Sensation and Perception - Auditory, Touch, Taste

Question 1

outer ear

Answer 1

pinna (ear), auditory canal

Question 2

middle ear

Answer 2

ear drum, HAS (bones vibrate to send signal)

Question 3

inner ear

Answer 3

cochlea – like COCHELLA (sounds 1st processed here); basilar membrane is in the cochlea

Question 4

where do both theories of hearing occur

Answer 4

cochlea

Question 5

place theory

Answer 5

location where hair cells bend determines sound (high pitches)

Question 6

frequency theory

Answer 6

rate at which action potentials are sent determines sound (low pitches)

Question 7

Muller-lyer illusion

Answer 7

lines of the same length appear to be different lengths
doesn’t work on cultures without exposure to modern architecture

Question 8

Ponzo illusion

Answer 8

happens due to linear perspective – one line looks longer than another even though they are the same length, just on different parts of the railroad track

Question 9

McGurk effect

Answer 9

see mouth saying ba or fa overrides what you actually hear (va)

Question 10

pathway of sound

Answer 10

sound -> pinna -> auditory canal -> ear drum (tympanic membrane) -> hammer, anvil, stirrup (HAS) -> oval window -> cochlea -> auditory nerve -> temporal lobes

Question 11

touch

Answer 11

mechanoreceptors -> spinal cord -> thalamus -> somatosensory cortex

Question 12

vestibular

Answer 12

sense of balance (semicircular canals in the inner ear effect this)

Question 13

kinesthetic (proprioception)

Answer 13

sense of body position (neurons in ligaments & body tells you this)

Question 14

gate-control theory

Answer 14

we have a “gate” to control how much pain is experienced

Question 15

5 taste receptors

Answer 15

bitter, salty, sweet, sour, unami (savory)

Question 16

smell

Answer 16

olfaction
only sense that does not route though the thalamus first. goes to temporal lobe and amygdala.

Question 17

gestalt psychology

Answer 17

whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Question 18

figure/ground

Answer 18

organize information into figures/objects that stand apart from what surrounds it (background)

(gestalt psychology)

Question 19

closure

Answer 19

mentally fill in gaps

(gestalt psychology)

Question 20

proximity

Answer 20

group things together that appear near each other

(gestalt psychology)

Question 21

similarity

Answer 21

group things together based on looks

(gestalt psychology)

Question 22

continuity

Answer 22

tendency to mentally form a continuous line

(gestalt psychology)