Learning Curve 6C. The Nonvisual Senses PSY 101 U of Arizona

psychokinesis

Affecting physical events or objects with one's mind is called ____

basilar membrane

After an evening at the opera, as Enrique walks out into the fresh air, he notices his ears are ringing. This ringing indicates possible damage to the hair cells of his:

retina

the function of the basilar membrane in MOST similar to that of the ___ in vision

audition

Damage to the basilar membrane in MOST likely to affect one's:

replication

A team of scientists failed to find the same results when they attempted to repeat Bem's experiments on the ability to predict the future. In other words, Bem's work failed to find support by means of:

Nociceptors

An injury could stimulate _____, specialized receptors that can detect hurtful temperatures, pressure, or chemicals.

phantom smells

Lucy is convinced she senses the odor of rotten eggs, but no one in the house can detect the odor. Lucy's sensation is known as:

kinesthesia

The sensory experience of bending one's knees or raising one's arms BEST illustrates the sense of:

millions

There are ___ of receptors for smell

Hearing

___ is the result of the transduction of air pressure waves into neural messages that are interpreted by the brain

Synesthesia

seeing the numeral 3, for instance, may evoke a particular taste sensation in a condition called ___

precognition

In a song inspired by the classic television show The Twilight Zone, an American vocal group sang the lines, "Unpretentious girl from Memphis saw the future through her third eye." These lines underscore a specific extrasensory perception ability called:

loudness

In vision, the amplitude of a light wave relates to people's perception of the brightness of a stimulus. To which perceptual dimension does the amplitude of a sound wave correspond in hearing?

A. The medication dampened the central nervous system's attention and response to her back pain.

Judith suffers from painful arthritis. Judith's physician gave her medication to help ease her pain. The medication Judith was given contained water, rather than actual medicine. However, Judith reported that her pain reduced. Which of these is the BEST explanation for this? A. The medication dampened the central nervous system's attention and response to her back pain. B.Her brain released endorphins when she was given the medication. C. The medication activated pain-inhibiting circuits and increased her pain tolerance. D. Her attention was diverted.

cochlea: rods and cones

Making an analogy between hearing and vision, the auditory hair cells in the _____ are similar to the _____ in the retina.

To savor a taste, we need to breathe the aroma through our nose

Morrie has had a cold for five days, and his nose is so stuffy that he cannot smell anything. When he drinks his coffee, he finds that it is tasteless. What is the MOST likely reason for this?

hair cells

Most hearing loss is a result of damage to the:

There is no evidence to support such claims

Of the thousands of studies conducted to date on claims of extrasensory perception (ESP), what is the general consensus regarding its existence?

clairvoyance

One type of extrasensory perception involves the ability to perceive remote events, an ability called:

1 trillion

People can recognize about _____ different odors.

normal sensory input

Phantom limb sensations and other experiences of amputees show that the brain can produce pain in the absence of:

cerebellum

Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the _____ in the brain.

somatosensory

Sensory messages from nociceptors ultimately travel to the ____ cortex

Chemical

Taste,smell are ___ senses

social influence

The ___ theory proposes that hypnosis is a by-product of normal interpersonal and mental processes

umami

The taste category that is associated with meat and the distinctive taste of monosodium glutamate is called:

5

There are ____ basic types of taste

Hammar, stirrup, anvil

Three Bones of the Middle Ear

60

When two friends talk over lunch, the amplitude of their conversation is about ___ decibels

McGurk

When we see the mouth movements for ga while hearing ba we may perceive da. This BEST illustrates the _____ effect.

cochlea > basilar membrane> hair cells

Which sequence correctly arranges the structures of the inner ear from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?

They make lots of guesses

Which statement BEST explains why psychics are sometimes able to make accurate predictions?

A.The skin is receptive to a mix of four basic and distinct skin senses.

Which statement about the skin is true? A.The skin is receptive to a mix of four basic and distinct skin senses. B.The skin has only one type of sensory receptor. C.The receptors in the skin are sensitive only to pressure. D.The skin's only function is to keep our organs from falling to the ground.

embodied cognition

You are looking for a new roommate. You invite a person you hope will agree to be your new roommate to meet you in your apartment. Your mother, who is a real estate agent, tells you to bake cookies and make hot tea just before your prospective roommate arrives. She explains that the hot drink and smell of the cookies will affect this person's judgment of you. This is an example of:

vestibular

the ____ sense is the sense of the head's movement and position, including the sense of balance

telepathy; psychokinesis

Mind-to-mind communication is to _____ as mind over matter is to _____.

B.In surgical experiments, hypnotized patients have required no pain medication and no local anesthesia.

Which statement is false about the uses of hypnosis in pain reduction? A.In surgical experiments, hypnotized patients have required less medication, recovered sooner, and left the hospital earlier than unhypnotized control patients. B.In surgical experiments, hypnotized patients have required no pain medication and no local anesthesia. C.Hypnosis inhibits pain-related brain activity. D.Nearly 10 percent of people can become so deeply hypnotized that even major surgery can be performed without anesthesia.

Conduction

____ hearing loss is caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea.

Olfaction

____ is the technical name for sense of smell

telepathy

a psychic claims that she can read minds. This is known as: