Transcript chapter 4 sensation and perception

SENSATION & PERCEPTION
Chapter 4
VISION
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Wavelength (rue)
Amplitude
Purity
Cornea
Lens
Iris
Pupil
Retina
-transduction
Optic disk
Optic nerve
Rods
Cones
Light
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Nearsightedness
Farsightedness
Receptive fields
Lateral antagonism
Monocular & binocular
cues
Binocular Disparity:
Monocular: one eye
binocular:
Retinal disparity
Size constancy
Convergence
Vision acuity
HEARING
Wavelength
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 Pinna
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stirrup
 Middle ear
 Cochlea
 Semicircular canals
 Auditory pathway
 Intensity
 Timing
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Other senses
Gustation
Taste pathway
Primary tastes
Nontasters vs supertasters
Olfaction
Pathway of smell
Temperature
Pain receptors
Kinesthetic
Vestibular
PERCEPTION
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Reversible figure
Perceptual sets
Inattentional blindness
Top- down processing (aka
form perception theory)
Bottom-up processing (aka
feature detection theory)
Subjective contours
Gesalt principles:
Figure-ground
Proximity
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Similarity
Continuity
Closure
Simplicity
Perceptual hypothesis &
how context plays a role
Perceptual constancy
Motion parallax
Pictorial depth cues
Optical illusions
Motion aftereffect
1. THE BASIC EXPERIENCE OF THE STIMULATION OF THE BODY’S SENSES IS
CALLED:
(A) Sensation
(B) Perception
(C) Adaptation
(D) Cognition
(E) Conduction
2. THE FUNCTION OF THE LENS IS TO:
(A) Project an image onto the cornea
(B) Focus an image on the retina
(C) Locate an image
(D) Contain receptor cells that are sensitive to light
(E) Locate the blind spot
KEY TERMS
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Sensation
Threshold
Absolute Threshold
Just noticeable difference
Signal detection theory
Subliminal perception
Mere-exposure effect
Sensory adaptation
Trichromatic theory
Opponent Process Theory
Phi phenomenon(Apparent motion)
Vestibular sense
3. OLFACTORY CELLS ARE THE RECEPTORS FOR WHAT SENSE?
(A) Taste
(B) Hearing
(C) Vision
(D) Smell
(E) Touch
4. THE BINOCULAR CUE FOR DEPTH PERCEPTION BASED ON
SIGNALS FROM MUSCLES THAT TURN THE EYES TO FOCUS ON
NEAR OR APPROACHING OBJECTS IS CALLED:
(A) Convergence
(B) Retinal disparity
(C) Shape constancy
(D) Interposition
(E) Perceptual vision
5. THE FINAL STEP REQUIRED TO CONVERT VIBRATIONS
INTO SOUND SENSATIONS TAKES PLACE IN WHICH PART OF
THE EAR?
(A) Ossicles
(B) Outer ear
(C) Cochlea
(D) Middle ear
(E) Auditory receptors
6. BLACK-AND-WHITE VISION WITH GREATEST
SENSITIVITY UNDER LOW LEVELS OF
ILLUMINATION DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF:
(A) The cones
(B) The cornea
(C) The fovea
(D) The rods
(E) The pupil
7. RECEPTORS FOR KINESTHESIS ARE LOCATED
IN THE
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Retina
Joints
Semicircular canals
Olfactory epithelium
Taste buds
8. NEURAL IMPULSES GO DIRECTLY TO THE CORTEX
WITHOUT PASSING THROUGH THALAMUS FROM
RECEPTORS IN THE
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Retina
Joints
Cochlea
Olfactory epithelium
Taste buds
9. THE COILED TUBE IN THE INNER EAR THAT CONTAINS
AUDITORY RECEPTORS IS CALLED
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Semicircular canal
Ossicle
Pinna
Cochlea
Oval window
10. JASON IS ATTENDING A PARADE THAT FEATURES THE LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOL BAND. JASON’S FRIEND BRENT PLAYS THE
TROMBONE IN THE BAND. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR JASON TO HEAR
BRENT PLAY AT THE PARADE. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
WOULD BEST ALLOW JASON TO HEAR BRENT'S TROMBONE?
(A)
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Sensory adaptation
Selective attention
Perceptual constancy
Weber’s law
Functional fixedness
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Q. Dimitri and Linda are trying to learn a new
routine to compete successfully in a dance
competition. Give an example of how each of the
following could affect their performance.
Definitions without application do not score.
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Cones
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Dark Adaptation
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Farsightedness
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Basilar Membrane