LearningCurve 6c- The Nonvisual Senses

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?

loudness not - hue - frequency - pitch

Hammer, anvil, and stirrup are to hair cells as _____ is to _____.

middle ear, inner ear not - inner ear, middle ear - sensorineural hearing loss, conduction deafness - cochlear implants, hearing aids

While Maria was stacking her term paper, she received a paper cut. The cut produced a sharp pain on her index finger. This pain was initiated by specialized cells called _____ in her skin.

nociceptors

Hearing, or _____, is the result of the transduction of air pressure waves into neural messages that are interpreted by the brain.

Audition

Janet suffers from arthritis and is in constant pain. It is likely that her nociceptors:

are always turned on not - fail to turn off - cannot control her pain - travel to the wrong part of her brain

After a rap concert, as Dominique walks out into the fresh air, she notices her ears are ringing. This ringing indicates possible damage to the hair cells of her _____ membrane.

basilar

By amplifying soft sounds but not loud sounds, digital hearing aids produce:

compressed sound not - sensory compensation - subliminal stimulation - sensory interaction

The Scandinavian notion of "hygge" suggests that the physical warmth of a cozy environment—candlelight, firelight, snug spaces, fuzzy fabrics, and the like—promotes social conviviality and warmth. Hygge is consistent with the concept of _____ discussed in the textbook.

embodied cognition not - a perceptual set - perceptual adaptation - sensory interaction

Several days ago, Ravi fell and hurt his ankle. Although it bothered him a little, he continued to walk on it. When he finally went to the doctor for X-rays, he found out he had a broken bone. It is likely that Ravi carries a gene that boosts the availability of:

endorphines not - dopamine - glutamate - acetylcholine

Juan and Joseph are opera singers. Juan is a baritone. Joseph is a tenor, so his voice is higher pitched than Juan's voice. With respect to their physical properties, the sound waves corresponding to Juan's voice are lower in _____ than those corresponding to Joseph's voice.

frequency not - hue - amplitude - decibels

Manny suffers from diabetes and lost his vision 2 months ago. He experiences phantom sights called:

hallucinations not -placebos -the visual cliff - tinnitus

The cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs make up the _____ ear.

inner not -middle - tympanic - outer

Marty and Becky are in the mood to have a hamburger for lunch. Marty wants to grill the hamburger outside instead of cooking it on top of the stove because he says he likes the taste of a grilled hamburger more than one cooked on top of the stove. The difference in taste Marty prefers is actually caused by the smell of the charcoal embedded into the hamburger. This is an example of sensory _____.

interaction

Infant rats deprived of their mothers' grooming touch produce _____ growth hormone and have a _____ metabolic rate.

less, lower not - more, lower - more, higher - less, highers

Enrico is having trouble telling the difference between the sound of a tuba and the sound of a piccolo. Even though a piccolo produces much briefer, faster sound waves than does a tuba, he has trouble picking out the differences in the _____ of these sounds.

pitch not - amplitude - loudness -hue

After many years of playing extremely loud rock music, David has suffered significant hearing loss that cannot be corrected with a hearing aid. David is suffering from:

sensorineural hearing loss (nerve deafness) not - a perforated eardrum - damage to the auditory cortex in the brain - conduction deafness

George sees the sound of a trumpet as a pointed, triangular shape. George's experience BEST exemplifies a condition called:

synesthesia not - a perceptual set - embodied cognition - sensory interaction

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

telepathy, psychokinesis not -psychokinesis, telepathy - clairvoyance, psychokinesis - telepathy, precognition

The ability to see future events before they happen is known as:

precognition not - psychokinesis - clairvoyance - telepathy