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