Chapter 3 & 4 Review Questions Flashcards
(13 cards)
As Jeremy listens to music on his ipod, sound waves are converted by his auditory system into neural signals. This process is called _____.
Transduction
Sandra reads English but not Chinese. So when she looks at a Chinese newspaper there is more ______ than ______.
Sensation ; perception
In an experiment, Dante raises his hand each time he hears a tone through a set of headphones. The tone gets quieter and quieter until he fails to hear it half the time. After repeating the same procedure many times, the researcher ends the experiment because she has found Dante’s _____.
Absolute threshold
Jane is told that she will be paid $100 for each needle she can find in a haystack. According to signal detection theory this information should _____ Jane’s ______.
Lower ; response criterion
Matt finishes his can of soda as he walks across campus with brad and Andy and now he wants to slip the empty can into one of their open backpacks. Brads pack has several heavy textbooks in it; Andy’s contains only a notebook. Weber’s law suggests that to avoid detection, Matt should put the can in ____ pack because the change in weight will be ____ than a just-noticeable difference.
Brad’s ; less
Bianca wants Bruce to see the distant star she wishes on every night. Because the star is so faint, to have him see it she should have him look _____.
Slightly away from where the star is expected to be
A projection screen tv aims green red and blue lights at a screen. Because the tv can show a full range of colors by combining the green red an blue lights in differing amounts it best illustrates the _____ theory of color vision.
Trichromatic
When Sarah stubbed her toe she immediately began to rub it. According to the gate control theory of pain the rubbing __________.
Created sensations that took over the pain pathways
Mick has been a rock musician for fifty years. The constant loud noise from his band has caused hair-cell damage literally ripping off hair cells from his inner ear. We would expect that mick now has _______.
Nerve deafness
Jeremy developed a disease that destroyed his thalamus. The only sense that was unaffected was _____.
Smell
Your blind spot is located _________.
Where the optic nerve leaves the eye
In cooking school Natalie studied flavor. She learned that the flavor of food can be altered by _________.
Changing its temperature
Andrea cannot yet read but Lorraine can. They are each shown a list of color names, but each word is printed in a color that doesn’t match the word. They are asked to say the color of the ink each word is printed in, bit the word itself. _________ will do better at this stroop task because __________.
Andrea ; she will not be distracted by word meanings
