unit 4a: senory stuff

Question 1

the dimension of color determined by wavelength

Answer 1

hue

Question 2

the amount of energy in a wave

Answer 2

intensity

Question 3

adjustable opening in the center of the eye where light enters

Answer 3

pupil

Question 4

transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus on images

Answer 4

lens

Question 5

inner surface of the eye, containing receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin info processing

Answer 5

retina

Question 6

retinal receptors that detect shades of gray, necessary for peripheral and twilight vision

Answer 6

rods

Question 7

concentrated in the center of the retina and function in well-lit conditions, detect fine detail and color

Answer 7

cones

Question 8

the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the thalamus

Answer 8

optic nerve

Question 9

the central focal point in the retina, around which the eye’s cones cluster

Answer 9

fovea

Question 10

stimulus energy turning into neural impulses

Answer 10

transduction

Question 11

the conversion of light energy into neural impulses

Answer 11

phototransduction

Question 12

a tone’s experienced high or lowness

Answer 12

pitch

Question 13

chamber between the eardrum and the cochlea with three tiny bones that concentrate vibrations into the cochlea’s oval window

Answer 13

middle ear

Question 14

a coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear, fluid within triggers neural impulses with waves

Answer 14

cochlea

Question 15

caused by damage to the cochlea’s cillia or to auditory nerves

Answer 15

sensorimotor hearing loss

Question 16

the collective term for all the bones in the ear

Answer 16

ossicles

Question 17

suggests that the retina contains 3 receptor cones that are sensitive to red, green, and blue colors

Answer 17

trichromatic (young helmholtz) theory

Question 18

proposed that we process color in pairs: blue/yellow, black/white, red/green, made by Ewald herring

Answer 18

opponent processing theory

Question 19

small crystals on hair receptor cells that are covered or uncovered by liquid in the ear, making neural impulses

Answer 19

otoliths

Question 20

the alternate firing of neutral cells allowing the sensing of high frequencies

Answer 20

volley principle

Question 21

processes the timing and intensity differences

Answer 21

parallel processing

Question 22

a chemical that fits into specialized receptors, triggered by damage to teh skin

Answer 22

bradykinnin

Question 23

links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea’s memebrane is stimulated, better explains how we hear high pitches

Answer 23

place theory

Question 24

the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerves matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling a sense of pitch, better explains lower pitches

Answer 24

frequency theory

Question 25

detects hurtful temperatures, pressures or chemicals

Answer 25

nociceptors

Question 26

the spinal cord contains neurological gates that block pain signals or allow them to pass to the brain

Answer 26

gate control theory

Question 27

close gate

Answer 27

large fibers

Question 28

open gate

Answer 28

small fibers

Question 29

the body’s system for sensing its position and movement

Answer 29

kinesthesia

Question 30

sense of body movement and position, only applies to the head. connected with the digestive tract and semicircular canals and vestibular sacs

Answer 30

vestibular sense

Question 31

the principle that one sense may influence another, as well as when the smell of food influences its taste

Answer 31

sensory interaction

Question 32

seeing and hearing different things

Answer 32

mcgurk effect

Question 33

when vision and another sense compete, vision always wins

Answer 33

visual capture

Question 34

the receptors in the joints that let a person know where they are

Answer 34

proprioceptors

Question 35

the influence of bodily sensations on psychological states

Answer 35

embodied cognition