True or False!
Signal-Variation theory is a method of distinguishing sensory stimuli that takes into account a stimulus's strength plus variable elements.
false; Signal detection theory
The olfactory nerve transmits information about ________ to the brain.
Smell
Visual cues that only need one eye to be percieved.
"I am the part of the eye that acts like film in a camera."
Retina
- Olfactory nerve
- Skin senses
- Smell
- Nose
Skin senses
The eardrum is a thin membrane that vibrates when sound waves strike it.
True!
Visual ________ is a measure of the sharpness of a person's vision.
Acuity
A bony tube in the ear that contains the fluid and neurons needed to transmit sounds to the brain.
Cochlea
"I am an area in the eye that lacks photoreceptors."
Blind spot
- Gate theory
- Vestibular sense
- Balance
- Falling
Gate theory
The auditory nerve transmits hearing impulses from the ear to the brain.
True!
According to the _________ theory, the nervous system can only process a certain amount of information at a time.
Gate
The nerve that transmits neural impulses from the inner ear to the brain.
Auditory nerve
"I am the inability to distinguish colors from each other."
Color blindness
- Lens
- Retina
- Afterimage
- Pupil
Afterimage
People with conductive deafness are often given cochlear implants to stimulate damaged nerves.
False; sensorineural
The law of ________ says that people assume that objects that move together belong together.
Common fate
The use of the rapid progression of still images or objects to produce the illusion of movement.
Stroboscopic motion
"I am the region in the back of the brain that processes visual information."
Visual cortex
- Kinesthesis
- Navigation
- Fine-motor skills
- Taste buds
Taste buds
People can tell when they are standing upright because they possess the olfactory sense.
False; Vestibular
Hearing aids can help people who have _________ deafness.
conductive
The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figures even though gaps exist.
Closure
"I focus vision by changing thickness, based on the distance of an object being viewed."
Lens
- Color circle
- Form gray
- Blind spot
- Complementary colors
Form gray