CTC Intro PSYC1101 CH5 Sensation and Perception

The ____________ is also known as the anvil.

Incus

What part of the eye holds color?

Iris

How does a cochlear implant enable the deaf to be able to hear?

It receives incoming sound information and directly sends it to the auditory nerve to transmit it to the brain.

Which term best describes the the body's movement through space?

KINESTHESIA

Within the visiable spectrum, our experience with red is associated with ?

Longer wavelengths

Derek wants to win the student of the year award so badly that when the name of the award winner is announced, he is convinced that he hears his name. He stands up nd begins to leave the isle when his friend grabs his hand. Someone else won the award. This illustrates what sense of perception?

Motivation

Akeelah extended her arm in front of her and then extended one of her fingers. She focused on that finger. Next, she closed her LEFT eye without moving her head. Then she opened her LEFT eye and closed her RIGHT eye without moving her head. She noticed that her finger seemed to shift as she alternated between the two because of the slightly different view each eye had. This is illustrated by what example?

Bionocular Disparity

What makes the following sentence true??? ( The central tenet of Gestalt psychology is that the pattern is different from the sum of its parts. )

Change " pattern" with "WHOLE"

Which nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain.

Optic

What is the X shaped structure that sits just below the brains ventral surface and represents the merging of the optic nerves from the two eyes?

Optic chiasm

________________ is exemplified by stroking the hand of another person

SOMATOSENSATION

Which of the following exemplifies OLFACTION?

Smelling cookies in the oven

What is vertigo?

Spinning sensation

Due to a sense of ________________, Abraham noticed he is cold when outside in a blizzard, and he knows he is hot when he comes inside and eats soup by the fire.

THERMOCEPTION

Which of the following exemplifies GUSTATION?

Tasting freshly caught salmon.

What is amplitude?

The height of a wave

Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neutral messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sound. This is a example of?

Transduction

What is a binaural cue?

Two eared cue to localize sound

Honeybees can see light in the ____________________ range of the electromagnetic spectrum?

Ultraviolet

Several studies have suggested that non - black participants identify weapons faster and are more likely to identify nonweapons as weapons when paired next to black participants.

perceptions influenced by implicit prejudice and stereotypes.

Imagine your self in dark classroom reading powerpoint slides, if a audience member turns on their cell phone

Webers Law

Which of the following statements are FALSE about deaf culture.

Deaf individuals believe children should receive a cochlear implant as soon as possible after birth

When light levels are low, the pupil will become _____________, to allow light to enter the eye.

Dilated

Which of the following exemplifies the sense of AUDATION?

Hearing a song on the radio.

What was the original focus of swets (1964)

Improving the sensitivity of air traffic controllers to plane blips.