psychology module 6

by late adulthood (age 75) we have lost ________ percentage of our tastebuds

65

what term describes the continuation of a visual sensation after removal of the stimulus

after image

research indicates that babies are first able to use their sense of taste _____ birth

before birth

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

blindness

Ronaldo was born without the ability to experience pain, though he can perceive temperature differences and changes in pressure. What is his condition called?

congenital analgesia

as we age we begin to lose the ability to hear ______ sounds

high pitched

which sound is an infant most likely to hear

high-pitched, conversational volume

what is described by the concept of perception

how sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced

what concept is illustrated by the following study? participants were told to focus on white or black objects, disregarding the other color. when a red cross passed across the screen, about 1/3 of the subjects did not notice

inattentional blindness

what is described by the perception of the bodys movement through space

kinesthesia

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

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

_______ 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

sound waves transmitted to kyla's auditory nerve created _________. Kyla's reinterpretation of the sound waves as the school bell is _____.

sensation; perception

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

what has research by Goolkasian & Woodbury demonstrated about pattern perception

those who are given verbal priming produce a biased interpretation of complex ambiguous figures

which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge, experience, 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

sensation occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors- the eyes, ears, tongue, nostrils, and skin

true

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

umami and fat content

color vision may also decline with age due to ______ of lens of the eye

yellowing