Unit 4!!!

Question 1

Change blindness

Answer 1

Failure to see changes in environment

Question 2

Psychophysics

Answer 2

Study of relationship b/w physical characteristics and psychological experiences.

Question 3

Absolute threshold

Answer 3

Minimum stimulation for a perticular stimulus

Question 4

Sensory adaptation

Answer 4

Deminished sensitivity

Question 5

Transduction

Answer 5

One form of energy to the other

Question 6

Wavelength

Answer 6

Distance from one peak of sound wave to the next

Question 7

Hue

Answer 7

Dimension of color

Question 8

Intensity

Answer 8

Amount of energy in light or sound wave

Question 9

THE EYE

Answer 9

Pupil-adjustable opening in center of eye
Iris- color muscle
Lens-transparent structure that changes shape to help focus
Retina-light sensitive inner surface
Accommodation-for eye to adjust
Rods-peripheral and dark
Cones-daylight color

Question 10

Optic nerve

Answer 10

Neural impulse from eye to brain

Question 11

Fovea

Answer 11

Eyes cone clusters

Question 12

Young helmholtz theory

Answer 12

Three color receptors green red blue

Question 13

Kinethesis

Answer 13

Sensing body position

Question 14

Vestibular sense

Answer 14

Balance

Question 15

Sensory interaction

Answer 15

One sense affects the other