Body Parts
What is the protective outer layer of the eye?
Cornea
Suggests that the retina has receptors for 3 opposing color pairs (red-green, yellow-blue and white black)
Opponent-Process theory
Most common type of color blindness
Red-Green Color Blindness
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events…
Perception
When in a loud room, individuals are often able to pick up on a singular voice. This is known as what…
Cocktail Party Effect
What part of the ear focuses sound waves collected by the pinna and funnels them toward the eardrum?
Auditory Canal
States pitch is perceived through location of neuron activation within cochlea
Place theory
Sense that coordinates movements and balance
Vestibular Sense
When you receive a text and put together the letters to create a message, this is considered to be…
Bottom-up processing
John focuses on an itch that he cannot reach on his back, and as a result he cannot keep track of anything else going on around him. This is known as…
Selective Attention
What is the white part of the eye called?
Sclera
An extension of the temporal theory stating higher frequencies are encoded using multiple neurons firing out of sync
Volley theory
In cases where multiple senses interact this sense tends to dominate the others
When you walk around your house late at night and cannot see anything, yet you are still able to make it to the bathroom, this is considered…
Top-down processing
The study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis.
Parapsychology
Where are the cochlea and auditory nerve located?
Inner Ear
Danny Dubinov gets a notification from Dominos that his meatzza is arriving and stubs his toe running to the door. However, in a state of excitement, he hardly even notices and feels little pain.
Gate Control Theory
Sam is told that he needs glasses to focus distant light waves onto his retina. What disorder does he likely have?
Nearsightedness
This suggests that our brain forms an organized whole when looking at a cluster of sensations…
Gestalt Psychology
A controversial claim that perception can occur without any sensory input. For example, telepathy and clairvoyance.
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
What on the tongue contains taste buds?
Papillae
Currao is in the club and the music is so loud he can barely hold a conversation. Though, as soon as his mother (who he is deathly afraid of) calls him, he is able to distinguish the special ringtone he set for her.
Signal-Detection Theory
Quin gets cut from the baseball team because he is unable to move his hand to catch a ball without looking at his hand. Which sense does he likely lack?
Kinesthesia
The ability to estimate the distance of an oncoming car or the height of a house is known as what…
Depth Perception
When a person associates a color with a certain sound (one sense produces another), this is known as what...
Synesthesia