_____is the stimulation of our sense organs by the outer world.
What is sensation.
100
In signal detection, one of the possible outcomes is a _____, which is correctly detecting a stimulus that is there.
What is hit.
100
_____ is a clear hard covering that protects the lens.
What is Cornea.
100
The optic nerve carries impulses to the thalamus and, ultimately, to the _____ of the occipital lobes.
What is visual cortex.
100
Which of the following is a theory of color vision that addresses color afterimages as well as some instances of color blindness?
What is opponent-process theory of color.
200
_____ is the act of organizing and interpreting sensory experience.
What is perception.
200
A false alarm is:
What is saying that a stimulus exists when it does not.
200
Light enters the interior of the eye through the_____.
What is pupil
200
Beth is looking down a path of railroad tracks, and the two rails seem to meet far in the distance. This cue to depth is known as _____.
What is linear perspective
200
Our perception of loudness is perceived by the _____ of a sound wave.
BONUS: The scale for a sound’s loudness is _____.
What is amplitude; decibels
300
Leah no longer feels the chair underneath her as she sits in the classroom—she has stopped attending to the stimulation as she sits on the same chair everyday. Psychologists call this experience _____.
What is sensory adaptation.
300
It is the smallest amount of change in stimulus that a person detects.
What is difference threshold.
300
The colored part of the eye, which is called the_____, adjusts the pupil to control the amount of light entering the eye.
What is iris.
300
The Gestalt tendency to group like objects together is known as_____.
What is similarity.
300
Once inside the auditory canal, sound vibrations travel to the _____, then the bones of the middle ear are activated.
BONUS: Name the three bones.
What is tympanic membrane.
Hammer, anvil, stirrup
400
the conversion of physical into neural information
What is transduction
400
The size of a just noticeable difference in stimuli perception is a constant fraction of the intensity of the stimulus. This is known as ________'s law.
What is Weber's law.
400
The process by which the muscles control the shape of the lens to adjust to viewing objects at different distances is known as _____.
What is accommodation.
400
The Gestalt law of _____ occurs when we perceive a whole object in the absence of complete information.
What is closure.
400
The term _____ refers to the part of the inner ear that plays a key role in maintaining a sense of balance.
What is semi-circular canals.
500
The lowest intensity level of a stimulus we can detect half of the time is known as _____.
What is absolute threshold
500
_____ play a key role in night vision, as they are most responsive to dark and light contrast. _____ are responsible for color vision and are most functional in conditions of bright light.
What is Rods; Cones
500
We see images with the greatest clarity when they are focused on the_____.
What is fovea.
500
Processing in which perception of the whole guides perception of smaller elemental features is called _____.
What is top-down processing.
500
The _____ runs through the cochlea and converts sound energy into neural energy.