PSYC 101 Chapter 5- Final

Which of the following exemplifies gustation?

tasting freshly caught salmon

What is a binaural cue?

two-eared cue to localize sound

Which part of the eye holds eye color?

Iris

What term describes the continuation of a visual sensation after removal of the stimulus?

afterimage

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

blindness

The visible spectrum refers to the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we ________.

can see

Which of the following exemplifies the sense of audition?

hearing a song on the radio

What concept is illustrated by the following study? Participants were instructed to focus on either white or black objects, disregarding the other color. When a red cross passed across the screen, about one third of the subjects did not notice it.

inattentional blindness

Felix is riding his bicycle. His ability to sense how his torso is adjusting to the speed of his cycling and how his legs are pumping up and down is called ________.

kinesthesia

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

Gestalt

Suppose you are watching a movie on a large screen. For a fraction of a second, the words "Drink Cola" flash on the screen. You do not perceive the words "Drink Cola" because it is beyond your absolute threshold. In this example, the message "Drink Cola" is an example of ________.

a subliminal message

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

Sarit is at a bar full of music, chatter, and laughter. He gets involved in an interesting conversation with a woman named Mona, and he tunes out all the background noise. Sarit's friend, Karen, taps him on the shoulder and asks what song just played on the jukebox. Sarit says he doesn't know, even though he is sitting right next to the jukebox and is familiar with popular music. This illustrates the role that ________ plays in what is sensed versus what is perceived.

attention

What is described by the concept of perception?

how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

Our vestibular sense contributes to our ability to ________.

maintain balance and body posture

Two lines appear to be a different length, though in reality they are the same length. This is known as the ________ illusion.

muller-lyer

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

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

optic

What is the X-shaped structure that sits just below the brain's ventral surface and represents the merging of the optic nerves from the two eyes?

optic chiasm

________ 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

Congenital deafness refers to deafness ________.

since birth

Which of the following exemplifies olfaction?

smelling cookies in the oven

What is vertigo?

spinning sensation

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

Honeybees can see light in the ________ range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

ultraviolet