Vision
Part of the eye that holds eye color
What is the iris?
Sensory receptors for hearing
What are hair cells? (on basilar membrane)
T/F Olfactory receptors are bulb-like structures within the frontal lobe where the olfactory nerves begin
What is False? (the receptors are located in the nose)
refers to the slightly different view of the world that each eye receives
What is binocular disparity?
The visible spectrum refers to the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see
What is True?
Nerve that carries visual information from the retina to the brain
What is the optic nerve?
Fluid filled chamber that contains sensory receptors for audition
What is the cochlea?
Four “senses” of skin
What are pressure, temperature, pain and vibration?
Branch of psychology that studies the effects of physical stimuli on sensory perception and mental states
What is psychophysics?
Tasting warm bread covered in pumpkin butter exemplifies the sense of audition
What is False?
Term for the continuation of a visual sensation after removal of the stimulus
What is an after image?
According to this theory, different portions of the basilar membrane are sensitive to sounds of different frequencies
What is the theory of pitch perception?
a chemical message sent by another individual
What is a pheromone?
Illusion where two lines appear to be a different length, though in reality they are the same length
What Muller-Lyer illusion?
Longer wavelengths will have lower frequencies, and shorter wavelengths will have higher frequencies
What is True?
Differentiates light energy we perceive visually from light energy we cannot perceive visually
What is wavelength?
Theory that provides best explanation for how we perceive low frequencies
What is frequency theory?
“sense” that contributes to our ability to maintain balance and body posture
What is vestibular?
Intensity of a stimulus where you can just barely detect it
What is the absolute threshold?
Height of a sound wave is called the amplitude
What is True?
The X-shaped structure that sits just below the brain’s ventral surface and represents the merging of the optic nerves from the two eyes
What is optic chiasm?
Theory holds that the pitch we hear is determined by the particular location on the cochlea where the hair cells vibrate the most
What is place theory?
Theory that particular nerve receptors in the spinal cord lead to specific areas of the brain related to pain
What is gate control theory of pain?
Describes the difference in stimuli required to detect a difference between the stimuli
What is difference threshold or just noticeable difference?
Sensation refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced
What is False? (that's perception)