Unit 5 Vocab

Question 1

A monocular cue in which closer objects block farther ones.

Answer 1

Interposition / Occlusion

Question 2

There are three color receptors (red, green, blue).

Answer 2

Trichromatic Theory

Question 2

The height of a wave.

Answer 2

Amplitude

Question 3

Gestalt concept. Distinguishing objects from background.

Answer 3

Figure and Ground

Question 4

Focusing on one voice in a crowd.

Answer 4

Cocktail Party Effect

Question 5

Missing changes in the environment when vision is interrupted.

Answer 5

Change Blindness

Question 6

Sense of taste.

Answer 6

Gustation

Question 7

Inner ear canals used for balance.

Answer 7

Semicircular Canals

Question 8

Clearer vision for nearby objects.

Answer 8

Nearsightedness

Question 8

Missing visible objects when focused elsewhere.

Answer 8

Inattentional Blindness

Question 9

Focusing on a particular stimulus.

Answer 9

Selective Attention

Question 10

Responding to visual stimuli without conscious experience.

Answer 10

Blindsight

Question 11

Focuses images on the retina.

Answer 11

Lens

Question 12

Hearing loss from cochlea or nerve damage.

Answer 12

Sensorineural Deafness

Question 13

Partial color blindness.

Answer 13

Dichromatism

Question 13

Sense of smell.

Answer 13

Olfactory system

Question 13

Perception from sensory receptors to brain.

Answer 13

Botton-Up Processing

Question 14

Sense of balance and body position.

Answer 14

Vestibular Sense

Question 15

Inability to recognize faces.

Answer 15

Prosopagnosia

Question 16

A monocular cue that refers to hazy objects being farther away.

Answer 16

Relative Clarity

Question 16

Ability to perceive sound frequency.

Answer 16

Pitch Perception

Question 17

Converting stimulus energies into neural impulses.

Answer 17

Transduction

Question 18

Cells that detect color and detail; for bright light.

Answer 18

Cones

Question 19

Sensory control center in the brain.

Answer 19

Thalamus

Question 19

Two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage to be perceived as different.

Answer 19

Weber's Law

Question 20

Pitch caused by all hairs in Cochlea moving together.

Answer 20

Volley Theory

Question 21

A monocular cue that refers to smaller images being farther away.

Answer 21

Relative Size

Question 22

Reduced sensitivity from constant stimulation.

Answer 22

Sensory Adaptation

Question 23

Carries impulses from the eye to the brain.

Answer 23

Visual Nerve

Question 24

Gestalt concept of grouping nearby figures.

Answer 24

Proximity

Question 25

Visual images persisting after stimulus removal.

Answer 25

After-Images

Question 26

Spinal cord blocks/allows pain signals.

Answer 26

Gate Control Theory

Question 27

Gestalt concept of completing incomplete figures.

Answer 27

Closure

Question 28

Opposing retinal processes enable color vision.

Answer 28

Opponet-Process Theory

Question 29

Perceiving whole forms out of parts.

Answer 29

Gestalt Psychology

Question 30

Distance between wave peaks.

Answer 30

Wavelength

Question 31

Organizing and interpreting sensory information to understand the environment.

Answer 31

Perception

Question 31

Depth from comparing retinal images.

Answer 31

Retinal Disparity

Question 32

Lens change shape to focus on objects.

Answer 32

Accommodation

Question 33

Framework organizing information.

Answer 33

Schema

Question 34

Point where the optic nerve leaves the eye; no receptors.

Answer 34

Blind Spot

Question 35

Predisposition to perceive certain things.

Answer 35

Perceptual Set

Question 36

Clearer vision for distant objects.

Answer 36

Farsightedness

Question 37

Sense of body part movement.

Answer 37

Kinesthesis

Question 38

Depth cues for one eye.

Answer 38

Monocular Depth Cues

Question 39

Perceptions from experiences (brain) to body.

Answer 39

Top-Down Processing

Question 40

Eyes moving inward for depth.

Answer 40

Convergence

Question 41

Gestalt concept of grouping similar figures.

Answer 41

Similarity

Question 41

Monocular cue that refers to parallel lines converging with distance.

Answer 41

Linear Perspective

Question 42

Hearing loss from mechanical system damage.

Answer 42

Conduction Deafness

Question 43

Detecting physical energy and encoding it as neural signals.

Answer 43

Sensation

Question 44

Detect black, white, gray; for low light.

Answer 44

Rods

Question 45

Perceived highness or lowness of a tone.

Answer 45

Pitch

Question 46

Complete color blindness.

Answer 46

Monochromatism

Question 47

Light-sensitive inner eye surface with receptor cells.

Answer 47

Retina

Question 48

Chemical signals for communication.

Answer 48

Pheromones

Question 49

One sense perceived as multiple senses.

Answer 49

Synesthesia

Question 50

Minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time.

Answer 50

Absolute Threshold

Question 51

Depth cues for both eyes.

Answer 51

Binocular Depth Cues

Question 52

Pitch linked to specific hairs in the Cochlea.

Answer 52

Place Theory

Question 53

A Monocular cue in which coarse to fine texture signals distance.

Answer 53

Texture Gradient

Question 54

Cells in the retina that convert light into electrical signals that the brain can use.

Answer 54

Photoreceptors

Question 55

One sense influencing another.

Answer 55

Sensory Interaction

Question 56

Focusing awareness.

Answer 56

Attention