test 3

Question 1

Sensation

Answer 1

Window to outside world (physical aspect)

Question 2

Perception

Answer 2

Interpreting what comes in window

Question 3

Transduction

Answer 3

transforming signals into neural impulses (signals go through the thalamus and into various parts of the brain)

Question 4

Cocktail party effect

Answer 4

Focusing on one specific conversation while many conversations are going on in the background

Question 5

Change Blindness

Answer 5

Not noticing little details of past events (this is why many on site witnesses are not good in court)

Question 6

Absolute threshold

Answer 6

point where you can sense the stimulus 50% of the time

Question 7

Sensory Adaption

Answer 7

Decrease in responsiveness to stimuli due to constant stimulation… i.e not seeing your nose

Question 8

Wavelengths..Blue? Red?

Answer 8

Blue= fast

Red=slow

Question 9

Amplitude…Large? Small?

Answer 9

Large= bright 
Small= dull

Question 10

Rods

Answer 10

lots more than cones
low detail
low color
high sensative in dim light

Question 11

Cones

Answer 11

Less than rods 
right in the middle
high detail 
high color
low sensitive in dim light

Question 12

Monochromatic color blindness

Answer 12

(Very rare) everything is one color

Question 13

Di-chromatic color blindness

Answer 13

People have either blue and green or blue and red cones.

Question 14

Opponent process theory

Answer 14

sensory receptors come in pairs (red/green) (blue/yellow)

black/white

Question 15

cataracts

Answer 15

clouding of the lens

Question 16

Mocular Degeneration

Answer 16

fovea wears out (everything becomes fuzzy and you can’t focus)

Question 17

Detached Retina

Answer 17

can’t get out signals; you have blind spots

Question 18

Hyperopia

Answer 18

farsighted

Question 19

Myopia

Answer 19

nearsighted

Question 20

Top Down Processing

Answer 20

Taking a big picture and breaking it down to find meaning..using what we know we work backwards and fill in gaps

Question 21

Bottom up Processing

Answer 21

All tiny features of something..we use the features on object to build perception. It takes longer than top down processing but is more accurate

Question 22

Gestalt Psychology

Answer 22

How we group things together

proximity, similarity, continuity, closure

Question 23

Retinal Disparity

Answer 23

As an object gets closer to us, the differences in images between our eyes becomes greater

Question 24

Convergence

Answer 24

as an object gets closer, our eyes have to come together to keep focused on that object

Question 25

Constancy

Answer 25

objects change in our eyes as we or they move, but we are able to maintain content perception

Question 26

Steps of hearing sounds

Answer 26

Eardrum to hammer to anvil to stirrup

Question 27

Place theories

Answer 27

says different hairs vibrate in the cochtea when they hit different places

Question 28

Frequency theory

Answer 28

all hairs vibrate, but at different speeds

Question 29

Conduction Deafness

Answer 29

When something goes wrong with the sound and vibrates on the way to the ear

Question 30

Sensorinenal Deafness

Answer 30

The hair cells in cochlea get damaged | Loud noises cause this type of deafness

Question 31

Hypnotic Induction

Answer 31

Getting someone to the state where they will be open to suggestions

Question 32

Substance use Disorder

Answer 32

Knowing that a drug is bad but keep on doing it anyway

Question 33

Addiction

Answer 33

when someone is addicted they aren't doing it to get high they just want to avoid the crash

Question 34

4 types of touch

Answer 34

pressure, warmth, cold, pain

Question 35

small nerve fibers

Answer 35

how we experience pain

Question 36

large nerve fibers

Answer 36

other senses and how we block pain

Question 37

Biopsychosocial approach

Answer 37

Biological + psychological + social aspects that relate to pain. (Mr. Jennerjohn's player who faked the injury.)

Question 38

papillae

Answer 38

bumps on the tongue (taste buds)

Question 39

Vestibular sense

Answer 39

vision plays big part in it tells us why body is orientated in space sense of balance located in our semicircular canals in ears

Question 40

Kinesthetic sense

Answer 40

Muscle memory (tells us where our body parts are. Receptors located in muscles and joints) example: max golfing

Question 41

synethesia

Answer 41

one sensation produces another example: seeing one thing but hearing something else. (the professor saying ball but thinking its tall because youre looking at a tall dude)

Question 42

Insomnia

Answer 42

not being able to sleep at night. best treatment: change behavior

Question 43

Narcolepsy

Answer 43

falling asleep at weird and sudden times. going from being awake straight to REM sleep

Question 44

Sleep apnea

Answer 44

stop breathing while sleeping

Question 45

Night Terrors

Answer 45

Sleep walking/ talking

Question 46

Manifest content

Answer 46

dream content

Question 47

Latent content

Answer 47

what your dream means

Question 48

Why do we dream?

Answer 48

develop neural pathway

Question 49

signal detection theory

Answer 49

detects when we will detect weak signals

Question 50

parallel processing

Answer 50

being able to detect many things at once to know where someones next move will be

Question 51

Phi Phenomenon

Answer 51

an illusion of light when two or more lights blink in quick succession