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The Brain
The Ear or Eye
Research
Sensation
Perception
100
The gap between neurons
What is a synapse
100
Your outer ear channels these and sends them to your eardrum
What are sound waves
100
An inert substance or condition that is presumed to be an active agent
What is a placebo
100
The ossicles are located here
What is the middle ear
100
Depth Cue- retinal disparity and convergence
What are binocular cues
200
the "little" brain, controls balance
What is the cerebellum
200
The "snail" shaped part of the inner ear, is fluid filled and forms waves.
What is the cochlea
200
A statement of the procedures used to define research variables
What is scientific method
200
distant objects are seen more clearly than nearby
What is farsightedness
200
The spinal cord blocks or sends pain signals to the brain
What is gate-control theory
300
impairment of language
What is aphasia
300
The small opening or hole that light passes through
What is the pupil
300
The perception of a relationship where none exists
What is illusory correlation
300
The point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye
What is the Blind Spot
300
awareness of body movement, position and balance
What is vestibular sense
400
involved in understanding language; comprehension
What is Wernicke's area
400
Located near the center of the retina, detects fine detail and color vision, daylight or well-lit conditions
What are cones
400
Our human tendancy to overestimate the extent to which others share our ideas
What is the false concensus effect
400
Hearing loss due to mechanical system damage
What is Conduction Hearing Loss
400
Device used to test depth perception in small children
What is visual cliff
500
system associated with emotions and primal drives
What is the limbic system
500
Information from the thalamus is sent HERE
What is the occipital cortex
500
A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
What is standard deviation
500
Pitch Theory: Different pitches stimulate different areas of the cochlea
What is the Hemholtz's Place Theory
500
a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
What is perceptual set