Where the nerve attaches to the retina there are none of these, therefore creating a blind spot.
What are photoreceptors?
100
This is how high or low a sound is, depending on its frequency.
What is pitch?
100
The basic taste qualities are these four.
What are sweet, sour, salty, bitter?
100
This is the process by which we interpret sensory stimulation.
What is perception?
100
There are four constancies.
What are brightness, size, shape, and color?
200
This part of the eye adjust thickness as it senses information.
What is the lens?
200
Damage to the middle ear can cause this kind of deafness.
What is conductive deafness?
200
The fifth basic taste is a Japanese word that means "meaty" or "savory."
What is umami?
200
This is the weakest amount of a stimulus that can be sensed.
What is absolute threshold?
200
This is the illusion of movement by showing the rapid progression of images or objects that are not moving at all.
What is stroboscopic motion?
300
Images from the eye are sent to the brain with this.
What is the optic nerve?
300
This nerve transmits neural impulses from the inner ear to the brain.
What is the auditory nerve?
300
What we smell is transmitted to the brain with this nerve.
What is the olfactory nerve?
300
Your mom tells you to turn down the TV. You turn it down enough for her to notice.
What is difference threshold?
300
These monocular cues are used by artists such as Bob Ross to create an illusion of depth.
What are clearness, overlap, shadows/highlights, texture gradient, and linear perspective?
400
The pupil does this when sensing something unpleasant or fearful- part of the "fight or flight" response.
What is dilate?
400
This snail shaped part of the ear contains fluids to sense sound vibrations.
What is the cochlea?
400
These are the three skin senses.
What are pressure, temperature, and pain?
400
On a cold night, you use your favorite soft blanket to stay warm. After a little while, you no longer the softness which is a result of this.
What is sensory adaptation?
400
Cues for depth that require the use of both eyes.
What are binocular cues?
500
These cause changes in the beam of light entering the eye.
What are eyeglasses or contacts?
500
This kind of deafness is caused by damage to the inner ear.
What is sensorineural deafness?
500
When we rub a sore muscle, this theory says that the signals that go to the brain block the original pain message because only so much information can get to the brain at one time.
What is Gate Theory?
500
Your mind wanders because the elementary concert is boring to you, but the family next to you listens intently as their daughter's class sings "Jingle Bells."
What is signal-detection theory?
500
The difference of an image that is seen on the retina of each eye.