Part 2

Question 1

The central focal point in the retina, around which the eyes cones cluster

Answer 1

Fovea

Question 2

Nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus, such as shape angle and movement

Answer 2

Feature detectors

Question 3

The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously

Answer 3

Parallel processing

Question 4

The theory that the retina contains three different color receptors- one most sensitive to red, one to green, one to blue

Answer 4

Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory

Question 5

The theory that opposing retinal processes enable color vision

Answer 5

Opponent-process theory

Question 6

An organized whole

Answer 6

Gestalt

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Figure-ground

Question 8

The perpetual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

Answer 8

Grouping

Question 9

The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance

Answer 9

Depth perception

Question 10

A laboratory device for testing depth perceptions in infants and young animals

Answer 10

Visual cliff

Question 11

Depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes

Answer 11

Binocular cues

Question 12

A binocular cue for perceiving depth: by comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes.

Answer 12

Retinal disparity

Question 13

Depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone

Answer 13

Monocular cues

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Phi phenomenon

Question 15

Perceiving objects as unchanging shapes, sizes brightness, even as illumination and retinal images change

Answer 15

Perceptual constancy

Question 16

Perceiving familiar objects as having a consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelength reflected by the object

Answer 16

Color constancy

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Perceptual adaptation

Question 18

The sense or act of hearing

Answer 18

Audition

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Frequency

Question 20

A tones experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency

Answer 20

Pitch

Question 21

The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochleas oval window

Answer 21

Middle ear

Question 22

A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear.

Answer 22

Cochlea

Question 23

The innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs

Answer 23

Inner ear

Question 24

Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochleas receptor cells or to the auditory nerves.

Answer 24

Sensorineural hearing loss

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Conduction hearing loss

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Cochlear implant

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Place theory

Question 28

In hearing, the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone.

Answer 28

Frequency theory

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Gate-control theory

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Kinesthesia

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Vestibular sense

Question 32

The principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste

Answer 32

Sensory interaction

Question 33

In psychological science, the influence of bodily sensations, gestures, and other states on cognitive preferences and judgments

Answer 33

Embodied cognition

Question 34

The point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a blind spot because no receptor cells are located there

Answer 34

Blind spot