Sensation and Perception
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A. __________ is taking in stimuli from the external world and B._________ is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
A = sensation
B = perception
True or False
An example of the Stroop effect is when the word blue is written in green, and it makes it difficult to determine which word is presented to you.
True
Yes or no:
The optic chiasm is located where optic nerves cross in the brain
Yes
Using thermoreceptors to detect if something is warm or cold uses what one of our senses?
Touch
Yes or no:
Your tongue houses around 10,000 taste buds that are replaced every 2 weeks.
Yes
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Driving to a new destination you would use A. _____-_____ processing and driving home from work everyday you would use B. ______-____ processing
Word bank:
top-down
bottom-up
A = bottom-up
B = top-down
Yes or no:
You are listening to a song that makes you sad and don’t notice your friend trying to get your attention. Is this an example of emotion-induced blindness?
Yes
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The A. ___, the white part of your eye, protects the retina while the B. ___, the black part of your eye receives the light.
Word Bank:
Pupil
Solera
A. Solera
B. Pupil
True or false:
If you experience a hot sensation, it is because both your warm and cold thermoreceptors were stimulated at the exact same time.
True
The sense of smell has a connection to two things, what are they?
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Photoreception is a sensory receptor for A. __________, mechanoreception is a sensory receptor for B. _______________, and chemoreception is a
C. ________________ sensory receptor
Word bank:
touch and hearing
vision
smell and taste
A = Vision
B = touch and hearing
C = smell and taste
Multiple Choice:
Your ceiling fan is rattling, at first you notice it but after a while you get used to the noise. What would this be an example of?
A. sensation depletion
B. sensory adaptation
C. inattentional blindness
B. sensory adaptation
Fill in the blank:
Differences in ________ and _________ both help us localize sound
Timing
Intensity
Multiple Choice:
Many neuroscientists believe the brain creates the experience of pain. Evidence suggests that __________ turn pain signals off and on.
A. serotonin
B. endorphins
C. GABA
D. Acetylcholine
B. endorphins
Multiple Choice:
In addition to taste, smell is also a ____ sense
A. electrochemical
B. chemical
C. electric
B. chemical
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An example of the A. ________ threshold is spotting a flame from a candle 30 ft away (noticed 50% of the time). An example of the B. _______ threshold is when you notice the music changed volume by one level (noticed 50% of the time).
Word bank:
absolute
difference
A = absolute
B = difference
Multiple Choice:
Which is an example of inattentional blindness?
A. You are looking for your seat on an airplane and don’t notice the flight attendant is trying to get your attention
B. You just ended a call where you learned that your grandmother is in the hospital, so you don’t notice your teakettle is boiling over
A. You are looking for your seat on an airplane and don’t notice the flight attendant is trying to get your attention
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A._______ are more useful during the night while B.______ are more useful during the day
Word Bank:
Cones
Rods
A = Rods
B = Cones
Name the 6 taste qualities
sweet, salty, sour, umami, fat, and bitter
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A. ________ is the sense that deals with movement and posture
B. _________ is the sense that deals with balance and acceleration
Word Bank:
Vestibular
Kinesthetic
A = kinesthetic
B = vestibular
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There are four possible outcomes of the Signal Detection Theory when taking a hearing test. The first outcome is a A. ________ (a beep is presented, and you react to the beep). The second outcome is B. _________ (a beep is presented but you don’t react to the beep). Another outcome is a
C. ________ _________. (there is no beep presented but you react as if there was a beep). The last outcome is a D.________ ___________ (there is no beep presented and you do not react).
Word bank:
correct rejection
miss
false alarm
hit
A = hit
B = miss
C = false alarm
D = correct rejection
Multiple Choice:
Which would be an example of the cocktail party phenomenon?
A. You are in a crowded room and can hear indistinct chatter
B. You are listening to a professor perform a lecture
C. You are in a crowded room and are focusing on one particular voice
D. You are having a conversation with a friend
C. You are in a crowded room and are focusing on one particular voice
Multiple Choice:
You hear a dog barking off in the distance the pathway of this auditory information goes from the ______to the ____ ______ then to the _____ _____ and finally to the ______ _____.
A. cochlea; brain stem; temporal lobe; auditory nerve
B. brain stem; auditory nerve; cochlea; temporal lobe
C. temporal lobe; brain stem; auditory nerve; cochlea
D. cochlea; auditory nerve; brain stem; temporal lobe
D. cochlea; auditory nerve; brain stem; temporal lobe
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You are touching a soft blanket. The pathway of tactile (touch) information goes from the A._________ to the B._____ ______ then to the C._______ and finally to the D. ________ ______ of the parietal lobe
Word Bank:
somatosensory cortex
receptors
thalamus
receptors
A = receptors
B = spinal cord
C = thalamus
D = somatosensory cortex
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The A. _________ theory states that if you look at red long enough a green afterimage appears and if you look at yellow long enough a blur afterimage will appear
The B. ___________ theory states that humans only perceive red, blue, and green wavelengths which combine to create every color on the visible light spectrum
Word bank:
Opperent Processing
Trichromatic
A = opponent-processing
B = trichromatic