PSY Chapter 5

_________ amplitudes are associated with _________ sounds.

high; louder

______ -frequency sound waves are perceived as high-pitched sounds, while _________ -frequency sound waves are perceived as low-pitched sounds.

high; low

Which of the following is false about sensation?

A sensation refers to the way sensory information is organized, intepreted, and consciously experienced

What does the place theory of pitch perception suggest?

Different portions of the basilar membrane are sensitive to sounds of different frequencies.

______________- refers to the failure to notice something that is completely visible due to a lack of attention.

Inattentional blindness_

The _________ is also known as the anvil.

Incus

Which of the following exemplifies gustation?

Tasting freshly caught salmon

Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experiences, and thoughts?

Top-down

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

Transduction

Ravon was born deaf, so he is diagnosed with ________ deafness.

congenital

Light waves are transmitted across the _________ and enter the eye through the _________.

cornea; pupil

The amplitude of a wave is the height of a wave as measured from the highest point on the wave ______ to the lowest point on the wave _________.

crest; trough

Hertz is a measure of

frequency (cycles per second)

34. At the point of the optic chiasm, information from the right visual field (which comes from both eyes) is sent to the _______ side of the brain, and information from the left visual field is sent to the _________ side of the brain.

left; right

In a normal-sighted individual, the _______ will focus images perfectly on a small indentation in the back of the eye known as the __________.

lens; fovea

Within the visible spectrum, our experience of red is associated with:

longer wave-lenghts.

Longer wavelengths will have __________ frequencies, and shorter wavelengths will have_______ frequencies.

lower; higher

Felicia smacks her thumb with a hammer while building a doghouse. The sense of ___________ provides her brain with information about the pain she feels.

nociception

Congenital deafness refers to deafness

of people who were born with it.

____________ refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced; __________ refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor.

perception; sensation

Catherine is at a crowded baseball game when she loses track of her son, Nick. Despite the loud cheering and noise of the crowd, she can pinpoint his location when he calls for her because she can distinguish the sound of his voice from the all the other voices. This illustrates __________ theory

signal detection

Due to his sense of __________, Abraham knows he is cold when he is outside during a blizzard, and he knows he is hot after he comes inside and eats soup by the fire.

thermoception

Vinnie is standing on one leg with his arms in the air. The _________ sense helps keep him balanced so he has less chance of falling over.

vestibular

The visible spectrum refers to the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that:

we can see.

What is vertigo?

· A sense of spining

Which of the following statements best describes trichromatic theory and opponent-process theory?

· Both theories are equally accurate, but they apply to different levels of the nervous system.

What has research shown about processing subliminal messages?

· In laboratory settings, people can process and respond to information outside of their awareness.

In addition to sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, what other taste groupings do we possess?

· Umami and fat content

Sariah enters a room with several chirping crickets in it. Upon first entering the room, Sariah can hear the chirping; however, as she begins to talk to her friends, she is no longer aware of the chirping even though it is still there. The fact that Sariah no longer perceives the chirping sound demonstrates sensory

Adaptation

Kimya stares at a bright light and then looks away. After she looks away, she perceives a spot. What is this spot?

Afterimage

How does the term Gestalt relate to the psychological study of perception?

· Perception invilves more than simply combining sensory stimuli; therefore, perception is studied as Gestalt.

Which of the following exemplifies olfaction?

· Smelling cookies in the oven

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

· The Optic Nerve

Why are olfaction and gustation called chemical senses?

· They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we war or in the air we breathe

What is a binaural cue?

· Two-eared cue to localize sound.

Which field of psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?

Gestalt

What is described by the concept of perception?

How sensory info is interpreted and consciously experienced

Which of the following describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli?

Just noticeable

Which term describes the perception of the body's movement through space?

Kinesthesia

Our vestibular sense contributes to our ability to:

Maintain balance and body posture.