sensation and perception

Question 1

Sensation

Answer 1

when we PROCESS AND RECEIVE information from the environment

Question 2

transduction

Answer 2

the transformation of physical stimuli ➡️ neural impulses thats then sent to the brain

Question 3

perception

Answer 3

the INTERPRETATION of info from the environment (VASE AND FACES)

Question 4

bottom up processing

Answer 4

INITIAL processing from sensation

Question 5

top down processing

Answer 5

identifying a stimulus by our PAST KNOWLEDGE

Question 6

in-attentional blindness

Answer 6

failing to see visible objects when out attention is directed elsewhere

Question 7

change blindness

Answer 7

failing to notice changes in the environment (prob bc you are distracted)

Question 8

selective attention

Answer 8

my ability to focus on one stimulus while excluding other ones

Question 9

the cocktail party effect

Answer 9

when i can only hear the one voice talking to me when there are many

Question 10

divided attention

Answer 10

when someone can respond to more than one stimulus

Question 11

thresholds

Answer 11

the weakest stimulus that an organ can detect

Question 12

difference threshold

Answer 12

the smallest amnt of change in a stimulus (68°-70°, your difference threshold is 2° because you noticed the change at 2°)

Question 13

webbers law

Answer 13

the weight thing, where you will notice a change in weight very quickly if the weight is light, but if it is heavy, it will take a lot more weight to notice the change

Question 14

signal detection theory

Answer 14

like if you are waiting for a text and you think your phone vibrated when it didnt

Question 15

SA

Answer 15

sensory adaptation, i am constantly stimulated by school every day of my life so i become adapted with deminished sensitivity, in my case with dissociation

Question 16

what happens when transforming stimulus energies

Answer 16

our eyes receive light energy and transduce

Question 17

Gustation

Answer 17

the sense of taste

Question 18

what are the tastes in the gustatory system

Answer 18

salty
sweet
umami
sour
bitter
(5)

Question 19

where is the primary gustatory cortex?

Answer 19

in the parietal lobe

Question 20

sensory interaction

Answer 20

that one sense may influence another (the smell of food influences the taste)

Question 21

what is the sense of smell called?

Answer 21

olfaction

Question 22

where are olfactory sensors and bulbs

Answer 22

the underside of the brain

Question 23

proximity

Answer 23

xo xo xo xo

Question 24

closure

Answer 24

our minds provide closure (the 3/4th circles with the invisible square)

Question 25

similarity

Answer 25

we group together similar figures

Question 26

continuity

Answer 26

the squiggly line on the straight line, we don't see a bunch of semi circles but we see a continuous line

Question 27

connectedness

Answer 27

when things are close together they look connected for a second when they actually aren't

Question 28

binocular cues

Answer 28

cues that depend on the use of 2 eyes

Question 29

retinal disparity

Answer 29

when you close one eye and then you switch to the other and your vision moves, and the closer you are to the thing your looking at, the bigger the difference

Question 30

monocular cues

Answer 30

depth cues, knowing which thing is closer only using one eye, but it is harder to tell with one eye but still possible

Question 31

what is your ear drum called?

Answer 31

the tympanic membrane

Question 32

step one?

Answer 32

the outer ear channels sound waves through the auditory canal

Question 33

step two?

Answer 33

the middle ear transmits the vibrations with the ossicles, the anvil, the stirrup, and the hammer, and it drives these bones to the cochlea, a small shaped tube

Question 34

step 3?

Answer 34

the vibrations cause the cochleas membrane to vibrate

Question 35

step 4?

Answer 35

that vibration causes ripples on the hair cells

Question 36

step 5?

Answer 36

the movement of the hair cells triggers transduction and those neural signals travel down the auditory nerve

Question 37

step 6?

Answer 37

the auditory nerve sends it to the thalamus and then to the temporal lobe

Question 38

basilar membrane

Answer 38

helps you hear PITCH and TONE, its one the COCHLEA

Question 39

the place theory

Answer 39

explains HIGH PITCHES links the pitch we hear to the place of the cochlea's membrane that's stimulated

Question 40

frequency theory

Answer 40

explains LOW PITCHES the rate of the nerve impulses matches the frequency of a tone

Question 41

what are the 2 types of deafness

Answer 41

1) conduction deafness - deafness from damage 2) nerve deafness - a deficit in the body's ability to transmit impulses

Question 42

what are the 4 touch variations?

Answer 42

-warmth -coldness -pain -pressure

Question 43

kinesthetic sense

Answer 43

the sense where you know where your body is without seeing it

Question 44

vestiBular sense

Answer 44

the sense that manages BALANCE

Question 45

what is the gate control theory

Answer 45

allows in pain like a gate A data fibers = sharp pain C data fibers = slow pain