Psychology 1 (Ch.5) Sensation And Perception

Front 1

sensation

Back 1

detection of external stimuli

Front 2

perception

Back 2

processing / organizing / interpretation of sensory signals

Front 3

transduction

Back 3

stimuli must be coded

physical stimuli>electrical signal

Front 4

sense of touch or ___ could have 3 properties: ___,___,___

Back 4

haptic

temperature, pressure, pain

Front 5

kinesthetic sense:

Back 5

perception of the positions in space

Front 6

pain - gate control theory

Back 6

pain involves bio / psych / cultural factors

when pain receptors activated, neural gate opens > spine nerve fibers

rubbing pained area competes for neural attention

Front 7

vision- 3 basic elements

Back 7

form motion color

Front 8

photoreceptors: cones

Back 8

transduce color concentrated in fovea

Front 9

photoreceptors: rods

Back 9

transduce b/w concentrated in peripheral retina

Front 10

light is emitted, entering the back of the eye at the___ -> pass through the ___ -> exciting the photoreceptors on the ___ -> photoreceptors transduce info and pass along the ___ to the ___ cortex in the ___lobe

Back 10

pupil

lens

retina

optic nerve

primary visual

occipital

Front 11

optic nerve converges at the ___ -> transported to the opposite ___ lobe

Back 11

optic chiasm

occipital

Front 12

nearsightedness aka ___:

Back 12

myopia: focal point falls short of retina

Front 13

farsightedness aka ___:

Back 13

hyperopia: focal point behind retina

Front 14

prosopagnoisa:

Back 14

deficit in ability to recognize faces

Front 15

monochrome color blindess:

Back 15

cones don't work or don't exist

Front 16

afterimage:

Back 16

lingering visual impression

Front 17

sound waves require:

Back 17

a medium; water or air

Front 18

4 characteristics of sound

Back 18

pitch

volume

timbre

location

Front 19

pitch:

Back 19

sound's freq; # of cycles/sec

Front 20

middle ear includes:

acts as:

Back 20

eardrum

hammer

anvil

stirrup

amplifier

Front 21

inner ear includes:

Back 21

cochlea

basilar membrane

organ of corti

Front 22

conductive deafness:

treatment:

Back 22

occurs from damage to middle ear

hearing aids

Front 23

sensorineural deafness:

treatment:

Back 23

occurs from damage to middle ear/ auditory nerve

cochlear implants for middle ear

Front 24

sense of smell aka___?

Back 24

olfaction - doesn't pass through thalamus

Front 25

sense of tase aka___

Back 25

gustation

Front 26

5 flavors of tate?

Back 26

sweet sour

salty bitter

umami (savory)