Chapter 3

Question 1

Receptor cell

Answer 1

cell in sense organ that picks up stimuli

Question 2

Adaptaion

Answer 2

you get used to a certain level of stimulation

Question 3

Absolute threshold

Answer 3

minimum level stimuli must reach to be noticed

Question 4

Difference threshold

Answer 4

how much change is needed in a stimuli to be noticed

Question 5

Subliminal perception

Answer 5

Messages or events that occur beneath the absolute threshold can be felt, and it influences behavior/ideas

Question 6

ESP

Answer 6

extra sense some people claim to have

Question 7

Clairvoyance

Answer 7

ability to sense something far away

Question 8

Telepathy

Answer 8

ability to sense someone else’s thoughts

Question 9

Precognition

Answer 9

ability to sense something in the future

Question 10

Psychokinesis

Answer 10

ability to manipulate objects with mind

Question 11

Cornea

Answer 11

membrane over front of eye

Question 12

Pupil

Answer 12

in center of iris, lets light into eye

Question 13

Iris

Answer 13

colored part of eye

Question 14

Lens

Answer 14

inside pupil, focuses light into retina

Question 15

Retina

Answer 15

has receptor cells, picks up light

Question 16

Fovea

Answer 16

part of retina that is center of eyesight

Question 17

Blind spot

Answer 17

optic nerve connects here, so no receptor cells

Question 18

Rods

Answer 18

pick up light intensity

Question 19

Cones

Answer 19

pick up colors

Question 20

Trichromat

Answer 20

all functional cones

Question 21

Dichromat

Answer 21

yellow-blue or red-green colorblind

Question 22

Monochromat

Answer 22

no color

Question 23

aques humor

Answer 23

behind retina, provides oxygen to cornea and removes stuff from eye

Question 24

liliary muscles

Answer 24

around lens, push and pull to let eyes focus

Question 25

uitreas humor

Answer 25

jelly inside eye

Question 26

how much more common is color blindness in men than women

Answer 26

about 10x

Question 27

sensation

Answer 27

experience of sensory stimulation, awareness of stimuli

Question 28

perception

Answer 28

process of creating meaningful patterns from sensory information

Question 29

Webber's law

Answer 29

principle that jnd for a sense is a constant fraction/proportion of the stimulation being judged

Question 30

pinna

Answer 30

outer part of ear

Question 31

external auditory canal

Answer 31

funnel sound waves into ear

Question 32

tympanic membrane

Answer 32

eardrum

Question 33

middle ear made of

Answer 33

malleus, mas, stapes

Question 34

chochlea

Answer 34

snail. fluid and hair follicles, transmits sound waves

Question 35

pitch

Answer 35

sound tone

Question 36

amplitude

Answer 36

wave magnitude

Question 37

overtones determine

Answer 37

timbre

Question 38

place theory

Answer 38

brain determines pitch by where message is strongest in ear

Question 39

frequency theory

Answer 39

frequency perceived by nerve impulses

Question 40

volley principle

Answer 40

nerve cells firing in sequence

Question 41

olfactory epithelium

Answer 41

in sinus cavity, receptor cells that smell

Question 42

anosmia

Answer 42

can't smell

Question 43

tastes

Answer 43

salt, sweet, bitter, sour, umami

Question 44

papillae

Answer 44

bumps on tongue, have taste buds

Question 45

kinesthetic senses do wht

Answer 45

position of limbs, control body movement

Question 46

vestibular senses do what

Answer 46

spatial awareness - forward/backward, up/down

Question 47

phermones detected by

Answer 47

vomeronasal organ

Question 48

Krause bulbs

Answer 48

detect cold

Question 49

Ruffini corpuscle

Answer 49

detect heat

Question 50

Meissoner corpuscle

Answer 50

detect pressure

Question 51

phantom limb syndrome

Answer 51

sensation after amputation, > 2/3 of amputees

Question 52

perceptual constancy

Answer 52

objects seen as unchanging during stimulation

Question 53

monocular

Answer 53

one eye

Question 54

linear perspective

Answer 54

distance and depth with one eye

Question 55

stereoscope vision

Answer 55

clear depth and distance, two eyes

Question 56

retinal disparity

Answer 56

combine both eyes' images

Question 57

autokineic illusion

Answer 57

perceived motion from unmoving object

Question 58

phi phenomenon

Answer 58

lights flashing seen as moving

Question 59

stroboscopic omtion

Answer 59

flashing makes a picture

Question 60

proximity

Answer 60

grouping

Question 61

similarity

Answer 61

patterns

Question 62

closure

Answer 62

shapes

Question 63

continuity

Answer 63

combination