CH. 3 Psychology Test
There is (are) _____ somesthetic sense system(s)
3
Jamie walks from a bright room into a dark room. It will take about ____ minutes for her rods to fully adjust to the dark.
30
As it gets darker, older folks have a hard time adjusting to the light levels and seeing well. In some cases, this can be treated with Vitamin ______
A
The smallest amount of a particular stimulus required to produce any sensation at all in the person to whom the stimulus is presented is the _________ perception
Absolute Threshold
The place in the retina were the axons of all the ganglion cells come together to leave the eye is called the _______ spot.
Blind Spot
The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as ______ colors
Blue
Analyzing smaller features and building up to complete perception is called _____-______ processing.
Bottom - Up
The cones are found mainly in the _____ of the eye.
Center
Each olfactory receptor cell has a half dozen little hairs that project out. These are called ____.
Cilia
______ is the tendency to complete figures that are incomplete.
Closure
______ implants bypass the outer and middle ear.
Cochlear
The receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are the _____.
Cones
The clear, transparent protective coating over the front part of the eye is known as?
Cornea
When light waves enter the eye, they pass through the _____.
Cornea
When you enter a darkened room (Movie Theatre) you will find it hard to see at first but shortly afterward you will be able to see much better. This phenomenon is referred to as ______.
Dark Adaptation
In people who have been blind since birth and who then have had their sight restored, _______ perception is absent or severely limited.
Depth
The term 'Just noticeable difference" is synonymous with
Difference Threshold
Conduction hearing impairment refers to hearing problems that originate in the _______ and _________.
Eardrum & Middle Ear
Which pairing of name and property of light is correct?
Einstein; Wave Packet (Photon)
_____ are the neural transmitters that act as a natural version or morphine.
Endorphins
_______-________ relationships concern the tendency to perceive objects or figures on some background.
Figure - Ground
The _____ are auditory receptors where sound waves finally become neural impulses.
Hair Cells
The aspect of color that corresponds to names such as red, green and blue is _____.
Hue
An ______ is a perception that does not correspond to reality.
Illusion
The colored part of the eye that contains muscles to contract or expand the pupil is the _______.
Iris
Which pare of the eye is a muscle that regulates the size of the pupil?
Iris
The best description of ________ sense is that it has to do with the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other.
Kinesthetic
Light is focused on the retina by the ______.
Lens
Volume, a principle of sound, is most similar to the brightness of ________.
Light
The term "photons" refers to a tiny packet of ________.
Light Rays
The distance cue in which two parallel lines extend into the distance and seem to come together at one point is called _________ perception.
Linear
The hammer, anvil and stirrup are the tiny bones located in the _______ ear.
Middle
Sound waves are simply the vibration of the ________ of air surrounding us
Molecules
The rods are responsible for _______ vision.
Night
The sense of smell is also known as _______.
Olfactory
According to the ______-_______ theory of color vision, the correct pairing of opposite colors are red vs. green and blue vs. yellow
Opponent - Process
Bundles of axons from ganglion cells make up the _______ nerve.
Optic Nerve
Hair follicle nerve endings respond to ____ and ______.
Pain & Touch
Lavern looks at the tongue of her friend and sees all kinds of bumps on her tongue. "Girl," she says, "you sure have a lot of ______."
Papillae
______ is the mental process of making meaning of sensory information.
Perception
If you were to take a sparkler at a July 4th picnic and "draw" your name in the air, your ability to see the light trail after the initial stimulus is facilitated by _________ of vision.
Persistence
The outermost part of the ear is called the ______.
Pinna
_______ is the tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping.
Proximity
The ______ of the eye is the small opening in the center of the eye.
Pupil
The longest wavelengths we can see are experienced as ________ colors.
Red
Our sense of taste works when food molecules are dissolved in ____ in our mouths.
Saliva
The ______ canals are the primary structure that allows one to maintain his or her balance.
Semicircular
Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called
Sensation
In the process known as _______, sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus.
Sensory Adaptation
Cells that are triggered by light, vibrations, sounds, touch or chemical substances are called?
Sensory Receptors
________ is the tendency to perceive things that look similar as being part of the same group.
Similarity
The _____ senses are concerned with touch, pressure, temperature and pain.
Skin
The best description of _____ senses is that they have to do with touch, pressure, temperature and pain.
Skin
Pain sensations in the skin, muscles, tendons and joints that are carried on large nerve fibers are called _______ pain.
Somatic
What are the five primary tastes?
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
The idea that the eye contains separate receptors for red, green and blue is known as the ________ theory.
Trichromatic Theory
The ear drum is also called the ________.
Tympanic Membrane
Which is the newest of the five basic tastes to be discovered?
Umami
The ______ spectrum refers to the portion of the whole spectrum of light that is visible to the human eye.
Visible Spectrum
The change in shape of the lens in order to focus on a visual image is known as _______.
Visual Accommodation
