PSYC test 3: mod 19

Ricardo has been suffering from a lengthy battle with the flu. His ears are painfully plugged with fluid. One morning his right ear pops from all of the pressure and fluid comes out. He screams in pain because the eardrum has punctured. This will result in:

conduction hearing loss.

People can recognize about _____different odors

1 trillion

_____is an auditory phantom limb sensation.

Tinnitus

Receptor cells for the vestibular sense send messages to the _____in the brain

cerebellum

Smell is a(n) _____sense

chemical

Taste is a(n) _____sense.

chemical

The _____theory claims that hypnosis causes a split in consciousness.

dissociation

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

The brain's circuitry for smell also connects with areas involved in:

memory storage

There are _____of receptors for smell.

millions

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

precognition.

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

psychokinesis

The bones of the middle ear do NOT include the:

saddle.

the _____theory proposes that hypnosis is a by-product of normal interpersonal and mental processes.

social influence

Sensory messages from nociceptors ultimately travel to the _____cortex.

somatosensory

The hammer, anvil, and _____are three tiny bones that transmit vibrations to the cochlea.

stirrup

In a condition called _____, one sort of sensation, such as hearing sound, produces another, such as seeing color.

synesthesia

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

telepathy; psychokinesis