Module 19-21

Question 1

an organized whole

Answer 1

gestalt

Question 2

the organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings

Answer 2

figure-ground

Question 3

the perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Answer 3

grouping

Question 4

the ability to see objects in three dimensions, allows us to judge distance

Answer 4

depth perception

Question 5

a laboratory device for testing depth perception

Answer 5

visual cliff

Question 6

depth cues that depend on the use of two eyes

Answer 6

binocular cues

Question 7

a binocular cue for perceiving depth

Answer 7

retinal disparity

Question 8

depth cues available to either eye alone

Answer 8

monocular cues

Question 9

an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

Answer 9

phi phenomenon

Question 10

perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change

Answer 10

perceptual constancy

Question 11

perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object

Answer 11

color constancy

Question 12

in vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field

Answer 12

perceptual adaptation

Question 13

the sense or act of hearing

Answer 13

audition

Question 14

the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in given time

Answer 14

frequency

Question 15

a tones experienced highness or lowness

Answer 15

pitch

Question 16

the chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing the hammer, anvil and stirrup

Answer 16

middle ear

Question 17

a coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear

Answer 17

cochlea

Question 18

the innermost part of the ear

Answer 18

inner ear

Question 19

hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea receptors cells or to the auditory nerves

Answer 19

sensorineural hearing loss

Question 20

hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea

Answer 20

conduction hearing loss

Question 21

a device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea

Answer 21

cochlear implant

Question 22

in hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochleas membrane is stimulated

Answer 22

place theory

Question 23

the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone

Answer 23

frequency theory

Question 24

the theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological gate that clocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain

Answer 24

gate-control theory

Question 25

the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts

Answer 25

kinesthesia

Question 26

the sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance

Answer 26

vestibular sense

Question 27

the principle that one sense may influence another

Answer 27

sensory interaction

Question 28

the influence of bodily sensations, gestures and other states of cognitive preferences and judgments

Answer 28

embodied cognition