Unit 3 Highlight

Question 1

Retinal Disparity

Answer 1

Images from two eyes differ, finger sausage

Question 2

Convergence

Answer 2

The 2 eyes more inwards to see near objects, outwards to see far objects

Question 3

Interposition

Answer 3

Object that occlude other objects tend to be perceived as closer, tree in front of house

Question 4

Linear Perspective

Answer 4

Parallel lines appear to converge in the distance; railroad tracks

Question 5

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 5

In ability to see object or person that is right in front of you

Question 6

Change blindness

Answer 6

Failure to notice a change in your environment

Question 7

Figure ground

Answer 7

When we are looking at something, one thing will stand out and the rest is background

Question 8

Proximity

Answer 8

Physical nearness

Question 9

Similarity

Answer 9

When people or items look the same, we put them in one group

Question 10

Gibson and Walk - Visual Cliff

Answer 10

Crawling baby stops at fiberglass clear part to not crawl off table

Question 11

Perceptual set

Answer 11

Mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

Question 12

Schema

Answer 12

Concept - understanding of the world on a personal level

Question 13

Opponent Process Theory

Answer 13

After image: red-green, blue-yellow, black-white

Question 14

Synesthesia

Answer 14

When you experience one of your senses through another

Question 15

Basilar Membrane

Answer 15

Lines the cochlea with hair cells that transmit sound to the auditory nerve

Question 16

Place theory

Answer 16

Pitch is determined by where the sound wave hits the basilar membrane

Question 17

Frequency Theory

Answer 17

Pitch is determined by how quickly a sound wave arrives at the basilar membrane

Question 18

Cochlea

Answer 18

Spiral shaped and fluid-filled inner ear structure lined with cilia (tiny hairs) that move when vibrated and cause nerve impulse to move

Question 19

Semicircular canals

Answer 19

Three loops of fluid filled tubes attached to cochlea, helps us with sense of balance

Question 20

Conduction hearing loss

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 21

(Nerve deafness) Hearing loss by damage to cochlea receptor cells or auditory cells.

Question 22

Touch sensations

Answer 22

Pressure, warmth, cold, pain

Question 23

Gate control theory

Answer 23

Spinal cord temporarily blocks impulses from being recognized to help get a person through something

Question 24

Kinesthetic

Answer 24

Movement of muscles, joints, tendons

Question 25

Taste senses

Answer 25

Umami, sweet, bitter, salty, sour

Question 26

Sensory interaction

Answer 26

One sense affects another sense

Question 27

Smell

Answer 27

Olfactory

Question 28

Smell and memories

Answer 28

Brain region for smell is closely related to brain region for memory

Question 29

Sensation

Answer 29

Detect physical energy from environment and convert it to neural signals

Question 30

Perception

Answer 30

Select, organize, interpret our sensations

Question 31

Bottom-up

Answer 31

No prior knowledge, just reaction

Question 32

Top-down

Answer 32

Makes decision and judgement using prior knowledge

Question 33

Absolute threshold

Answer 33

First moment you notice a stimulus

Question 34

Weber’s Law - JND

Answer 34

When a change is noticed by a constant percentage or portion

Question 35

Signal detection theory

Answer 35

Ability to ability to focus on one thing and ignore the rest

Question 36

Sensory adaptation

Answer 36

Diminished sensitivity due to constant stimulation

Question 37

Transduction

Answer 37

Transformation of stimulus energy into neural impulses

Question 38

Intensity

Answer 38

Brightness - taller the wave, brighter the color

Question 39

Parallel processing

Answer 39

Processing of several aspects of a thing all at once

Question 40

Trichromatic theory

Answer 40

We have 3 main cones, red, green, and blue

Question 41

Photoreceptors

Answer 41

Rods and cones

Question 42

Fovea

Answer 42

Color vision

Question 43

Cornea

Answer 43

Clear, dome shaped tissue covering the front of the eye

Question 44

Iris

Answer 44

Colored part of the eye, controls amount of light that enters eye by changing size of pupil