Sensation and Perception
The optic nerves meet at the ________
optic chiasm
Olfactory receptors are located at the _______.
Top of the nasal cavity
Which of the following is NOT a type of sensory receptor?
Anteroceptors
The _________ is responsible for controlling the diameter of the pupil.
Pupilloconstrictor zone
The _________ is essentially a fluid-filled tube that is coiled inside the inner ear.Eardrum
Cochlea
Sound receptors are attached to the _______ membrane.
Basilar
The vast majority of information acquired throughout life often begins as _______ energy.
Enviromental
How many major sensory modalities have been traditionally recognized?
Five
A person's _______ threshold is measured by taking the smallest amount of a stimulus and gradually increasing its strength until a person correctly guesses the stimulus's presence 50% of the time.
Fovea
________ psychology is the view that perception is not simply a reduction of complex forms, but a holistic, creative process.
Gestalt
_______ blindness is a phenomenon caused by diverted attention resulting in failure of accurate scene detection as if we are blind to that event.
Innattentional
________ is an intolerance or insensitivity to light.
Photophobia
What is the term for the outer funnel-shaped structure of the ear?
Pinna
Wavelength in sound waves corresponds to ______.
Pitch
______ can be described as the level of detail in a picture of the sharpness of an image.
Acuity
Experts recommend taking a break from viewing a computer screen at least every _______ minutes.
20
The scientific measurement used to describe the loudness of a particular sound is called the _______.
Decibel
The process of visual perception can be simplified into these three basic tasks:
Detection, discrimination, identification
Pupil diameter is affected by all of the following EXCEPT:
Diet
The ______ shift is the phenomenon where a stationary observer perceives a change in pitch emitted by an object moving horizontally.
Doppler
The magnocellular pathway receives information from M ganglion cells about peripheral vision and therefore _______ spatial resolution images from the retina.
Low
What are the three tiny bones that constitute the middle ear?
Malleus, Incus, Stapes
Olfactory receptor cells are what type of cells?
Neurons
Specialized receptors that can sense pain are known as _______.
Nociceptors
The auditory cortex sends projections to which two lobes of the brain?
Parietal and temporal
Visual information is processed in the __________.
Occiptial lobe
_______ is a phenomenon in which an object closer to a viewer appears to block another object that is farther away from the viewer.
Occlusion
The ______ is the light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye that contains the sensory receptors for vision.
Retina
The two basic types of photoreceptors in the eye are:
Rods and cones
________ can best be defined as the detection of some physical stimulus in the environment by one of your sensory organs.
Sensation
Place the steps of the process from stimulation to perception in the correct order:
Stimulation, reception, transduction, transmission, perception
________ is a quantifiable pattern of physical energy, which is able to interact with an organism and produce a change in the condition of the organism.
Stimulus
Sensory receptors for gustation are known as ________
Taste buds