Sensation
This is the process of encoding physical signals from the environment into neural signals
What is sensation
These ____ detect the shades of white, black, and gray, while these ____ detect color (2 answers)
What is Rods and Cones
When this is tall, the sound is larger, when it is short the sound is softer
What is amplitude
Mr. Boudria was staring at the green chalkboard in class for 5 minutes instead of teaching. When he finally looked away to the white board all he could see was a red board. This theory explains what Mr. Boudria saw
What is the Opponent-Process Theory.
This principle suggests that we fill in gaps that exist to create a complete image
What is the Gestalt principle of closure
When you see an actor in a movie, you know who he is because you have seen him in other movies. This is an example of what type of processing
What is top-down processing
This inner surface of the eye contains rods and cones and begins to process images
What is the retina
Tom told his dad, "wow, your ears are so large!". Tom is discussing what part of the ear
What is the pinna
This theory suggests that the spinal cord is responsible for controlling whether pain signals are sent to the brain
What is the gate-control theory
If you walk into a new grocery store, you head to the bakery to look for chocolate chip cookies. This concept is what you used to determine that the chocolate chip cookies were most likely in the bakery section
What is schema (an organized body of information that is based on what we already know)
If you are at a loud concert, you will probably only be able to hear your phone ringing if the sound reaches this phenomenon
What is the absolute threshold
In terms of vision, this determines the color of images
What are wavelengths
Megan Fox went to the doctor because she is having a lot of trouble hearing. The doctor told her that the three bones in her ear are damaged and cannot amplify sounds correctly. He suggests a hearing aid. Mrs. Fox is most likely showing signs of this type of hearing loss.
What is conduction hearing loss
Molly Wolly went to the Taylor Swift concert and that night she had a dream that taylor swift had brought her own her private jet. This theory would explain that her dream was processing the day's events
What is the information processing theory
This depth perception rules states that if Megan Fox is blocking the view of the tv, then we percieve Megan Fox as being closer to us than the TV
What is interposition
His law suggests that to be perceived differently, two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage
What is Weber's law
The point where the optic nerve leaves the eye, in which no receptors exist
What is the blind spot
The middle ear is made up of these three bones
What are the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup
What is the activation-synthesis theory
Relative Motion suggests that this happens when you are looking out the window on a moving train (answer is an explaination)
This theory suggests that our sensation detection depends on experiences, alertness, expectations, and motivations
What is signal detection theory
These two types of cells are activated through chemical reactions and help to form the optic nerve
What are bipolar and ganglion cells
This part of the ear vibrates in response to sound
What is the basilar membrane
Painters are aware that when they mix the colors of red and blue they will get purple. This perception of purple is explained by this theory that the retina contains three color receptors (red, blue, green)
What is the (Young Helmholtz) Trichromatic theory (double points if got the young helmholtz)
These two depth perceptioon rules are the only ones that are binocular (require both eyes)
What is retinal disparity and convergence