PSYCH: Perception pt. 2

Question 1

What range of frequencies can people hear?

Answer 1

20-20000 Hz

Question 2

What is the frequency range of speech?

Answer 2

1000-5000 Hz

Question 3

List the three auditory ossicles

Answer 3

Maleus, incus, stapes.

Question 4

The ‘loudness’ of sound corresponds to which feature of a wave?

Answer 4

The amplitude.

Question 5

what’s the outer ear called

Answer 5

pinna

Question 6

Interaural time difference

Answer 6

are comparisons made between the arrival time of a sound in each ear.

Question 7

interaural level difference

Answer 7

intensity difference of the sound

Question 8

mcgurk eeffect

Answer 8

what we see can affect the way we affect the sound we hear

Question 9

how many types of olfactory receptors

Answer 9

350

Question 10

where are olfactory neurons located

Answer 10

olfactory mucosa

Question 11

how many odours can we percieve

Answer 11

1 trillion

Question 12

what are papillae

Answer 12

those little bumps on ur tongue

Question 13

where does the perceptionof taste occur

Answer 13

orbitofrontal cortex

Question 14

list the four types of mechanoreceptors:

Answer 14

• merkel receptor (surface) - fire continuously
  -meissner (surface) - fires when stimulus is present and when it is removed
  -ruffini cylinder - stretching of skin
• pacinian corpuscle - vibrations plus texture

Question 15

which sense provides us with a basic understanding of where our body is in space and how to move our bodies to accomplish specific tasks

Answer 15

Kinesthetic