the sensitive surface of the eye tht acts like the film of a camera
What is retina
100
Three skin senses
What is pain, temperature, pressure
100
tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in what your senses tell you
What is closure
100
the colored part of the eye
What is iris
200
bony tube that contains fluids as well as neuron that move in response to the vibrations of the fluids.
What is the cochlea
200
_______ is determined by the ability to see in normal light.
What is visual acuity
200
the receptors send information about the odors to the brain via the ______.
What is olfactory nerve
200
perception of figures against a background
What is figure-ground perception
200
the _______ is the gateway from the outer ear to the middle ear.
What is eardrum
300
This can occur if you recieve damage to your auditory nerve, caused by prolonged exposure to loud sounds
What is Sensorineural deafness
300
This can occur if you lack cones in your retina.
What is color blindness
300
This tells you whether you are physically upright without having to use your eyes.
What is vestibular sense
300
people tend to think of similar objects belonging together. This is known as _______.
What is similarity
300
sense that informs people about the position and motion of their bodies. It will allow you to touch your finger to your nose.
What is kinesthesis
400
The human ear can hear sound waves that vary from ______to ________ cycles per second.
What is 20- 20,000
400
This begins to happen after you have been in a dark room for approx. 7-10 mins
What is dark adaptation
400
Sensory receptors locaed around the roots of hair cells fire where the skin is touched. This allows us to feel ____________.
What is pressure
400
In _________, the illusion of movement is produced by showing the rapid progression of images or objects that are not moving all together.
What is stroboscopic motion
400
cones are sensitive to which three colors?
What is blue, green, and red
500
Place the following parts of the ear in order...as they take in sound
cochlea, outer ear, auditory nerve, temporal lobe, eardrum, hammer/anvil, stirrup
What is outer ear, eardrum, bones, cochlea, auditory nerve, temporal lobe
500
Describe how vision works, placing the parts of the eye in order.
optic nerve, lens, pupil, retina, occipital lobe
What is pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, and occipital lobe
500
The four basic taste qualities
What is sweet, sour, salty, and bitter
500
This occurs when you assume that objects are a part of the same group, and that they are all going to the same place.
What is common fate
500
This is known as the minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli