3.1 Sensation & Perception
Pitch
Name all of the colors in the light spectrum.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
What are the four types of constancy?
Size, Color, Brightness, Shape
Bonus: What is the abbreviation
Hertz
Bonus: Hz
China
What is the other name for Desensitization?
Negative Adaptation
Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Retina
Define perceptual organization
The tendency to integrate perceptual elements into meaningful patterns
The ear is shaped and structured to capture what?
Sound waves
What narcotic are endorphins similar to (in effect)
Morphine
True or False.
Perception is mechanical.
False
the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that stimulates the eye and producers visual sensations
Visible Light
Define Visual Perception
Process by which we organize or make sense of the sensory impressions caused by the light that strikes our eyes
What is the decibel level of a space shuttle launch?
180
What are the two forms and two concepts of extrasensory perception?
Precognition, Psychokinesis, Telepathy, Clairvoyance
People hear what they want to hear.
True
A condition characterized by brittleness of the lens
Presbyopia
What are the two types of Binocular Cues?
What are the two types of Monocular Cues?
Retinal Disparity and Convergence (Binocular)
Perspective and Texture Gradient (Monocular)
What nerve transmits neural impulses from the command post to the brain?
Auditory nerve
How sensory information about odors is sent to the brain
Olfactory Nerve
The fraction of intensity by which a source of physical energy must be increased or decreased so that the difference in intensity must be perceived
Weber's Constant
Retina are consisted of these types of cells.
Bonus: Name the two types
Photoreceptors
Bonus: Rods and Cones
What is the difference between top-down processing and bottom-up processing?
Top-down uses contextual information to organize parts of a pattern and Bottom-up uses organization of the parts of a pattern to form an image
Sensorinerual deafness can stem from what?
Hint: Two answers
Damage to the structures of the inner ear, most often the loss of hair cells
Receiver showed four visual stimuli and asked to
select the one transmitted by the sender
Ganzfeld Procedure