Ch. 3

Question 0

_____ _____ _____ is the smallest difference between two stimuli that is detectable 50% of the time.

Answer 0

Just noticeable difference

Question 1

_____ is the activation of receptors in the various sense organs.

Answer 1

Sensation

Question 2

The smallest amount of energy needed for a person to consciously detect a stimulus 50% of the time it is present it’s called _____ ______.

Answer 2

Absolute threshold.

Question 3

The process by which subliminal stimuli act upon the unconscious mind, influencing behavior, is called ____ _____.

Answer 3

Subliminal perception

Question 4

The process of converting physical energy, such as light or sound, into electrochemical codes is called ______.

Answer 4

Transduction

Question 5

The tendency of sensory receptor cells to adjust to the level of stimulation that are receiving is called ______.

Answer 5

Adaption

Question 6

This refers to the vividness or richness of the color people see and it is called _______.

Answer 6

Saturation

Question 7

The _______ is a clear membrane that covers the surface of the eye; protects the eye and is the structure that focuses most of the light coming into the eye.

Answer 7

Cornea

Question 8

The _______ is another clear structure behind the iris, suspended by muscles; it finishes the focusing process begun by the cornea.

Answer 8

Lens

Question 9

The visual sensory receptors found at the back of the retina, responsible for color vision and sharpness of vision, are called the ______.

Answer 9

Cones

Question 10

The recovery of the eye’s sensitivity to visual stimuli in light after exposure to darkness is called _____ ______.

Answer 10

Light adaption

Question 11

The images that occur when a visual sensation persists for a brief time even after the original stimulus is removed are called ______.

Answer 11

Afterimages

Question 12

The thin section of skin that tightly covers the opening in the middle part of the ear, just like a drum skin covers the opening in a drum is called the _______.

Answer 12

Eardrum

Question 13

The bundle of axons from the hair cells in the inner ear receives neural messages from the organ of corti in the _____.

Answer 13

Auditory nerve

Question 14

The olfactory cortex in the temporal cortex allows us to recognize and remember about _________ different smells.

Answer 14

10,000

Question 16

The areas of the brain located just above the sinus cavity and just below the frontal lobes that receive information from the olfactory receptor cells are called ______ ______.

Answer 16

olfactory bulbs

Question 17

The sense of the location of body parts in relation to the ground and each other is called the ___________.

Answer 17

kinesthetic sense

Question 18

The _______________ _______________ provide information about our orientation or position in space that help determine which way is up and which way is down.

Answer 18

vestibular senses

Question 19

The skin is our largest sense organ –a person 6 feet tall has about _______________ square feet of skin.

Answer 19

21

Question 20

When pain relief occurs because a person believes a pill or procedure will reduce pain, the person is experiencing a _______________ _______________.

Answer 20

placebo effect

Question 21

_______________ is the method by which thesensations experienced at any given moment are interpreted and organized in some meaningful fashion

Answer 21

perception

Question 22

A Gestalt principle known as _______________ is the tendency to perceive objects, or figures, as existing on a background.

Answer 22

figure/ground

Question 23

The Gestalt principle of _______________ is the tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping.

Answer 23

proximity

Question 24

The Gestalt principle of _______________ is the tendency to complete figures that are incomplete

Answer 24

closure

Question 25

The ability to perceive the world in three dimensions is known as _______________ _______________.

Answer 25

depth perception

Question 26

_______________ cues for perceiving depth are based on one eye only.

Answer 26

Monocular

Question 27

_______________ cues for perceiving depth are based on both eyes.

Answer 27

Binocular

Question 28

______________________________ occur when stimulicontain misleading cues that give rise to inaccurate or impossible perceptions.

Answer 28

perceptual illusion

Question 29

_______________ _______________ is the claim of perception that occurs without the use of normal sensory channels such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell.

Answer 29

Extrasensory perception

Question 30

The study of ESP, ghosts, and other subjects that do not normally fall into the realm of ordinary psychology is called _______________.

Answer 30

Parapsychology

Question 31

When we use two ears to locate the source of a sound, we are using _______________ cues.

Answer 31

binaural

Question 32

When we read text that scrolls across an electronic marquee, words actually appear to be moving across the sign. This apparent motion, caused by lights that flash on an off in a programmed sequence, is called the _______________ _______________.

Answer 32

phi phenomenon