> Short Term –> Long Term

Question 2

sensation vs. perception

Answer 2

feature detectors vs. higher levels.

acquiring data vs. making sense of it

irreducible vs. reducible

Question 3

3 Parts of sensation

Answer 3

1) Sensory Receptors
2) Sensory Pathways
3) Sensory Processing (f detectors)

Question 4

Do senses have unique and distinct receptors, pathways, and processing?

Answer 4

Yes!

Question 5

Transduction

Answer 5

The point where sensory stimulus is translated into an electrical impulse

Question 6

What are the sensory receptors for vision? Where in the brain?

Answer 6

Cones and rods. Occipital lobe.

Question 7

What are the sensory receptors for sound? Where in the brain?

Answer 7

In the cochlea. Superior temporal gyrus

Question 8

What are the sensory receptors for smell? Where in the brain?

Answer 8

Olfactory cells. Medial Temporal lobe

Question 9

What are the sensory receptors for taste? Where in the brain?

Answer 9

Taste cells. Insular cortex.

Question 10

The 5 types of sensory receptors for touch

Answer 10

1) Thermoreceptors (heat)
2) Nociceptors (pain)
3) Pruriceptors (itch)
4) Mechanoreceptors (pressure/puncture)
5) Proprioceptors (proprioception/location)

Question 11

Sensory Memory (definition)

Answer 11

Capacity for brief memory of sensory information (raw info in seconds or less)

Question 12

Whole Report Test of Sensory Memory

Answer 12

Shown 12 letters, 0.2s.

Tested if our sensory memory holds info even after a very brief stimulus

Question 13

Partial Report

Answer 13

The 3 types of beeps. Shows that we see EVERYTHING, but hold it for only a few seconds. And there’s some capacity

Question 14

Partial Report then wait 1s

Answer 14

Less average. Shows how sensory memory is super short. Fades.

Question 15

What’s the scientific word for vision, auditory, and touch?

Answer 15

Iconic, echoic, and haptic